Chánh quyền Obama độc lập quyết định phóng thích năm
con cá mập trong thành phần chiến đấu cao cấp Taliban, đổi lấy Trung Sĩ Bowe
Bergdahl.
Giới lập pháp rầm rộ phản đối Obama vi luật, vì không thông
qua chấp thuận của Quốc Hội. Hơn nữa, Bergdahl là một binh sĩ đào ngủ trước khị bị địch bắt. Tù nhân Bergdahl
được thăng cấp Trung Sĩ thâm niên công vụ (kể cả thời gian bi giam cầm); nhưng đơn vị của Bergdahl phản đối vì nhiều chiến binh Hoa Ky đã tử trân hoặc bị thương tích trong lúc
thi hành lệnh truy tìm Bergdahl.
Đại Tướng Martin Dempsey,
chủ tịch Tham Mưu Liên Quân Hoa Ky
đang chờ kết quả cuộc điều tra; biện pháp ky luật sẽ áp dụng đúng quân luật nếu kết luận Bergdahl đào ngủ trước địch quân.
Trong lịch sử chiến tranh Cao Ly
1950- 53; Trung Tướng William Dean, Tư Lệnh Sư Đoàn 24 Bộ Binh Hoa Ky đối đầu với hỏa lực mạnh của quân Bắc Hàn vào ngày
3/7/1950; Tướng Dean bổ nhiệm Đại tá Robert Martin chỉ huy Trung Đoàn 34.
Ngày hôm sau 4/7/50, pháo 85 ly trên chiến xa Bắc Hàn bắn đứt đôi Đại tá Martin tại mặt trận.Tướng Dean thất thần, hoảng hốt, loay hoay với khẩu Colt 45 trên tay
trong lúc chiến xa địch chạy ngang trước mặt.Thay vì bình tỉnh chỉ huy cuộc lui binh, Tướng Dean đích thân tự giáng cấp, trở thành tiểu đội trưởng chỉ huy toán binh sĩ xữ dụng bazooka chạy theo tác xạ phía sau chiến xa của địch.
Thất lạc đơn vị, Tướng Dean thất thểu, đói khát suốt 35 ngày đêm trong
vùng đồi núi chiến trường ngưng tiếng súng. Điều đáng ngợi khen vị Tướng thất trận, bị địch bắt, trong lúc kiệt lực, tinh thần xuống độ thấp nhất, nhưng vẫn trả lời sĩ quan thẩm vấn Bắc Hàn rằng: Tụi bay nên nhớ rằng tât cả tướng lãnh Hoa Ky
không có một vị nào ngu như tao; chẳng may tình cờ tụi bay chộp được thằng ngu nhất".
Được phóng thích vào
tháng 9, 1953, Tướng Dean từ chối Huân Chương Danh Dự (Medal of Honor),
viết thư trả lời Tổng Tư Lệnh Tối Cao trong đau khổ vằn vặc nhưng đầy tự trọng, rằng:Chiến trường có những cấp chỉ huy xuất sắc, nhưng tôi là một tướng lãnh bị địch bắt vì quyết định sai..; tôi cảm thấy tủi nhục khi nghĩ đến bao nhiêu chiến binh hy sinh thi
hành nhiệm vụ, nhưng rồi không được công nhận, vinh danh.."
Trung Tướng Ngô Quang Trưởng đã khiêm tốn phát biểu: "Bại binh, bại tướng bất khả ngôn dũng" .
Trung Tướng Đỗ Cao Trí đã hai lần từ chối chức vụ Tổng Tham Mưu Trường và cấp bậc Đại Tướng.
QLVNCH ngàn đời hảnh diện vi các vị tướng lãnh tiêu biểu nói trên. Nhưng chúng tôi cũng hỏi: một vị sĩ quan cao cấp từng đảm nhận tư lệnh một quân chủng, được biết đã đào ngủ, đã làm gì cho dân
tộc VN, cho tập thể cựu chiến sĩ QLVNCH, nhận thấy xứng đáng không để được ai đó bưng bệ lên chiếc ghế lãnh đạo chỉ để ngồi hoặc nằm ngủ?!
Một cựu chiến binh tù nhân
chính trị
US General: Freed Bergdahl May Face
Investigation
Sgt.
Bowe Bergdahl
Tuesday,
03 Jun 2014 12:32 PM
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Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was speaking after claims from members of Bergdahl's unit that he had been captured after abandoning his post.
The New York Times cited a former military official as saying Bergdahl slipped away from his base near the Afghan border with Pakistan, leaving a note saying he had become disillusioned with the Army and the war and was going to start a new life.
"Our army's leaders will not look away from misconduct if it occurred," Dempsey said.
The general stressed that Bergdahl, who was taken as a private and promoted while in captivity, is innocent until proven guilty, and that the military would continue to care for him and his family.
"The questions about this particular soldier's conduct are separate from our effort to recover ANY U.S. service member in enemy captivity," Dempsey wrote in his statement.
"This was likely the last, best opportunity to free him. As for the circumstances of his capture, when he is able to provide them, we'll learn the facts."
Bergdahl was released over the weekend in Afghanistan in exchange for five high-level Taliban militants who had been held at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
President Barack Obama has come under fire from Republicans and other critics who say the swap will encourage others to try to take American soldiers or diplomats hostage.
Obama's aides have defended the deal as an appropriate attempt to
save the life of a captured soldier whose health was believed to be
deteriorating.
On Tuesday, Obama defended his decision, saying his administration had consulted with Congress about that possibility "for some time."
But the president brushed aside questions about the circumstances surrounding Bergdahl's capture, saying the United States has an obligation to not leave its military personnel behind.
"Regardless of the circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an American solider back if he's held in captivity," Obama said during a news conference in Poland. "We don't condition that."
On the Facebook page of his unit, the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, many posters slammed Bergdahl as a deserter who should be held accountable for his actions.
"Now he can stand trial for deserting his post," wrote Brandon Fall, USA Today reported.
Those who served with him are also raising questions. "Bergdahl was a deserter, and soldiers from his own unit died trying to track him down," Nathan Bradley Bethea, who said he served in Bergdahl's unit, wrote in The Daily Beast.
In an exclusive Newsmax interview Monday, the team leader who supervised Bergdahl said he had mixed feelings about his homecoming.
"I'm definitely happy for his family," Sgt. Evan Buetow said of Bergdahl in an interview with Newsmax TV's "America's Forum." "I mean, he's an American citizen; I'm happy that he's back and that we can hopefully get closure to this whole incident."
But Buetow, who now works in law enforcement, said that he's still mystified by his platoon-mate's decision to "walk away" from his post, his mission, and his fellow troops into the grasp of the Afghan insurgents they were fighting.
"I just want to ask him why," said Buetow.
Buetow also echoed the charge made by other platoon members that Bergdahl's actions cost the lives of soldiers sent to search for him.
"So yes, as a direct result of him leaving, several soldiers died," said Buetow.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a measured defense Monday of the prisoner swap, noting that many of America's allies make similar deals.
Asked about the exchange by the moderator at an event in a Denver suburb, Clinton said she did not second-guess people who make such tough decisions, but that the American tradition of caring for its citizens and soldiers was a "noble" one.
She also noted that countries like Israel have made similar swaps, citing that country's decision to exchange more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for one of its soldiers in 2011.
"This young man, whatever the circumstances, was an American citizen — is an American citizen — was serving in our military," Clinton said. "The idea that you really care for your own citizens and particularly those in uniform, I think is a very noble one."
On Tuesday, Obama defended his decision, saying his administration had consulted with Congress about that possibility "for some time."
But the president brushed aside questions about the circumstances surrounding Bergdahl's capture, saying the United States has an obligation to not leave its military personnel behind.
"Regardless of the circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an American solider back if he's held in captivity," Obama said during a news conference in Poland. "We don't condition that."
On the Facebook page of his unit, the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, many posters slammed Bergdahl as a deserter who should be held accountable for his actions.
"Now he can stand trial for deserting his post," wrote Brandon Fall, USA Today reported.
Those who served with him are also raising questions. "Bergdahl was a deserter, and soldiers from his own unit died trying to track him down," Nathan Bradley Bethea, who said he served in Bergdahl's unit, wrote in The Daily Beast.
In an exclusive Newsmax interview Monday, the team leader who supervised Bergdahl said he had mixed feelings about his homecoming.
"I'm definitely happy for his family," Sgt. Evan Buetow said of Bergdahl in an interview with Newsmax TV's "America's Forum." "I mean, he's an American citizen; I'm happy that he's back and that we can hopefully get closure to this whole incident."
But Buetow, who now works in law enforcement, said that he's still mystified by his platoon-mate's decision to "walk away" from his post, his mission, and his fellow troops into the grasp of the Afghan insurgents they were fighting.
"I just want to ask him why," said Buetow.
Buetow also echoed the charge made by other platoon members that Bergdahl's actions cost the lives of soldiers sent to search for him.
"So yes, as a direct result of him leaving, several soldiers died," said Buetow.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a measured defense Monday of the prisoner swap, noting that many of America's allies make similar deals.
Asked about the exchange by the moderator at an event in a Denver suburb, Clinton said she did not second-guess people who make such tough decisions, but that the American tradition of caring for its citizens and soldiers was a "noble" one.
She also noted that countries like Israel have made similar swaps, citing that country's decision to exchange more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for one of its soldiers in 2011.
"This young man, whatever the circumstances, was an American citizen — is an American citizen — was serving in our military," Clinton said. "The idea that you really care for your own citizens and particularly those in uniform, I think is a very noble one."
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