Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who abandoned his post in Afghanistan and was held captive for five years by the Taliban, was charged Wednesday by the U.S. military with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy and could get life in prison if convicted.His unit mates have been unwaveringly clear that he deserted. I can't be the only one who thinks it was idiotic to release five demonstrably bad terrorists in order to bring this loser home, only to try him and lock him up for life.
Justice would have been better served had we declared him, in absentia, a deserter and cancelled his passport. That would have left him to the tender mercies of the Taliban while continuing to corral the 5 terrorists in Gitmo.
