Posted on 06/19/2014 4:25:55 PM PDT by Starman417
For the first time since being freed by the Taliban in a covert and hasty exchange, US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is being exposed Tuesday to limited media and made aware of the swirling controversy surrounding his release.
Bergdahl, his freedom brokered by the Obama administration in exchange for five top Taliban prisoners from Guantanamo Bay military prison (Gitmo), now faces a formal military investigation into his disappearance in Afghanistan.
"He is gradually being provided media coverage about him," US Army Colonel Hans Bush, reintegration mission spokesman, said in a brief statement.
Republican leaders are referring to the exchange as both “unprecedented” and “deeply troubling,” while other critics, including members of Congress argue that trading one soldier for five Taliban is a complete violation of America’s policy on dealing with terrorists.
The question on the mind of so many is why.
Why would President Obama, at great peril to American citizens, soldiers, and allies world-wide, trade one mid-level soldier, possibly a traitor, for five Taliban terrorists committed to further attacks on the United States?
Was there more behind the Obama administration’s horse trading than meets the eye?
Simply put, Obama made the trade to help his party get votes. Politicians have to court popularity, and Obama is the ultimate politician. His actions seem to make clear that he does not particularly care for his own country. Instead, he only cares about gaining power for himself and his allies.
Critics, who include members of Congress, complained that the five former prisoners could return to terrorism and are upset that the trade endangers other soldiers by implying that the U.S. would be willing to make trade deals in the future. In addition, some soldiers who served with Bergdahl have accused him of deserting his post. Those former colleagues assert that he was captured only after he walked away, and that other Americans were killed or hurt as they searched for him.
Republican Congressman Michael R. Turner had some harsh comments as to how and why the trade came to be.
"How is it the United States could have been in negotiations with the Haqqani network, a listed terrorist organization, and it not conflict with our policy that we do not negotiate with terrorists?" Turner said before the House Armed Services Committee.
Further draw back the curtain and it becomes clear that one possible motive for the exchange is Obama’s desire to close “Gitmo”. For a long time, his “progressive” supporters wanted him to close the prison, and Obama has been promising to do so since 2008. So the exchange was a sneaky way towards fulfilling that goal. According to the Daily Mail, citing unnamed Pentagon sources, Obama had ignored chances to rescue Bergdahl because he preferred a trade to close down Gitmo.
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“His actions seem to make clear that he does not particularly care for his own country.”
It isn’t “his country”.
“His actions seem to make clear that he does not particularly care for his own country.”
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well that would be because he hasn’t lived under Obama for the last 5 years...
he doesn’t know yet just how wonderful it all is..
if he had been here he would have been “proud” like Michelle....
read this ampnd understand he is lettingbiraqi fall
http://lamecherry.blogspot.com/2010/08/is-obama-sunni-or-shia-muslim.html
He is that and more. He is closely in line with the general fascist agenda in the Foundations of Geopolitics, by Alexander Dugin. Its a new text book for the Russian military. This is one reason why he can comfortably tell Putin he will have more flexibility after elections. These two guys are seeing eye to eye.
Especially on the Moscow - Tehran alliance.
Obama has set the stage to further empower islam.
At America’s expense.
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