I am already tired of the drooling over this dude. If the accusations of desertion are true then he should be court martialed and spend the rest of his days in prison. I don't know first hand the facts but I haven't seen ANYONE coming to his side to say that he got rolled up or just accidentally ventured into enemy territory so I am believing the desertion accusations at this point. I'm also not hearing much mentioned of the heroes who DIED trying to find this dude. Am I glad he is home? Absolutely not. He made a conscious decision to walk into the arms of the enemy, heroes died trying to rescue him, and now five bad guys are free to plot against our real military men and women. Now he is at Landstuhl claiming to not understand English. Bullshit. Strap him to a board and pour water on his face and see how fast he learns English.
I realize there are bigger issues that I don't, and probably never will, understand but IMHO this is a case where we should have left him. He gave up his right to rescue the moment the he made the conscious decision to abandon his post and walk into the arms of the enemy. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
The question was asked earlier in this thread about putting a price on our people. What is an aircrew worth? A crewchief? A foot soldier? A general? I can't answer that. What I can answer is "What is a deserter/traitor/enemy sympathizer worth?" ......Not one single Fvck. Six families are now without a husband/ son/ father/ uncle because of this POS. As far as sending a message to the enemy about what our people are worth, let them know that traitors are worth nothing to us. Let them cut off his head. Just make a video and send it to us. Use that video as a pre-deployment training tape...."You turn your back on your country and this is what happens"
Eng out