Peters on Bergdahl: We Need to Get Back to the Focus the Military Is to Kill Our Enemies, Not Make People Feel Good

RUSH TRANSCRIPT DOOCY Joining ░░░░░░░░ right now is Fox ░░░░░░░░ strategic analyst lieutenant colonel ░░░░░░░░ Peters Ralph give us ░░░░░░░░ reaction PETERS Well my ░░░░░░░░ reaction and that of ░░░░░░░░ vets that who have ░░░░░░░░ honorably all retirees all ░░░░░░░░ serving now with outrage ░░░░░░░░ can this be Bergdahl ░░░░░░░░ to the enemy get ░░░░░░░░ same sentence that he ░░░░░░░░ get for shoplifting at ░░░░░░░░ px So there s ░░░░░░░░ At this point now ░░░░░░░░ it s sorrow My ░░░░░░░░ is sorrow because this ░░░░░░░░ so much bigger than ░░░░░░░░ jerk like Bergdahl Judge ░░░░░░░░ set a precedent that ░░░░░░░░ affect our military our ░░░░░░░░ services for decades to ░░░░░░░░ The message he sent ░░░░░░░░ this life sentence dishonorable ░░░░░░░░ light fine makes dissertation ░░░░░░░░ minor offense Desertion look ░░░░░░░░ our military the worse ░░░░░░░░ all the cardinal sin ░░░░░░░░ be turning your weapon ░░░░░░░░ your own But the ░░░░░░░░ is deserting your post ░░░░░░░░ that s what Bergdahl ░░░░░░░░ People on the ground ░░░░░░░░ that soldiers died looking ░░░░░░░░ him The Pentagon only ░░░░░░░░ to wounds But there ░░░░░░░░ people who have carried ░░░░░░░░ pain all their life ░░░░░░░░ Bergdahl walks free and ░░░░░░░░ s outraged DOOCY You ░░░░░░░░ absolutely right Those injured ░░░░░░░░ life sentences of pain ░░░░░░░░ you point out But ░░░░░░░░ s the thing Bergdahl ░░░░░░░░ attorney now in addition ░░░░░░░░ the fact that his ░░░░░░░░ is walking free he ░░░░░░░░ Bowe Bergdahl to wind ░░░░░░░░ with a medal as ░░░░░░░░ a prisoner of war ░░░░░░░░ Well if you buy ░░░░░░░░ s preposterous story that ░░░░░░░░ just wanted to walk ░░░░░░░░ many miles just stroll ░░░░░░░░ enemy country enemy territory ░░░░░░░░ the next post so ░░░░░░░░ could report the terrible ░░░░░░░░ at his firebase Well ░░░░░░░░ you buy that you ░░░░░░░░ can t get to ░░░░░░░░ P O W because ░░░░░░░░ voluntarily left his post ░░░░░░░░ he certainly doesn t ░░░░░░░░ a medal But the ░░░░░░░░ is going to push ░░░░░░░░ as far as they ░░░░░░░░ because the far left ░░░░░░░░ hates our military sees ░░░░░░░░ as a great victory ░░░░░░░░ a vindication for Obama ░░░░░░░░ Rose Garden ceremony for ░░░░░░░░ Rice declaring that Bergdahl ░░░░░░░░ honorably And again Bergdahl ░░░░░░░░ what he did was ░░░░░░░░ wrong We used to ░░░░░░░░ people for what he ░░░░░░░░ But at this point ░░░░░░░░ s really about the ░░░░░░░░ of the institution Political ░░░░░░░░ has punished our military ░░░░░░░░ hurt combat readiness And ░░░░░░░░ you have this where ░░░░░░░░ potential deserters can slap ░░░░░░░░ Bergdahl precedent Why should ░░░░░░░░ go to jail when ░░░░░░░░ went free after what ░░░░░░░░ did DOOCY What do ░░░░░░░░ mean Ralph that PC ░░░░░░░░ that PETERS Well political ░░░░░░░░ obviously you have various ░░░░░░░░ issues The attempt by ░░░░░░░░ left under Obama and ░░░░░░░░ before that to use ░░░░░░░░ military as an experiment ░░░░░░░░ experimental platform for social ░░░░░░░░ The only measure of ░░░░░░░░ our military should be ░░░░░░░░ is combat effectiveness Our ░░░░░░░░ does not exist primarily ░░░░░░░░ serve somebody s social ░░░░░░░░ Our military exists to ░░░░░░░░ our enemies and win ░░░░░░░░ wars And so what ░░░░░░░░ ve seen I mean ░░░░░░░░ stuff like destroying the ░░░░░░░░ folk poetry of those ░░░░░░░░ military cadences which obviously ░░░░░░░░ so obscene we couldn ░░░░░░░░ sing them on TV ░░░░░░░░ say them but they ░░░░░░░░ great at getting young ░░░░░░░░ to feel real macho ░░░░░░░░ from that to the ░░░░░░░░ era strictures on our ░░░░░░░░ s targeting which fortunately ░░░░░░░░ Trump has relaxed considerably ░░░░░░░░ what you re doing ░░░░░░░░ crippling our ability not ░░░░░░░░ to fight but our ░░░░░░░░ to protect ourselves when ░░░░░░░░ combat So this has ░░░░░░░░ absolutely disastrous and we ░░░░░░░░ to get back to ░░░░░░░░ focus that our military ░░░░░░░░ here to kill our ░░░░░░░░ not to make people ░░░░░░░░ good But this decision ░░░░░░░░ Bergdahl decision does and ░░░░░░░░ do real damage.”