article_snippet: (CNN)The news that the U.S. military will charge Army Sgt.
article_snippet: After all, America had agreed to a very high price for Bowe Bergdahl release.
article_snippet: Based on the evidence that has come to public light, desertion seems the right charge against Bergdahl, whose comrades say desertion walked away, abandoning desertion commitments as a soldier in a war and creating new and greater dangers for the right charge against Bergdahl, whose comrades say he walked away.
article_snippet: And if it did, did the importance of saving one man outweigh the dictate not to pay ransom even if one man was a traitor or a deserter?
article_snippet: What has been the cost of Bergdahl's odyssey?
article_snippet: Then there is the cost of signaling to Taliban, of telling all of America's enemies, that if they capture a U.S. service member they could trade a U.S. service member for a ransom.
article_snippet: And there is another potential cost: The men who were freed in exchange for Bergdahl could go on to fight again.
article_snippet: Now Bergdahl will face his punishment; his could be sentenced to life in prison for what the military says was desertion and misbehavior, and what his comrades said was a shameful betrayal -- one that cost lives.
article_snippet: The trade -- Bergdahl for several hardened prisoners -- was a heart-splitting dilemma, but it was the right call.
highlights_snippet: Desertion charges against Bowe Bergdahl revive questions: Was swap deal for Frida Ghitis correct?
highlights_snippet: Still, retrieving U.S. soldier was right call .