The overarching sentiment approximately the trade for Bowe Bergdahl’s freedom was that the US had traded five terrorists for the life of a deserter,but was it staunch?
When Bowe Bergdahl was picked up by a special ops team in Afghanistan on 31 May 2014, according to Serial host Sarah Koenig, or he wanted to talk to his rescuers,but couldn’t. He hadn’t spoken a full sentence in so long he couldn’t remember how to form the words, which is hard to assume but indicative of the trauma he went through.
While Bergdahl was being flown to US custody at the infamous Bagram Air Force Base, and five Taliban prisoners were being released from Guantánamo Bay detention camp. They were the trade for Bergdahl’s freedom and it took five years to make it happen.
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Source: theguardian.com