PHOTOS: U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl is pictured in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Army and received by Reuters on May 31, 2014. REUTERS/U.S. Army/Handout via Reuters
How The Bergdahl Story Went From Victory To Controversy For Obama -- Michael Crowley, Time
What began as an uplifting tale of a rescued hero has become a political headache for President Obama. Did the White House oversell the controversial deal for Bowe Bergdahl?
It was a rare Saturday afternoon presidential announcement—and a most unusual one. Barack Obama appeared outside the White House in the spring sunshine with the parents of Bergdahl, an American soldier been held captive by the Afghan Taliban since 2009, to announce their son’s freedom.
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“This morning, I called Bob and Jani Bergdahl and told them that after nearly five years in captivity, their son, Bowe, is coming home,” Obama said. “He wasn’t forgotten by his community in Idaho, or the military, which rallied to support the Bergdahls through thick and thin. And he wasn’t forgotten by his country, because the United States of America does not ever leave our men and women in uniform behind.”
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Bowe Bergdahl’s court-martial by the press -- Jack Shafer, Reuters
American paranoia and Bowe Bergdahl -- Dan Murphy, CSM
What People Don’t Understand About the Bergdahl Deal -- Fred Kaplan, Slate
The Growing Power of Putin’s Propaganda Machine -- David Francis, Fiscal Times
How Russia Is Winning the Propaganda War -- Spiegel Online
A Failed Russia ‘Reset’ Haunts Obama in Europe -- Simon Shuster, Time
Kiev's Maidan Is Still Occupied, and It's Become a Darker, More Dangerous Place Lately -- Linda Kinstler, New Republic
Atomic Amnesia: The Forgotten Military Aspects of Iran’s Nuclear Program -- Emily B. Landau, Ephraim Asculai and Shimon Stein, National Interest
Syria: voting in the ruins -- The Guardian editorial
America’s nonintervention is a vote for Syria’s Assad -- Wendy Pearlman, Reuters
Japan’s Crimea Scenario -- Kyle Mizokami, War is Boring
China, fess up on Tiananmen -- Elizabeth Economy, USA Today
Security at new heights on eve of China's Tiananmen anniversary -- Whitney Eulich, CSM
Tiananmen: Could It Happen Again? -- Gordon G. Chang, National Interest
The Devil in Nigeria: Boko Haram's Reign of Terror -- Bartholomäus Grill and Toby Selander, Spiegel Online
The Wrong Afghan Friends -- Anand Gopal, NYT
The Fall of King Juan Carlos -- Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker
Is the World Cup a giant waste of money? -- Doug Saunders, The Globe and Mail
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