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Blog Post #2
The bizarre tale of Bowe Bergdahl continues in the second episode of Serial 2, The Golden Chicken, as Sarah Koeing dives into the complicated details of Bowe’s capture by the Taliban. “We were blessed.” The controversy behind Bergdahl’s capture are deviated into two sects: (1) Bergdahl walked into a Kuchi (nomad) tent and that is how the Taliban got a hold of him or (2) Bergdahl was kidnapped out in the open by guys on motorcycles. Countless rumors and descriptions of Bergdahl and his capture arose in Afghanistan, and I cannot help but find it interesting at the amount of time, resources, and energy invested into finding this man. “Even…
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Blog Post #1
Bowe Bergdahl. A striking, thought-provoking man and story that has seemed to have bewildered the world. And yet, his story is essentially encapsulated in a single question: Why did Bergdahl walk off his military base? The story doesn’t end there and has provided conversation on a multitude of issues. Based on soldiers’ descriptions of the OP Mest and the fly-over graphic, the terrain is truly bleak and devoid of life. Bergdahl explains that he wanted to cause a DUSTWUN, military code for duty status—whereabouts unknown, to bring attention to his platoon’s ‘bad leadership.’ Initially, Bergdahl paints himself as someone trying to aide his unit but with the descriptions of his…
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