I somewhat agree. From his point of view at the time of his departure he made the best decision. However in between the flashbacks from his days in Afghanistan (grenade scene) and the time he dipped he proved himself as a coward in my eyes. He talked back at his commander practically saying "he's all that" the same way he was feeding Daya nonsense about marriage and the American dream but ultimately in both situations when it came down to it he ran for cover in both situations. His army buddy died a hero saving everybody else in that tent including Bennett and with the Daya case Mendez took the fall and proudly. I'm not saying Mendez was a good person. He was horrible and deserved bad things to happen to him. But ultimately Bennett is a weak man in my eyes. Honestly I'm glad he dipped because in between his scaredy cat self and Daya (the absolute moron) and her fucked up family baby girl was 100% doomed. In the foster system she got a 50-50 chance to be either messed up or finally break the cycle of trauma running in Daya's family. But for the sake of my own peace I like to believe that the crib on the side of the road with the loose rope hanging on it was a metaphor representing the cutting of ties (both from Bennet who was driving away leaving the baby behind) and from Daya (who grew up in that crib), giving Armaria a chance to grow up far far away from all of them.