From the day Army Sgt. Bergdahl disappeared after “wandering away” from his base in Afghanistan, my friends in uniform at the Pentagon told me that it was a case of desertion, pure and simple, and that Bergdahl seemed to be the poster boy for Soldier Most Likely to Desert. A close friend in Special Forces led the first search party, and hated having to do it, not a typical reaction. Another friend was killed in the search. After a few years, when the subject came up, an intelligence officer asked me why I thought that an American soldier who provided no propaganda value (quotes or clips reviling the United States) was being kept alive. Even when the swap was made, he asked why the Taliban would have waited so long. Obviously, Bergdahl wasn’t in that big a hurry to get home.
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