I suppose the things to watch for now viz Bergdahl are: how fiercely will Obama admin try to spin this and to what lengths might they go? Already voices within the admin have referred to Bergdahl as being 'swiftboated' which sounds like an extremely ill advised thing to do, so who knows how ugly this could get. Will the media relent and help sell the spin? Part of the reason this story took off is because liberal media outlets treated the complaints about Bergdahl as legitimate - in particular Tapper at CNN and The Daily Beast - which made it hard to bury it as just more Obama hating racist nonsense from FOX - but having sown their somewhat wild oats, will the liberal media now back it up and come to Dear Leader's rescue? And finally, will military brass yield to the coming Obama admin pressure to whitewash what clearly appears to have been a desertion and quite possibly worse and if they do, will any officers, outraged by such a breach of faith, break ranks and publicly complain? If Obama had some good will built up with the military there might be some room there to cut him some slack - but I'm guessing a large majority within the service are pretty much sick and tired of this Commander in Chief and being asked to cover-up a desertion in order to save his political ass would for many of them I think be an insult they're not willing to endure, not quietly anyway.
The other thing to watch for is what the Taliban does - this was already a big win for them, but seeing how it's playing in the US turns it into a huge win - what if they go for a kill shot now? What I'm thinking in particular is since, according to reports, Qatar is letting the five bearded bad boys wander around unfettered, what if they're smuggled out of the country and back to Afghanistan and a week from now we're watching a video of all these happy warriors running around crying allahu akbar and death to America? I mean, talk about a decisive win for them and a withering defeat for Obama - although I guess Dear Leader might be able to drone them into oblivion and claim that was his immensely incoherent plan all along.
The other thing to watch for is what the Taliban does - this was already a big win for them, but seeing how it's playing in the US turns it into a huge win - what if they go for a kill shot now? What I'm thinking in particular is since, according to reports, Qatar is letting the five bearded bad boys wander around unfettered, what if they're smuggled out of the country and back to Afghanistan and a week from now we're watching a video of all these happy warriors running around crying allahu akbar and death to America? I mean, talk about a decisive win for them and a withering defeat for Obama - although I guess Dear Leader might be able to drone them into oblivion and claim that was his immensely incoherent plan all along.
