Comparing oneself to Lincoln isn't necessarily a good thing taken into perspective. If Lincoln is viewed accurately and had been President at any other time he wouldn't be viewed and touted as the "great" President at all.He usurped the Constitution as he saw fit, pure and simply for personal gain. He was clearly a "bully" from the very beginning. He may have been gay, not that it matters but if it were made public his career would have ended abruptly in that day and age. Lincoln was NOT the great guy that the Media has created and maintains, even the movie Lincoln scratched at the surface of who he really was but stopped short of calling him a crook.

@AnneC: As President, Obama has a far greater claim to the comparison than Schock does. Civil wars are ugly affairs, at the close of the civil war, prisoners were exchanged. Neither Lincoln or Washington, to my knowledge, left questionable people rotting in foreign prisons.Mind you... Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is being charged with desertion, not treason. People run from and abandon posts in wars. Sometimes people run because of stress. Sometimes fear. Sometime cowardice. That's why he will get a military trial... to sort that out. Just because the rest of his squad didn't like the guy, doesn't mean they are right. He might be exonerated. To suggest Obama committed treason for bringing a soldier home is out of line. The man deserves his time in a US court of law and not hung out to dry because a squad of men didn't like him.

@Seal: There is some hint of this at the museum in Springfield in the area where the political cartoons are BUT you have to be looking for it.

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@Mahkno: Returning war criminals to an active military theater is indeed treason. The U.S. has military intelligence that says at least one of the 5 terrorists returned and promptly contacted the Taliban. I have friends and family members serving in Afghanistan. That their Commander in Chief put their lives in danger is beyond reprehensible.

@AnneC: Their lives were put in danger when they were sent to a war zone.

@leslie110:
Those who sign up for military service...including Bergdahl...are made aware of that possibility.

@Seal: Which is NOT like Lincoln

@AnneC: Wait, which act was treasonous?

@AnneC: Whether he is or not makes no difference in comparison to Shock. It's apples and oranges

@HipKat: No Lincoln was a crook just didn't get caught, like most politicians.

@AnneC: You mean Bush, right? He's the one that started the wars.Look, you'll get your pound of flesh. Punishment for desertion is death by firing squad

I will say it again...Schock innocent until proven guilty...Bergdahl....guilty before he was even charged.

@AnneC: Anne, weren't you complaining last week about how Liberals always change the subject when they're losing an argument? The title of this thread is; Aaron.

@HipKat:
Wrong, wrong, and wrong again.
1. Read my reply to Mahkno.
2. I wasn't calling out Bergdahl. I was calling out the Commander in Chief for releasing murderers to fight again against U.S. soldiers (and our allies) in Afghanistan.
3. Punishment for desertion is NOT death by firing squad. It's a maximum of 5 years in prison. Bergdahl is also charged with "Misbehavior before the enemy", a crime which can carry a life sentence. The death sentence...by any means...is not applicable in this case.