Tell that to the families of the soldiers who were killed looking for Bergdahl.

Via AP:

. . .”Regardless of the circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an American soldier back if he’s held in captivity,” Obama said during a news conference in Poland as he opened a three-country European visit. “We don’t condition that.”

There have long been questions about how Bergdahl disappeared from his unit. The Pentagon concluded in 2010 that Bergdahl walked away, and the military curbed any high-risk rescue plans after an initial flurry of searching.

Despite the Pentagon’s conclusions, Obama said the government was not currently seeking to punish Bergdahl as a deserter.

“Our main priority is making sure the transition that he’s undergoing after five years in captivity is successful,” he said.