DrafterX wrote:. "Whatever the circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an American soldier back if he is held in captivity. Period. Full stop. We don't condition that."
Sure, let's release 5 high-profile prisoners to get a soldier back who deserted his unit so we can legally file charges and discharge him from the army. Yep, that makes sense.
Sounds like a HBO series. Are we sure he isn't "brainwashed" and returned to the US to commit further crimes.
But the Prez is sorry, so it should all be OK now.