I have heard some refer to not leaving a soldier behind, regarding Bergdahl. Should "Never leave a fallen comrade" apply to deserters?

Until they are accorded with Due Process, we treat they like everyone else.

Not special, not different, like everyone else.

If we do prisoner exchanges, they are included. When they get back, we investigate. If there is a reason to believe misbehavior occurred, we handle it.

Just because we believe someone might have committed a crime, doesn't mean they don't have Rights. As much as we may despise them, we swore to defend their Rights as much as anyone else's.

Yes. Get them back, and deal with the issue. I have absolutely no issue with them making an example of deserters like Bergdahl.

He was not left behind, he deserted. We have no obligation to bring someone who deserts to the enemy back home. He turned his back on country and comrades he deserved the same it return.

We have every obligation to leave no one behind that was captured or killed. The narrative that we needed to bring Bergdahl home was another false narrative of the current administration to try to distract from them releasing 5 very bad Taliban commanders. These 5 will be free to leave their "host" states very soon too. That will not end well.

(If he is found guilty of desertion) He is neither fallen nor a comrade. He made his choice to leave and due to his actions led to the deaths of many more soldiers. We should attempt to bring him to justice if possible, but not at the expense of more lives.

While there was speculation that he deserted, that was not a given, based on what we know about what we knew then. Hence, the search effort to recover him. Were we to know for a FACT that he had deserted to the enemy, I would be reluctant to search for him and would not want to risk my buddies lives.

One of the things I liked about being a soldier was that my buddies would do what they could to make sure I was returned to my family, even at the expense of their lives. I would have done the same for them.

I was fortunate that my TIS was not during extended conflict (Lebanon, Grenada, Panama) and I did not have to test that.

No...a traitor should be left behind seeing as though it was his choice to leave.

I don't think this applies to him as he abandoned us and chose to go with our enemies. I don't think he is a deserter so much as a traitor but that is for his court to decide.

We did exhaust significant effort in trying to find him. Soldiers died on search teams looking for him.

First you have to be a soldier to be left behind, he was a deserter who wanted to be where he was.

no,,,,unless u want to grab him and torture him/her worse