Paint it any way one would like.
He abandoned his post.
He went to the enemy.
His comrades in arms know the details.

What we are dealing with now is the "team" is now going to do what ever it can to make sure Obama does not look like he screwed the pooch.

Let us hope that military justice does not go the way of the DOJ where laws are selectively enforced.
Let us hope the guilty can still be punished.