The Rose Garden fiasco was one of the most shameful displays of the Obama regime, and that's really saying something.

Yes. I totally agree.

As I understand, Ayn's description of "the tribal lone wolf" is one who seeks a tribe but never fits in psychologically. To be an individualist one must be able to stand alone on moral and philosophical principles, not constantly confuse morality and reality.

Bergdahl should have asked for a leave or gone into the military as a CO. As it stands, he should be tried, found guilty and punished accordingly.

Exactly Herb. Not to mention the influence his nut job father may have had on him. And what's with all the huggy touchy feelly shit at the Rose Garden between Ms Bergdahl and our dear leader. It looked like two dogs in heat.
Cheers.

Teri-A,
There is a HUGE difference between taking a shrug job like John Galt and deserting your platoon and giving information to the enemy on weaknesses in their perimeter security to help the sheet-heads kill the very men who would give their lives to protect yours. THe Galt ones, were the men who honored their code of honor and fidelity to their oath. IMO, Bergdahl is a traitor. A really stupid traitor, but a traitor. He should stand the court martial and if found guilty, be executed. It is a long standing tradition. Especially for lone wolves that attack their own pack.
Cheers.

There's no doubt he is a deserter. Deserting in a war situation is the worst offense a soldier can commit other than actively turning against his country and fellow soldiers. Under the circumstances in which he found himself, desertion is an irrational act, and certainly is in no way the course of an objectivist. So, whatever he read or wrote must be weighed against what is an irrational mind..

Bowe Bergdahl was, as far as I can see from press reports, the sort of person with delusions of grandeur who BELIEVES he has found himself in AS. He was, in fact, someone similar to one character at least--the security guard Dagny shot.

I wonder if he also owned a copy of "The Catcher In The Rye"? Remember when that was the book which, for some inexplicable reason, turned up among the possessions of every "lone nut"? Perhaps it has deservedly gone out of fashion.

I'll bet he had a Bible, too. And some magazines. And a phone book, How do we know one of those didn't set him off?

Next we will be told the original working title of Atlas Shrugged was Mein Kampf. It sounds like this guy was unstable. Wonder if he had a copy of Obamas book?

Bergdahl is more like the "tribal lone wolf" rather than John Galt.

I've known several crooks and druggies who claimed to be Objectivists, including three sponsors of NBI lectures in 1967. "This is really good weed. You should try some."

You can find immoral people in any large group you care to examine, especially if you define the group to include known bad guys. Republicans, for example, are cannibals, as we know from the example of Alferd Packer. The judge at his trial reputedly said, "... there was siven dimmycrats. But you, yah et five of 'em, goddam yah. ... Packer, you Republican cannibal, I would sintince ya ta hell but the statutes forbid it." (http://www.sangres.com/history/alferdpac... )

That's exactly what many Americans are finding out - that Rand's phil. was the opposite of those things and that Govt. represents those things.
The Left could overstep here.

Note that his interest in Rand is considered significant but not his interest in Islam or serving the cause of enemy aggressors who advocate violence against anyone with a different religion.

Yup.

Because mysticism, force, authoritarianism, and violence are central tenets to Objectivism.

Amazing the straws they grasp onto in an attempt to besmirch. Wow, just wow.

exactly. all the leftist BS rags are running a similar story. fuchtards.

fab-ri-cated
do not buy it. they are trying to build a negative bridge between Brat and Bergdahl

+1 for any mention of George Costanza or anything related to Seinfeld.

You may be right, Eudaimonia, about this being a plant. Unlike the usual government explanations, which are so ridiculous that no one takes them seriously, this one actually does seem plausible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKUvKE3b...

When dealing with this administration, I take my cue from George Costanza and do the opposite.

If they say something is so, it is false.

The only outlet reporting this is NY Mag, a leftist mouthpiece.
In my opinion, the story is a fabricated agit-prop plant until proven otherwise.

If Bergdahl did read Atlas Shrugged, as a member of the military, going AWOL might be a reasonable response. If he actively conspired against the US military, perhaps he could view that as doing what he could to bring down an oppressive government. This is a very interesting twist on the Bergdahl story if it is right.