Complicated my ass. Republicans have made it that way, they've manufactured this controversy because the POW in question doesn't fit their pro-war model and the president who arranged the deal is from the opposing party, and the Democrats, including the White House haven't put up a fight at all, which is disgusting. They've allowed Republicans to set all the terms of the debate.

Was Bergdahl a POW? Yes! Do we walk away from opportunities to rescue our POWs? Only if we just look at our soldiers as cannon fodder who don't deserve any sort of reciprocal commitment from us. Leaving Bergdahl behind on purpose, regardless of how he became a POW, would have been ethically worse than what's been happening at the VA. All the talk about the supposed "danger" of the Taliban leaders "returning to the field of battle" is a concern-trolling red herring meant to throw dirt on the process, because (again) the rescued soldier doesn't talk like a movie John Wayne and a Democrat happens to be in the White House, plus there's an election coming up and the whining about Obamacare is wearing thin.

It's bullshit, total bullshit, and no one's calling them on it! Congressional Democrats are running like scared mice, just like they ran away from Obamacare, because they're gutless and they're going to get their asses creamed because of it! Perhaps deservedly so. Obama showed strong leadership in his decision but he can't stand like a man behind it. It's frustrating and pathetic.

And Slog has been carefully avoiding the story. I don't know if you're a bunch of wimps too.