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Originally Posted by valo403
Well he's apparently purchased himself the deluxe version of the 'jump to conclusions mat'.
If it's proven that he was a deserter who allowed himself to be captured in order to assist the Taliban, then maybe he has a point. He would essentially be an enemy if that were the case. However, there's nothing to make that conclusion anything more than complete speculation. Maybe he wandered off because he's just a plain moron, maybe he was actually captured as part of a raid that the army would rather not admit to, maybe he resisted in the face of torture for a few days before giving in.
I think it's just plain idiotic, and incredibly inappropriate, to start throwing out lines like 'the Taliban could save us some court marshal costs' when there are a ton of unknowns in the scenario.
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Thats why its worthless to jump to conclusions.
However, the first thing thats drilled into any privates head is that you don't leave your post of duty for any reason whatsover, its bad. Even a moron can follow that standing order. I would doubt that he's was taken in a raid, the army has actually been pretty up front about reporting raids and fatalities.
I don't think anyone implied that he went off and defected, but it did sound like he wandered off on his own which is stupid.
When I first watched the tape a few days ago, my first thought was that this guy is in deep deep sh%t.