The idaho native was captured after two months on the battlefield in afghanistan. Since his capture only a few videos have proved he has been captured. Bowes father appealed directly to his sons captors in this youtube video. I personal appeal to general ha kwanny and we are counting on your professional integrity and honor to return the safe return of our son. Reporter in that video, robert sports a long beard and had learned arabic to better communicate with the taliban. They had become frustrated by the u. S. Government. They felt the government was foot dragging and decided to speak out themselves. Reporter an emails to his family obtained by the late Michael Hastings and published by Rolling Stone magazine, bergdahl made clear his disillusionment of the war. He wrote the following to his parents in his final email home. His first letters home, emails home were very positive but then he said he became the emails became much darker. His son seemed to feel that the military was not t