This is a long, complex and very ugly story.  To be sure the collateral damage from Bergdahl's actions has impacted many other, honorable, service men and women.  To be sure, there were many mitigating factors involving his mental and emotional health.  To be sure, the five years in Talliban captivity were five years of hell.  The judge had a difficult no-win decision to make.  Mr. Bergdahl will be paying for his actions for the rest of his life.  and, yes, those who were wounded searching for him, will pay for the rest of their lives.

Everybody loses on this one.  The only real question is "just how much punishment should Bergdahl have received?"  Prison time? or as, Trump has suggested, execution.  We'll never all agree on it and, frankly, I see little to gain by arguing about it at this point.  I'm just glad it's over.  Gary Crum