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Bowe Bergdahl is accused of deserting his post and his\u00a0comrades when he was captured by the Taliban.<\/p>\n

The Army sergeant then was released in a five-for-one swap: five Taliban senior officials for one American soldier.<\/p>\n

Bergdahl came home, went to the White House and was hailed as a “hero” by President Obama.<\/p>\n

No matter how this matter plays out — if Bergdahl is acquitted or convicted — the episode might stand as one of the president’s most embarrassing moments.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2015\/06\/jason-amerine-army-whistleblower-testimony-bowe-bergdahl-118588.html?hp=l2_4<\/p>\n

It is my fervent hope that one day the president — even if it’s after he leaves office in less than two years — will explain to Americans whether he harbors any regret regarding the now-overblown reaction to Bergdah’s release.<\/p>\n

This matter is troubling on at least two levels.<\/p>\n

One is that we gave up five known terrorists — and I will refer to the Taliban as “terrorists,” even though the White House won’t go there — for one soldier.<\/p>\n

The other is that we negotiated with the terrorists, despite our stated policy of “never negotiating” with terrorist organizations.<\/p>\n

Bergdah’s future remains undecided. I hope we learn that he didn’t actually commit an act of desertion. I hope we can learn that it was some sort of terrible error on his part, and that he left his post and that he blundered his way into\u00a0Taliban captivity.<\/p>\n

No matter how it turns out, the young man appears to be far less heroic<\/em> than when he was set free.<\/p>\n

And the president of the United States should feel embarrassed.<\/p>\n

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Bowe Bergdahl is accused of deserting his post and his\u00a0comrades when he was captured by the Taliban. The Army sergeant then was released in a five-for-one swap: five Taliban senior officials for one American soldier. Bergdahl came home, went to the White House and was hailed as a “hero” by President Obama. No matter how … Continue reading Bergdahl may prove to be biggest mistake<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[540,722,1172,4501,4569,5246],"class_list":["post-9589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military-news","tag-barack-obama","tag-bowe-bergdahl","tag-court-martial","tag-taliban","tag-terrorists","tag-white-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}