Posted on 06/06/2014 7:12:24 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike
Late in the afternoon of Saturday, May 31, Barack Obama strode confidently to a lectern in the White House Rose Garden flanked by the parents of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, a soldier who had gone missing from his platoon in the mountains of Afghanistan in June 2009.
“This morning I called Bob and Jani Bergdahl and told them that after nearly five years in captivity, their son, Bowe, is coming home,” Obama said.
The president thanked service members who “recovered Sergeant Bergdahl and brought him safely out of harm’s way.” Obama also expressed gratitude to the diplomats who had handled the case, and he reported that his administration had “worked for several years to achieve this goal.” The president confirmed news reports from earlier in the day that Bergdahl had been freed as part of a prisoner exchange with the Afghan Taliban—a deal that was brokered by the government of Qatar. “As part of this effort, the United States government is transferring five detainees from the prison in Guantánamo Bay to Qatar,” he announced.
The Bergdahls were understandably emotional about the news and in brief statements thanked their friends and their government for supporting them through the long ordeal.
It was, for Obama, a fleeting moment of triumph. For more than a year, the president had been buffeted by events that he could not—or would not—control. The disastrous debut of Obamacare, the continuing fallout from the Benghazi attacks, the consequences of intelligence disclosures by Edward Snowden, the unfolding human tragedy in Syria, the Russian power play in Ukraine, the scandal that has engulfed the Veterans Administration—in one crisis after another, the man who once boldly declared his intent to be a transformative president had shown himself to be a reactive one.
(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...
“What has she been promised for totally destroying her credibility and character...?”
You’re on the wrong course there.
If she HAD any credibility or character would she be where she is?
His Most Excellent Excellency knows only Islam.
He might have said “God” but you know he really meant “Allah”.
He’s going to a place where he’ll be mercilessly tortured for all eternity. By God. And no matter how many times he invokes God’s name, his torture will never cease.
Senators Said They Learned Nothing From Bergdahl Briefing
http://dailycaller.com/2014/06/05/senators-said-they-learned-nothing-from-bergdahl-briefing/
Wow. I read the piece you linked to, and I'm experiencing a strange emotion: "grudging surprise," which feels as odd as it sounds.
Thanks Mike.
And if Obama thought the VA scandal would go away, it looks as though it is going to get much worse with cover-up activities including attacking whistleblowers.
VA confirms additional 18 vets in Phoenix died in wait-list fraud
I wonder how many of those 18 voted for Obama.
Yes not to mention the tender goodbye scene with his captors. I almost barfed.
“Rice said we do not leave our men and women behind”
Yeh unless they are ambassadors and Navy SEALs.
They can vote democrat in the upcoming elections I suppose.
If she HAD any credibility or character would she be where she is?
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Touché! ~Q
“Unless the goal is to increase the combat power of the enemy, they should have remained under U.S. government control,” says one former intelligence official who worked on Guantánamo issues. “Those five in particular should have remained at Guantánamo at least until the last U.S. military person [in Afghanistan] has been withdrawn.”
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Well, I am afraid that increasing the combat power of the enemy is exactly what the Soros Administration desires.
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