Bowe Bergdahl deal compromised US national security and President Obama should be held accountable
In 2014  President Obama  attempted to cover Bergdahl with the achievement of a war hero  even inviting  his  Idaho based parents to the Rose Garden to celebrate news of  his  release.  President Obama  pointed out at the time that five Taliban leaders were freed from Guantanamo so that Bergdahl could be released from captivity. To gild the lily  National Security Adviser  Susan Rice  said Bergdahl served “the United States with honor and distinction.”
 President Obama  had all of this information at  his  disposal before  he  made a deal releasing Bergdahl. Why then did  he  mislead the American people? The answer can be found in  the president’s  desire to satisfy antiwar liberals keen on emptying Gitmo. At the Rose Garden event  the president  admitted as much when  he  said  “We’re committed to winding down the war in Afghanistan and closing Gitmo.” It is instructive that the CIA has evidence at least three of the released Taliban leaders have returned to the battlefield.
One intelligence official argued: “It’s probably a tie as to who is the bigger traitor” – Bergdahl or Obama.
The president’s dissimulation clearly violated the military code and has had a profound effect on morale. Those I know in the military invariably ask how a president could honor a deserter when he was fully aware of his prior actions. This  of course  wasn’t the first time President Obama allowed politics to determine a course of ethical behavior  but it may be among the most egregious examples. One intelligence official argued: “It’s probably a tie as to who is the bigger traitor” – Bergdahl or Obama. With a political ecology in which standards have been debased  many have attempted to rationalize President Obama’s decision. In my judgment  however  his actions that jeopardized national security should be fully investigated and  where blame exists  the full weight of public opinion should be employed to condemn the president and his assistants.
In 2014  [TGT]attempted to cover Bergdahl with the achievement of a war hero  even inviting  [TGT]  Idaho based parents to the Rose Garden to celebrate news of  his  release.  [TGT]pointed out at the time that five Taliban leaders were freed from Guantanamo so that Bergdahl could be released from captivity. To gild the lily  National Security Adviser  Susan Rice  said Bergdahl served “the United States with honor and distinction.”
 [TGT]had all of this information at  his  disposal before  he  made a deal releasing Bergdahl. Why then did  he  mislead the American people? The answer can be found in  the president’s  desire to satisfy antiwar liberals keen on emptying Gitmo. At the Rose Garden event  [TGT]admitted as much when  [TGT]  said  “We’re committed to winding down the war in Afghanistan and closing Gitmo.” It is instructive that the CIA has evidence at least three of the released Taliban leaders have returned to the battlefield.
One intelligence official argued: “It’s probably a tie as to who is the bigger traitor” – Bergdahl or [TGT].
The president’s dissimulation clearly violated the military code and has had a profound effect on morale. Those I know in the military invariably ask how a president could honor a deserter when he was fully aware of his prior actions. This  of course  wasn’t the first time President Obama allowed politics to determine a course of ethical behavior  but it may be among the most egregious examples. One intelligence official argued: “It’s probably a tie as to who is the bigger traitor” – Bergdahl or [TGT]. With a political ecology in which standards have been debased  many have attempted to rationalize President Obama’s decision. In my judgment  however  his actions that jeopardized national security should be fully investigated and  where blame exists  the full weight of public opinion should be employed to condemn the president and his assistants.