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Originally Posted by Rochard
But you are missing a lot of steps here....
We don't know if he was a deserter, and if he was he need to be found to protect our internal security - imagine having a traitor with his knowledge working for the other side. Even if he was only an E5 or whatever, he still has a lot of knowledge of operational security, etc, how things are done. And if he was a deserter he is now a criminal and we should pursue him until he is caught.
Your logic is "he is a deserter, let's just let him go". It doesn't work that way. You don't just desert the Army in combat zone, go over the enemy, and the US military and the US government forgets about it.
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No, you said . . .
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Originally Posted by Rochard
So you are saying that we don't need to find him? We don't need to bring him back? He shouldn't face charges? We shouldn't hang him?
Shouldn't we move heaven and earth just to find him from a security perspective - he might have information the Taliban want and even after five years, be it a kidnapping or a deseration, we should do everything to get him back.
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. . . implying that because he WAS a deserter this needed to be done. I was only saying that if we knew 100% he was a deserter I would not risk lives on getting him back; security perspective or not. That's what cruise missiles are for.
I was not judging his guilt, I don't know enough to pass judgement. I do think this was a political ploy on Obama's part though.