SHOW AUDIO:  kpft_2014-06-11_2200, David Brown (aka DB Grady)

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Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Wednesday night from 10-11PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies).

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig is usually a call-in show. Whether you’re listening live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world, when the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.) 

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

• You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
• An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

GUEST(S): David Brown (aka, DB Grady): David Brown is the co-author of “Deep State: Inside the Government Secrecy Industry” and a correspondent for The Atlantic as well as a skilled novelist. He is a veteran of Afghanistan, and former paratrooper with the U.S. Army Special Operations Command.

TOPIC(s):  The demonization of Bowe Bergdahl, The VA Controversy

Prisoners of War:

• The debate over Bergdahl
  • Deserter?
  • Traitor?
  • Complicit in deaths of comrades searching for him?
• Do we judge POWs before we bring them home or after?
  • Do we judge POWs as a CONDITION of bringing them home?

• The implications for Republicans vs. Democrats:
• McCain for the trade before he was against it?
• If you’re military, should you vote Democrat if you’re pro-military?
  • GOP is pro-gun. If you’re in the military, that’s not an issue.
  • GOP voted against money for diplomatic security overseas.
    • Indirect responsibility for Benghazi?
  • GOP voted against money for VA.
    • Complain about a problem they made it financially impossible to solve?
    • “Do more with less!”
  • GOP pro-war but anti-veteran?
    • GOP: $$$ more important than blood?
    • Rumsfeld took 2 years to reinforce Humvees with extra armor.

Some of the topics I plan to discuss are linked below.

NOTE: This post is subject to update before and after the show.

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Some of the links used for this show are BELOW the break:

SOURCES (Below the break) Not all topics discussed on tonight’s show:

• US military promises ‘complete review’ into Bowe Bergdahl capture
• Obama’s hard choices In war, you never know what you will do until the key moment. ( Kathleen Parker, The Washington Post)
• Critics Are Questioning American Military Credo of Leaving No One Behind, ByERICSCHMITT, MARKMAZZETTI and PETER BAKER
  • Military and civilian officials rallied to defend the years of effort spent to rescue Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.

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