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Of negotiations between the united states and representatives of the taliban going back now for almost three years. there was no other deal. it was this deal or nothing. you had two policies, one is dont leave anybody behind. the other one is dont talk to terrorists and the question -- these are both policies, theyre not laws. the question is which trumps the other? and in this case, leave no man behind trumped the other one. >> alan, you heard ann said that most americans wanted these five to b...

Come back. we know that from the videotapes. there came a time whatever his statements were he desperately wanted to be returned. >> it is not left behind. >> it is if he wants to come back and we -- >> robert, go ahead. >> well, i think that in fact, we should not be deciding whether or not an american soldier were going to try to rescue him or whether were trying to negotiate for his release by presuming some kind of guilt in determines of desertion or anything else. this man hadnt been tried....

This exchange has struck a nerve, the central concern that the message sent is that capturing americans can be a rewarding business. so what does that mean to other americans already being held elsewhere such as kenneth bey? no one knows. and no one knows what is ahead for bergdahl. >> bowe has been gone so long it will be difficult to come back. >> difficult and not just for him. tom forman, cnn, washington. >> thank you, tom. a lot of questions in the wake of bowe bergdahls release. the most...