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[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 [b]Army is not a game where you join up to see the sights and maybe do some good along the way. [/b] 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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Then they need to stop advertising as such.  Come join the Army and see thw world.  It's not just a job, it's an adventure.  Other than that, I agree, as a free-thinker, he should not have joined the military.  And I don't know if he is a deserter or not, but the military code is leave no servicemember behind.  Let the court martial figure out the legalities.  [/quote]

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