This guy sounds like an idiot, but even a blind squirrel...
At least until the media can come up with somebody —ANYBODY— who worked with him and has an opinion exonerating him that they can focus on to counter the gazillion soldiers who know him as a deserter.
“called for Americans to withhold judgment until they heard both sides of the story.”
Spoken by a career climber in an organization that routinely and viciously squashes or hides the other side of any story.
“called for Americans to withhold judgment until they heard both sides of the story.”
Side one of the story: Bergdahl’s platoon members report he deserted.
Side Two of the story” The Army says Bergdahl walked off/deserted more than once.
Conclusion: Bergdahl deserted.
Generally that’s the prudent thing to do. The difference here is that after seeing pattern after pattern emerge, one can fairly dray logical conclusions based on evidence in hand.