I just found this article in the LA Times... Evidently, the narrative of the GOP panic outrage at the release of 5 "militant extremist Taliban fighters" is bullshit. ALL but one were civilians, some local administrators and one police official, and ALL of those are moderates.
ONE was a military fighter, and an extremist, but he is now " pretty old", and was not expected to be of much if any use as a fighter or to the military, as he he been gone for so many years...
http://touch.latimes.com/...
SO, it seems that every aspect of this story has been overblown at least, some of it neglected - such as the real nature of Sgt Bergdahl's, unit "a bunch of fuck ups", as one story described them-the fact that Bergdahl had left his unit several times in the past, and thus could not be suspected of desertion, because there was expectation he would return-the fact that Bergdahl had escaped from the Taliban several times and suffered for it-the fact that the 5 Taliban would have been released shortly in any case as the war ends.
The GOP's lies are coming back to haunt them, yet again, but they do not seem to learn...John McCain yesterday stated that those who say he "flip-flopped" on the Bergdahl release are liars...and as his statement of support is public record and all over the internet...he is lying about that, too.
Sadly, I expect we will see far more of this nonsense, and far worse, as the 2014 election approaches.