It’s pretty clear he did, and it is the point because several American soldiers were killed looking for him and we just released five of the worst terrorists in Gitmo in exchange for him.

Via The Hill:

Top Obama administration officials on Sunday avoided question about whether Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was released by the Taliban in exchange for five detainees on Saturday, deserted the Army.

ABC News “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos asked National Security Adviser Rice whether such allegations would be “investigated.”

“If it is found that he did, will he be disciplined or has he already paid the price?” he asked.

“Certainly, anybody who has been held in those conditions in captivity for five years has paid an extraordinary price, but that is really not the point,” Rice said. “The point is he’s back. He’s going to be safely reunited with his family. He served the United States with honor and distinction.”

“We’ll have the opportunity to learn eventually what happened in the past years,” she added. “But what’s most important now is his health and well-being and that he have the opportunity to recover in peace and security and be reunited with his family which is why this is such a joyous day.”

Some critics have charged that Bergdahl, a 28-year-old Idaho native, walked away from his base in eastern Afghanistan.

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"Certainly, anybody who has been held in those conditions in captivity for five years has paid an extraordinary price..."

What conditions? Do we have any idea where he was and how he was treated? I certainly don't wish to seem insensitive but the only videos I have seen of the guy show him well fed, in good physical condition, and a bit too cooperative.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEoM7XfDISs

This Bergdahl is a piece of shit. His whole life story is that of a counter culture kook and the fact that the military took him in the first place is a sad state of affairs. It is obvious this loser deserted and was living with these terrorists. I bet he hatched the plan to use him as a pawn in getting his buds back 5 hardened terrorists.

I wonder if Gold Star moms and dads and wives and children feel so happy to be able to reunite Bergdahl with his family.

"I wonder if Gold Star moms and dads and wives and children feel so happy to be able to reunite Bergdahl with his family."

Good point, Sanguine.

Sanguine: "I wonder if Gold Star moms and dads and wives and children feel so happy to be able to reunite Bergdahl with his family."

From today's Daily Mail:

"EXCLUSIVE - 'A cover up just like Benghazi': Outraged parents of officer who died hunting for 'deserter' POW Bergdahl lash out at Obama over 'LIES' they were told about how their hero son died"

The precis:

"Lt Darryn Andrews, from Dallas, Texas, died at the age of 34 on Sept 4, 2009 during his second tour of Afghanistan
•Top brass told his parents, Sondra and Andy, that he had been looking for a top Taliban commander
•But former comrades have now claimed the truth is that he was looking for Bowe Bergdahl
•Said to be one of six soldiers who died looking for the POW
•Father said: 'For his family it’s good to get him back but we will never be able to get our son back because of the actions of this guy'
•Lt Andrews' parents revealed their son thought Bergdahl was a 'deserter'
•Lt Andrews was posthumously given a silver star for his bravery
•At time of his death his wife Julie, 30, had already given birth to their son, six. Their daughter was born three-and-a-half months after he died
•Father Andy against trade with terrorists
•The Facebook group 'Bowe Bergdahl is NOT hero!' has 5,400 members
•Bergdahl e-mailed his parents saying he 'was ashamed to be an American'

The story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...o-son-died.html