Bringing Bergdahl Home Was the Right Choice—Deserter or Not

Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. – Time.com

The Army’s decision to charge former Taliban captive Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy is reigniting the controversy about the prisoner exchange that freed him in Afghanistan in May 2014. If the evidence (which the Army has not yet released) proves Bergdahl guilty, the decision to bring him home — even at the price of freeing enemy detainees — was still the right one, as was yesterday’s decision to task the military justice process with determining his guilt or innocence.

Flashback: Bergdalh Desertion Report Held Hostage

Evan Buetow and Cody Full – USA Today

On June 30, 2009, in Mest Malak, Afghanistan, Bowe Bergdahl left his unit and deserted the U.S. Army. We know he deserted because we were there when he did it. We are confident that the overdue report from political and military leaders on Bergdahl’s actions, sitting on a general’s desk since October, comes to the same conclusion. It has to because the facts are clear … For those of us who served with him and upheld our oath to defend this nation, we ask for nothing more than the prompt scheduling of a court-martial for Bowe Bergdahl. We are eager to hear him defend his actions.