Cry me a river….. The bigger story is why, after a week, they have yet to be in contact with their delicate wallflower. Well, that, and the word “former” behind the name of their “pastor”… {{nudge, nudge…. wink, wink,… say no more}}  … “Calvinists” eh?… (think about it)

‘Proctor said he was the family’s pastor in 2003 in Boise and has remained close with them ever since’.

(VIA ABC NEWS) The former pastor of the parents of a soldier released from Taliban captivity after almost five years said Friday they have been hurt by allegations that he was a traitor and by the outpouring of anger toward their family.

“They have been really hurt,” said Pastor Phil Proctor of Sterling Presbyterian Church in Sterling, Virginia. “They’re trying to keep their heads down.”

Proctor said Bob and Jani Bergdahl were surprised by interviews they have seen with former platoon mates of their son Bowe Bergdahl. Some of the soldiers told media outlets they didn’t support the exchange of five Taliban officials that led to his freedom.

“This very much hit them as a shock and I’m not sure anybody’s got the full story,” said Proctor, who is urging prayer and compassion for the family.

Proctor said the Bergdahls, who live in Idaho, have yet to speak with their son, who is currently recovering at a military hospital in Germany.

Bob Bergdahl, who has a full beard and spoke briefly in Pashto during a White House news conference, has spent the past five years trying to identify with the culture of his son’s captors, Proctor said.

“Well the beard thing, and the Pashto, Bob felt from the get-go if there was going to be a diplomatic solution that it was kind of on him to do it,” Proctor said. “He felt like as Bowe’s father he could reach out and try to speak directly to various people and he did so.” (read more)

Landstuhl Medical Center – When Bergdahl might make the next leg of his journey home after five years in Taliban captivity will depend on how his recovery at Landstuhl goes, officials said. Bergdahl arrived at the medical center around 9 a.m. Sunday morning.

The largest American hospital outside the United States, the center has treated more than 70,000 troops injured in Iraq and Afghanistan and last cared for former POWs from the Iraq war in 2003.

[…] Bergdahl is being debriefed by Army questioners while receiving care, Col Steve Warren said, with questions focusing on intelligence matters as well as the conditions he faced while in captivity.

Asked whether debriefings include detailed questioning about the circumstances of his disappearance — some fellow troops have said Bergdahl deserted his unit, while intercepted Taliban communications indicate he was snared while on patrol — Warren said such investigations would wait until after Bergdahl receives treatment.

[…] The last time former prisoners-of-war recovered at the medical center, back in 2003, they were photographed waving from a hospital balcony five days into their stay. The seven soldiers served in the same unit as then-Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch. (link)

According to media reports, as of the end of day #7 Bowe Bergdahl has yet to talk to, or have contact with, his parents or family.