Letter: We keep forgiving Trump — why can’t we forgive Bowe Bergdahl?
(AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl leaves the Fort Bragg courtroom facility as the judge deliberates during a sentencing hearing at Fort Bragg, N.C., Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. The judge ruled that Bergdahl to get dishonorable discharge, lose rank, forfeit pay in addition to getting no prison time. Bergdahl, walked off his base in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held by the Taliban for five years, pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.
How many times does Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have to beg for his comrades’ forgiveness for his walking off his post in Afghanistan in 2009?
The terrible five years of brutality surely takes into consideration time spent in agony during his five years in captivity, four of which he was caged. The nightmares and flashbacks may continue far beyond this trial and on into the real world of public shame from those who will continue to punish him no matter the judge’s decision.
Could this bring us to the question: How many times are we going to forgive Donald Trump for his reckless behavior with our democracy? While seeking to become our president, Trump “repeatedly called Bergdahl a traitor and suggested that he be shot or thrown from a plane without a parachute.”
How can we forgive one another for our shameful lack of compassion, empathy and dignity?
Rosemary A. Holt, Salt Lake City
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