Do You Want John McCain To Hold Hearings in the Senate If Bergdahl Walks Without Prison Time??

Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS - The Army is going to make their call in a few weeks a..So Berghadl could walk or face a Summary Court....

Sgt Tom Cunnally Absolutely. But the process needs to go without politicians influencing it one way or the other. That means the President or the Senator.

Senator McCain doesn't know there is any actual influence from the Executive, and is getting his information second hand like the rest of us. To come out before the process is completed and threaten action based on an incomplete picture actually "taints" the process.

If it was working as expected, and Sgt Bergdahl was going to General CM anyways, the Defense now has a VERY valid complaint. If he wasn't going, and but ends up there it's a Valid and REAL complaint. Remember, we are talking about two separate issues, one is his actual status, and the other is outsiders ability to influence the process, even perceptually.

Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS - This process has already been tainted. No way in hell should this have been dragged out this long, the investigations were jokes to have taken so long... The only reason this could have been held up for this long is because of politics. The only question is who held it up...

SFC Everett Oliver If the process is already tainted, then there is no "fair trial" and he walks regardless of whether it was unfair for, or unfair against.

Or. The process has been delayed for things like Debrieifing, Medical, Bureaucracy, Legal, etc. Look at the some of the other high profile CM cases from OIF/OEF. They take a LONG time. Heck, look at the OJ Simpson case. That took 6~ months to go to trial, and took 11 months to conclude. And they weren't using evidence from 5 years in the past.