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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been reserving judgment on this while I learned more about it.  I read the Rolling Stone profile from 2012, and that portrait, along with everything being reported this week, has led me to believe that this "swap" was a huge, huge mistake.  I'm sorry, but the guy joined the Army to have an "adventure."  He was raised by parents who were proud to live "off the grid."  I support the right of anyone to live the way they want to, but when you are raised to be a free-thinker and a free-spirit and seek adventure, you have no business joining the Army, through which you become accountable to your fellow soldiers and your country.  The Army is not a game where you join up to see the sights and maybe do some good along the way.  This is just an incredibly naive way to think.  And his actions and his attitude about his service were incredibly selfish.  His experience of the Army, his capture and detainment were all a result of choices he made.  The results are unfortunate, but they are his to own.  The security and safety of our country and our that of our allies should not be compromised because his choices turned out to be catastrophic for him.  I am bitterly disappointed in our President and whichever advisors supported this move.

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He is innocent until proven guilty.  PROVEN.  He deserves a fair trial.  [/quote]

I agree.  And I hope he stands court martial.  I still think the preponderance of known evidence (including the Army's own report on his capture) suggests he went off on his own and I still do not believe that the swap was a good deal.[/quote]  You have already concluded that the preponderance of the evidence indicates his guilt, before he's even tried.  I don't know what to say to that.  But regardless, the presumption of guilt in this case has no bearing on any decision to rescue him.  If the President violated the laws governing the release of prisoners, that is a separate issue.  [/quote]

I am giving my opinion, to which I am entitled.  I am not suggesting that it should substitute for a court decision nor am I one of the people foaming at the mouth over this issue.  But I do have an opinion based on what is known and has been reported.  You disagree.  That is fine with me.[/quote]

If you admit that it is only an opinion, then of course you must to treat him as a POW until he is brought home and judged otherwise.  That is the principle of innocent until proven guilty.  Therefore the decision to negotiate his release is correct.[/quote]

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