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Tikker letter: Bowe Bergdahl

Well, the 9th Circuit Court has done it again. First claiming burning our flag is freedom of speech and now they want to parade a treasonous deserter into a courtroom with medals he didn’t earn. We elect a community organizer as commander in chief who changes dress code so all soldiers can wear a green beret. That cap was meant as a distinction for a special group of men whose training and service was above the ordinary soldier. To award Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl any medal is a farce. Why not the Congressional Medal of Honor, or is that next?

The liberals we have in our judicial system are a joke. Their agenda supersedes justice or the will of the American people all too often. Now liberals want a serial liar or a Democratic socialist who thinks a guaranteed annual income is what we need. Don’t worry about earning a living, folks, we’ve got Big Brother.

Al Tikker, Meridian

This story was originally published January 29, 2016 at 11:31 PM with the headline "Tikker letter: Bowe Bergdahl."

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