By now, unless you live under a rock, you are aware of the prisoner exchange with the Taliban that got Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl released.
I just want to say here that notwithstanding the Republican bleatings (If it were "W" they would call it heroism), this is what it is: It's an exchange of prisoners of war, nothing more, nothing less.
It is not a way to attempt to empty Guantanamo, it's not a political ploy to get Republicans to come out in favor of leaving one of our boys behind before the election, it's a prisoner of war exchange.
The parole of prisoners of war is something that is literally thousands of years old.