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In reply to the discussion: Sergeant Bergdahl is a Traitor because 'he read too much and didn’t drink enough beer' [View all]MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)A nation has obligations to any individual whose status is prisoner of war.
Everything else is secondary to that status.
As far as the Guantanamo prisoners being released, they're going to Qatar for a year and they would have had to be released in a year because their status is also prisoners of war.
This is how things are done at the end of a war. Prisoners are exchanged and they end up in their home country.
Now, as far as Sgt. Bergdahl's status now that he's been returned goes, that will be up to a review board and could include anything up to and including courts martial for his actions. More than likely he'll get a slap on the wrist and some psychiatric care given the circumstances of his capture. My guess is he was suffering from PTSD at the time of his departure from camp.