I repeatedly said that it wasn't worth the PRICE. Once again, the PRICE WAS TOO HIGH. Let me say that another way: HE WASN'T WORTH RELEASING FIVE TALIBAN LEADERS FOR.
I said that if my ONLY TWO OPTIONS were to let him rot or take the deal Obama took, I would let him rot rather than expose countless Americans to the additional danger posed by the Taliban leadership.
I consider that to be a patriotic position that puts my country above politics. Obama, to the contrary, put politics ahead of his country, because he was more concerned about closing Guantanamo Bay to appease his base than about the danger that the people released pose. He released the five because they were on the short list of "indefinite detainees" that keep him from closing the prison.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Obama negotiates with terrorists, gains the release of a US deserter and possible traitor.
- 03/06/2014 04:44:35 AM
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I don't think it is that cut and dry
- 03/06/2014 01:00:16 PM
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Bull. Shit.
- 03/06/2014 04:46:08 PM
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he has right to a trial
- 03/06/2014 06:27:39 PM
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Well of course he does. I can't act as his judge, jury and executioner, either.
- 03/06/2014 06:45:58 PM
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I think he is guilty as hell
- 03/06/2014 11:24:02 PM
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I don't think he should have rot there, either.
- 04/06/2014 04:05:18 AM
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glad to see you put your politics above your country, tom
- 04/06/2014 07:32:55 PM
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You're full of shit, as usual.
- 04/06/2014 07:45:43 PM
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and you are more brainwashed, as usual
- 04/06/2014 07:56:29 PM
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You really are stupid, aren't you?
- 05/06/2014 05:26:38 PM
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once again, you don't know the details other than the prisoner exchange
- 05/06/2014 08:37:59 PM
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You expect someone to think rationally when it comes to Obama support? *NM*
- 07/06/2014 05:58:24 AM
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Obama is a weak fool
- 03/06/2014 04:04:58 PM
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They should impeach the fucking douchebag.
- 03/06/2014 04:48:28 PM
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I'm picturing you ranting to a half-empty bar as you wave a glass around, and it's amusing
- 05/06/2014 03:52:15 PM
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"Terrorists" doesn't seem accurate. Enemy combatants, okay, but even that was limited.
- 03/06/2014 05:56:15 PM
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Wasiq was involved with relations with al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. He is a terrorist.
- 03/06/2014 06:09:22 PM
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That seems to be stretching the definition of the word.
- 03/06/2014 06:38:35 PM
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He was a Taliban commander, too, not just a guy who knew al-Qaeda members.
- 03/06/2014 06:50:37 PM
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the outrage comes from "Obama Derangement Syndrome", which is yet to make it into the DSM alas...
- 03/06/2014 07:48:09 PM
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Serious question....as Tom mentioned.....should Obama be impeached for this?
- 03/06/2014 06:55:24 PM
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stupid answer: yes, impeach Obama at your earliest convenience *NM*
- 03/06/2014 08:48:28 PM
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Funny that the military top brass agrees with it, then.
- 03/06/2014 08:51:48 PM
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Sec. Gates was against it when he was Sec. of Defense, Panetta said hell no. *NM*
- 04/06/2014 04:07:49 AM
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Yup, most top military leadership was against this reckless move. *NM*
- 04/06/2014 04:26:16 AM
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lots of republicans were for Bergdahl's release before they were against it
- 04/06/2014 07:42:45 PM
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you missed the one where they suggest trading high level captives for his return
- 04/06/2014 09:37:22 PM
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Oh wait, that's because it doesn't exist... *NM*
- 05/06/2014 06:18:11 AM
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so you must know all the details since you're secretly a top-level government official?
- 05/06/2014 08:41:14 PM
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Okay, but then is not now.
- 04/06/2014 05:43:25 PM
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The statements are that Panetta and Gates said to never release some of them.
- 04/06/2014 07:05:24 PM
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You do realize that there has been a quiet culling of our military's top brass over the last couple
- 07/06/2014 05:54:59 AM
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It's gross. Gates would never have agreed to the release of those 5.
- 07/06/2014 05:11:58 PM
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Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
- 04/06/2014 09:29:15 PM
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Absolutely not.
- 05/06/2014 06:21:59 AM
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Re: Absolutely not.
- 05/06/2014 08:43:55 PM
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Do you have a guarantee to go with those twizzlers?
- 07/06/2014 03:57:17 AM
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Don't bother trying to debate him. He actually believes everything Obama says is the truth.
- 07/06/2014 05:13:47 PM
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You seem to have missed the concept of "Justified" in there
- 07/06/2014 11:36:25 PM
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no, i'm pretty sure i got it right
- 09/06/2014 09:37:49 PM
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Re: no, i'm pretty sure i got it right
- 10/06/2014 03:43:49 AM
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a few facts you are neglecting
- 11/06/2014 07:08:16 PM
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Do you even read my posts or are you just arguing with some imaginary conservative caricature?
- 11/06/2014 11:01:36 PM
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