I'm curious to hear what service members/ex-service members have to say on this issue.

Why Bowe Bergdahl must not be pardoned by Obama on his way out of office

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/01/why_bowe_bergdahl_must_not_be_pardoned_by_obama_on_his_way_out_of_office.html

Excerpt:

There is good reason to fear that President Obama will grant a pardon to Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl before he leaves office.  Doing so would save the embarrassment of reliving the Rose Garden address with Bergdahl’s parents, the unwarranted praise lavished on him, and most of all, the harms Bergdahl inflicted on his brothers and sisters in arms.

Eloquent testimony of the harm Bergdahl's inflicted comes from retired U.S. Navy senior chief James Hatch, one of the people assigned to rescue Bergdahl after he deserted his post and was captured by the enemy.

Hatch is no fake: CNN interviewed him on his rescue mission.

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link to Hatch's site/full story: http://jimmyhatch.com/