He actually should have been charged with treason and defecting to the enemy. But I suspect that the Army knew there was no way Obama would let that happen, so they got as close to it as they could with this charge.
If Bergdahl would just say he was nuts, and was nuts prior to the Coast Guard boot-camp, nuts when they discharged him from the Coast Guard, and nuts when the Army signed him up....he might have a slightly better case. As it stands now...with a combat-experience jury...I don’t see him getting off either episode and he’s liable to spend a minimum of ten years in prison (maybe even life).
When he is finally let go....I’m betting he packs up a bag and leaves the US within six months.