Exactly what my read of this was when I saw Obama instantly smile at the expression stated, in Arabic.
Exactly.
As to Bergdahl himself, he is at the very best a deserter who went AWOL because he came to loath America. It is very likely IMHO that he sought the Taliban out and joined with them.
His Taliban complicit father told him to follow his conscience and seek out men of like mind to stand with. He sent that email just before Bergdahl went AWOL. And I believe Bergdahl did exactly what his father suggested.
He should have an immediate Article 32 convened to gather the mountain of evidence and then convene a court martial. Then, when convicted of desertion, he should spend the next 20 years at hard labor in Leavenworth.
If convicted of going over to the enemy...then he should be hanged. Plain and simple.
If that occurred, then at least something positive would come of this.
A later American President, in 2017 can then drone those five bastards to death wherever they go and hide.