Bowe Bergdahl is expected to plea guilty to a charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. SGT Bergdahl’s lawyer has refused comment. But, a former U.S. Air Force JAG officer explained that pleading guilty makes sense. The evidence against the former Taliban POW is rather clear, he said. See San Antonio Express News report. I previously wrote about SGT Bergdahl here and here.
Many veterans think SGT Bergdahl is a plain coward and that he deserted. But, I think most of us just think what he did was strange and stupid. I have heard stories about other service members doing things that were just odd. One soldier, I was told, tried to walk off the FOB in Kirkuk in civilian clothes with no weapon. He apparently just lost his senses. Serving in a war zone is incredibly stressful. People react differently.