Posted on 06/05/2014 9:20:53 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
After approximately five years of captivity, Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the only American held prisoner by the Taliban, was released to the United States military in Afghanistan. The Taliban (Haqqani) agreed to return Bergdahl in exchange for five Afghan terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay. The agreement was negotiated in and mediated by Qatar. Obama ignored the nation’s longtime policy of not negotiating with terrorists in order to obtain Bergdahl’s release. In the deal, Qatar will take custody of the freed Taliban prisoners.
Feeling confident that he knocked other scandals out of the headlines, Obama took his victory lap by pronouncing that the return of Bergdahl “is a reminder of America’s unwavering commitment to leave no man or woman in uniform behind on the battlefield.” Excluding Mexico, that is. Of course those left behind in Benghazi were NOT...
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King GoofButt took a header into a pizza sized meadow muffin... The stench is obvious!
It appears Obama is creating a new crisis each week in order to detract from his weekly failures. Bergdahl got us off the VA scandal, which got us off Benghazi, etc.
The more you stir this particular pot, the worst it stinks.
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