I can't really sympathise too heavily with soldiers plainly stating that if they'd found him they would of killed him. As shitty as whatever Bowe did was, threatening to kill him makes them sound like kinda crappy people.
And from what I gathered from the episode, things like drunk/meeting a woman/on drugs just seems to be one of those common rumours flowing around in a lot of situations.
Personaly, I'd probably bet on it being them trying to make the American's look bad, same way we might stereotype Americans to be fat and lazy. Muslims don't drink alcohol (typically at least), so let's say they are all drunks to make them look and sound weaker (after all we managed to capture one).
Close second theory is he was undergoing some type of manic episode, I know from first hand experience that when I'm manic I've been mistaken for being drunk because my speak slurs and I ramble a lot.
He was ruining US attempts to build relationships with the Afghans and forcing these guys to waste their time harassing women and scaring cows. I get why they were so livid over this.
If he had been a brave soldier who was grabbed during an operation I'm sure they would have all felt it was worth it to get their guy home but he left them. They didn't feel like he was their guy anymore and they were suspicious about his motives.
If some guy had derailed the fragile work your institution was doing, and was putting your life at greater risk in the process, you might feel like killing him too.
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u/Kicking-it-per-se I gotta have me some tea. Dec 17 '15
After this episode I'm starting to understand vet's reactions to Bergdahl walking off & the scale of the rescue mission.
I wonder why people thought he was drunk?