Taliban releases video said to be of missing soldier
The Taliban releases a video — on Christmas Day, no less — purporting to be Bowe Bergdahl, the young soldier who disappeared June 30th after wandering away from his unit. The young man in the tape is wearing a U.S. Army uniform, his face obscured by a helmet and dark glasses, and he is reading what appears to be a prepared statement denouncing the Afghan war as America’s “next Vietnam,” and comparing his treatment to the treatment of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib. This is the kind of propaganda made possible by the way the Bush administration chose to fight its wars. It’s a shameful strategy on the part of the Taliban (and a clear violation of international law), that unfortunately, the Bush administration handed them on a silver freaking platter. Watch, and cringe:
The video is the second piece of tape offering “proof of life” for Bergdahl, though it’s not clear when the latest one was made, (nor does it actually prove he is alive.) In the first one, the man who appeared to be Bergdahl was wearing eastern garb and looked scared out of his wits. In the latest one, he appears somewhat agitate, gesturing as he appears to try to sound authentic in what he is saying. Apparently, the latest video also includes a Taliban spokesman calling for a prisoner swap for Bergdahl. U.S. officials have of course condemned the tape, and NATO has reportedly confirmed that the man in the tape, who IDs his birthplace and mother’s maiden name, is indeed Bergdahl. Meanwhile, his family continues to plead for his release, telling their son to “stay strong.”
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