Bergdahl court-martial: Did he aim to misbehave?

I swore I wouldn’t write anymore about Bergdahl until I’d talked to his attorney. That may change soon. But for now, I can amplify that attorney’s voice: That PBS NewsHour was one of the more useful of the reports I saw about Bergdahl being charged with desertion.  Some of others that are helping me thinkContinue reading “Bergdahl court-martial: Did he aim to misbehave?”

" 'Did you kill anybody?' The answer we were told to write was no"

I’ll write more this weekend about the situation at Fort Lewis, which should concern us all and has already got the attention of Amnesty International. But looking at GI Voice, the newsletter of the Fort Lewis GI coffeehouse Coffee Strong, I was gobsmacked by the following cri de coeur from a young Marine. The writer,Continue reading “" 'Did you kill anybody?' The answer we were told to write was no"”

" 'Did you kill anybody?' The answer we were told to write was no"

I’ll write more this weekend about the situation at Fort Lewis, which should concern us all and has already got the attention of Amnesty International. But looking at GI Voice, the newsletter of the Fort Lewis GI coffeehouse Coffee Strong, I was gobsmacked by the following cri de coeur from a young Marine. The writer,Continue reading “" 'Did you kill anybody?' The answer we were told to write was no"”