Guest:Charles Krauthammer
"On Friday, The New York Times editorialized against the Army prosecuting Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, saying, 'A dishonorable discharge would make it harder to rebuild his life as a civilian.' According to the Times, Sgt. Bergdahl should be given an honorable discharge and a check for more than $300,000, the back pay he has accrued. The reason some on the left - not all, but some - want the Bergdahl situation to disappear is that it is harmful to President Obama. Is there any clear-thinking person who now believes that trading the sergeant for five top Taliban commanders was a good deal? And there is the bigger issue, that President Obama's foreign policy is a catastrophe. Every day we see another out of control situation. If Bowe Bergdahl is put on trial, it will be an acute embarrassment for President Obama personally. Mr. Obama has a lot invested in this story. So for those who still believe in Barack Obama, the Bergdahl situation must go. But of course it will not - the trial will be held unless the sergeant agrees to a plea deal. One final thing: If Sergeant Bergdahl is convicted, I would not send him to prison. I think we have to have some mercy here because the guy has suffered. He did cause his own demise, but he has suffered greatly. No honorable anything, no back pay. But no vengeance, either."

The Factor asked Charles Krauthammer to assess the Bergdahl affair. "It's not a question of vengeance," Dr. K opined, "it's a question of justice. If someone has shown all evidence of desertion, you must put him on trial and you must allow military justice to play out. You want to bring everyone back, but President Obama went terribly wrong when he talked himself into believing this would be a great triumph. I would have made the deal, but I would have issued a statement saying it was done with the deepest regret." The Factor disagreed, insisting that the administration paid too high a price for Bergdahl's release: "The Taliban commanders are going to go back and kill Americans, so some Americans will lose their lives because these guys are back in the field. That overrides getting the sergeant back."

Guest:Charles Krauthammer
Returning for a second segment, Krauthammer considered the negotiations over Iran's nuclear program. "This is a surrender at every level," he protested. "The latest news is another bait and switch. We were assured that the Iranians would ship all their enriched uranium out of the country, but now we are learning that they will not ship out any enriched uranium. Are we going to cave on this after caving on about four other supposedly non-negotiable principles? The Obama administration is so desperate that the Iranians have the audacity to do a final bait-and-switch. If Iran really had no intention of making a bomb, it wouldn't have to go through all these details, and the negotiations are long because we know the Iranians are going to cheat."

Guest:Megyn Kelly
Indiana has passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which some claim is discriminatory against gays and lesbians. The Factor asked anchor and attorney Megyn Kelly to elaborate on the law. "There are laws like this in at least 19 states," she reported. "They protect, for example, Muslim women who want to provide head scarves." Kelly suggested that liberal outrage is generally misguided. "In every case where someone didn't want to photograph or provide flowers to a gay wedding, the gays and lesbians have won and the person objecting on religious grounds has lost. This law will provide religious objectors an avenue to protect themselves, but nine times out of ten those disputes have nothing to do with gays and lesbians. This is not that controversial, but people who want to prove their bona fides on gay and lesbian rights are exploiting it."

Guests:Juan Williams & Mary Katharine Ham
Police in Panama City, Florida have arrested a 22-year-old man who allegedly shot seven partygoers during spring break. Juan Williams and Mary Katharine Ham examined the rash of spring break misbehavior. "It's a whole lot different than back in the 70s," Williams said, "and spring break has become a business where the music and the beer industries go to promote. It used to be that spring break was for the rich, but now everybody expects to go." Ham pointed out that many prime destinations make big bucks off the kids. "These communities walk a very fine line. They want to keep things under control but also offer this large economic boon to their town." The Factor groused that spring break has changed dramatically in the past 40 years: "When I went on break in Fort Lauderdale, there wasn't violence. But now there's in-your-face and extreme behavior, we're raising a generation of exhibitionists."

Guest:Jesse Watters
Jesse Watters paid another visit to some severely wounded vets who have received high tech track chairs through the Independence Fund. "We were ambushed by 35 enemy insurgents in Iraq," Sgt. Tommy Rieman of Kentucky recalled, "and I used my body as a shield to protect my gunner. I had six months worth of every narcotic you could think of, but now I'm on top of the world and have the greatest relationship with my kids." Sgt. Mike Verado of Rhode Island related a similar story. "We were on patrol and I triggered a land mine that had been hooked up to homemade explosives. It was total chaos, then I woke up at Walter Reed and found out I had lost my leg." Verado credited the chair with essentially giving him a new life. "You can do whatever you can think of. I go hunting with it, romp around in the woods, there really are not many limits." Rieman concluded with a personal message to Bill, saying, "Thanks for everything that you're doing and for being a voice for the Independence Fund."

Sunday night's presentation of Killing Jesus was the most watched program ever on the National Geographic Channel. The Factor put forth this analysis: "This is very bad news for the secular progressive movement, which sees Christian expositions as a threat to their political agenda. It was easy to see that in the articles about Killing Jesus. The far-left Guardian called the book 'a Tea Party version of the son of God.' I believe that is the most idiotic thing I have ever read. The New York Times denigrated the movie by directing its readers to a critic who says the Gospels in the Bible are 'myths and legend.' It is open season on Christians in America, and faith is not held in high esteem in the halls of Manhattan media operations. A movie like Killing Jesus is a noble endeavor, even if you didn't like it."

Valerie Houk, Pewaukee, WI: "Bravo! I was very impressed with Killing Jesus. I wasn't sure a Muslim actor portraying Jesus could do the role justice, but Haaz Sleiman was realistic and showed me a side of Jesus I haven't seen before."

Ken Stallings, Douglasville, GA: "Congratulations! Killing Jesus rendered the life of Christ in such a profoundly human way that his life has renewed meaning in the modern world."

Linda Corrigan, Newport Beach, CA: "I was repulsed by the graphic and violent scenes in Killing Jesus. The portrayal was inaccurate."

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