Not surprisingly, there are now people – just a wild guess: Obama supporters who hate the idea that media are now reminding voters that his trade of bowe bergdahl for five taliban commanders was both illegal and a disgrace – who are calling for bergdahl to be released for “time served” – i.e. the five years he was with the enemy. And don’t doubt that there will be media people happy to agree with them.
They can all go to hell.
bergdahl deserted his guard post to seek out the taliban. That endangered every man his guard post was supposed to protest. It is nothing but good luck that they are still alive, every one of them.
The “time served” was time he spent proactively, voluntarily, going to the enemy. That was not captivity, that was the decision he himself made.
And, most importantly, his desertion caused the army to go out looking for him. Forgetting the time and resources put against the effort, military personnel died while trying to find this deserter.
If what I just wrote can be proven wrong, then I will write a retraction. But since the chances of that happening appear to be somewhat less than a snowball’s chance in hell, I don’t expect to do so.
I hope bergdahl rots in jail for the rest of his miserable life.
