Bowe Bergdahl: just a deserter, or did he try to join Taliban?

Pressure builds on Barack Obama as more rumours swirl about the motives of Bowe Bergdahl

Taliban video showing Sgt Bowe Bergdahl being handed over to US forces
(Image credit: Youtube)

If President Obama was not aware before of the military origins of the expression 'Snafu' - for Situation Normal All F***ed Up – he certainly is now.

The decision to swap Sgt Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban chiefs held at Guantanamo Bay on the basis that "we don't leave our men and women in uniform behind" looks like going down as one of the biggest Snafus of this administration.

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Jack Bremer is a London-based reporter, attached to The Week.co.uk. He has reported regularly from the United States and France.