Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, imprisoned by Taliban in Afghanistan since 2009, is freed

[Mr. Morden]

Not sure it makes that much sense to label the Taliban "terrorists", at least in the relevant sense one would consider here.  They're a political/military faction in Afghanistan that we're fighting a war against, and this is hardly the first time the US has done a prisoner exchange during wartime.

[Mr. Morden]

New poll out from Pew/USA Today:

http://www.people-press.org/2014/06/09/public-has-doubts-about-bergdahl-prisoner-exchange/

More people see this prisoner exchange as the wrong thing to do than the right thing to do:



Veterans and people who live in a household with a veteran are more likely than civilians to think the exchange was wrong, more likely to be angry with Bergdahl than sympathetic, and less likely to think that the US was obligated to do whatever it could to free him:

[Mr. Morden]

Another national poll (this one by NBC/WSJ) shows a plurality oppose the Bergdahl swap (44% oppose, 30% favor, the rest have no opinion):

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/06/18/obama-gets-low-marks-for-bergdahl-swap-wsjnbc-poll/

[Mr. Morden]

I wonder how many of those who oppose the swap have "support our troops" bumper stickers on their car from 2003/2004.

Ftr….according to the writeup on the poll, opposition to the deal is stronger in military households than in the general population.