Bergdahl was a clear deserter, and American lives were lost searching for him in the first months after he went AWOL. IMHO, he is probably an enemy collaborator, and I believe his father encouraged him to do so when he told him to obery his conscience and seek men of like mind to stand with. After that email, Bergdahl did precisely that.
It is a travesty and it is disgusting.
I believe Obama thought there would be some kind of euphoria over a US soldier released...not matter the circumstances or cost. I also believe he calculated to have this story get the VA scandal off the front page.
Now it too is blowing up in his face, as well it should.
I believe that Obama did a three way deal for Bergdhals release. The Taliban was not holding Bergdahl. He was under the control of the Haqqanis. They always want a ransom...money and lots of it for their hostages. I believe is someone digs deep, they will find that not only were the Taliban given their top commanders...all of who are bloodthirsty killers of Americans and innocents...but that the Haqqanis got a cash payoff too.
If this is so, Obama himself and his administration are guilty of providing financial material aid to terrorists...as well as abjectly violating the law over the release of the five GITMO prisoners.
An Article 32 needs to be held on Bergdahl and get the mountains of evidence sworn in and on the record. Then they need to convene a Court Martial and find if he only deserted...in which case he should spend the next 20 years in Leavenworth. Or if he also collaborated. If he did that, he should be executed.
They probably got Qatar to arrange for a third party pay out. I suspect it was in the tens, if not hundreds of millions of dollars.
IOW the third party pays the ransom and the Obama Administration works out some payment for “services” with whoever ponied up the money.
They think they can keep this stuff secret. But all secrets are eventually revealed.