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Obama Doubles Down on Bergdahl, Says He'd Do It Again
Breitbart ^ | 6 Jun 2014 | by DAN RIEHL

Posted on 06/06/2014 9:54:39 PM PDT by kingattax

In an exclusive interview with NBC's Brian Williams set to air Friday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, Barack Obama doubled-down in his defense of a prisoner swap for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl going so far as to claim he'd do it, again if given the chance.

Said Obama, "When somebody wears our country’s uniform and they’re in a war theater and they’re captured,” he said, “we’re gonna do everything we can to bring ’em home. “We had to act fast in a delicate situation that required no publicity.”

In a confusing twist, he went on to seem as if he was portraying the Taliban as America's friend. Saying the war is ending, “you don’t do prisoner exchanges with your friends, you do ’em with your enemies.”

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KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bergdahl; bobbergdahl; bowebergdahl; gitmo
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To: kingattax

He says that to Brian, who will never challenge Obama with a sharp edged question. I wish Greta Van S. or Chris Wallace would interview him live.


21 posted on 06/06/2014 10:42:51 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: kingattax

A narcissistic sociopath.


22 posted on 06/06/2014 10:44:32 PM PDT by ZULU (Impeach Obama NOW.)
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To: kingattax

So, the Taliban are going manufacture luxury vehicles, silk clothing, high end fashion the world will clamor for?

Idiot.

They have no intention of joining the regular world and no one will ever want to visit their cultural centers and admire their contributions to the arts, sciences or architectural achievement.

Unlike Germany, Italy or Japan,they have nothing to offer us.

Not even damaged goods, who doesn’t care one whit for the men who lost their lives.

They are a boil on the body of life, in serious need of a lancing.


23 posted on 06/06/2014 11:13:13 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: kingattax

did he blow a bubble answering the question?


24 posted on 06/06/2014 11:20:53 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Vendome

a taliban cultural center ?

its doubtful even a young walt disney could imagine what one would be like.


25 posted on 06/06/2014 11:23:23 PM PDT by kingattax (a real American would rather die on his feet than live on his knees.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

does anyone besides reggie know where he puts his gum at night ?


26 posted on 06/06/2014 11:25:31 PM PDT by kingattax (a real American would rather die on his feet than live on his knees.)
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To: kingattax

Bergdahl walks.
I don’t believe there will be an unfettered investigation of Bergdahl’s
actions from the time he left his unit forward. The Obama administra-
tion can’t handle the scrutiny. In the long run this may not work out
so well for Bergdahl. For the short term he may be saved from prison
or a dishonorable discharge at the least. On the other hand he may
have to spend the rest of his life living down a bad reputation all for
the glory of Obama. A new term “Bergdahl” may even become part of
the deserter lexicon. Twenty years from now some officer warns his
his men “Pull a Bergdahl and I’ll personally shoot your ass!”

But there is also the possibility that when Bergdahl pulls his ‘get out
of jail free” card’ he may accept a Taliban scholarship to study Jihad
at Kabulshit University.


27 posted on 06/07/2014 12:04:22 AM PDT by Sivad (NorCal red turf)
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To: kingattax

Does anybody even care what Obama says anymore?


28 posted on 06/07/2014 12:09:32 AM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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To: headstamp 2

Obama Doubles Down on Bergdahl, Says He’d Do It Again

I am sure he or she will.


29 posted on 06/07/2014 12:11:57 AM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: kingattax
Obama Doubles Down on Bergdahl, Says He'd Do It Again

Learning from one's mistakes leads to our growth as humans.
This attitude underscores in part why Odumbo will forever slither through life.

30 posted on 06/07/2014 2:26:37 AM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: kingattax

“Doubling down” = “one trick pony”


31 posted on 06/07/2014 2:28:37 AM PDT by The Duke ("Forgiveness is between them and God, it's my job to arrange the meeting.")
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To: kingattax
Just what I expected from a gum chewing community organizer.
Lousy President. . . Worst EVER right Jimmah?
32 posted on 06/07/2014 3:40:22 AM PDT by DeaconRed (Deodorant and Common sense. The ones who need it most don't use it. . . . .)
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To: Sivad
I don’t believe there will be an unfettered investigation of Bergdahl’s actions from the time he left his unit forward.

That may well be true. But, the unique thing about this is that there is a "cyber investigation" proceeding. Hastings issued the indictment in that Rolling Stone story and in the wake of the release, eyewitnesses have brought forth testimony.

Our traditional legal institutions are, in theory, the best that have been devised for dispensing justice. However, more and more, they are corrupted.

As Orwell said, "In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act." Perhaps, we are seeing the onset of the Second American Revolution (or third, depending on ones view of the WONA.)

33 posted on 06/07/2014 4:00:13 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: kingattax
Said Obama: "“we’re gonna do everything we can to bring ’em home."

Unless, of course, they're in Benghazi, or in Mexico, or in Somalia, or in..............

34 posted on 06/07/2014 4:10:32 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age didnÂ’t end because we ran out of stones)
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To: ZULU

Totally out of control.


35 posted on 06/07/2014 4:11:29 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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To: elcid1970

I have no doubt odumbo would do it again if it meant something for HIMSELF and made him appear patriotic. He hates this country and our military and is using the Bergdahl exchange as nothing more than “show”. Bergdahl is but a “useful fool” in odumbo’s war on America.

My guess is Bergdahl’s days are numbered. Someone someplace will not forget what Bergdahl did. The deaths of many of our finest soldiers who tried to find him will not be forgotten and someone will take matters into their own hands. Its not over.


36 posted on 06/07/2014 4:57:22 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: DaveA37

Real soldiers ordered to bring Bergdahl back were killed by the enemy. Among the combat branches, there is the belief that these deaths must be avenged. The more facts that emerge, the stronger this belief will grow.

But if Bergdahl does get rough justice for his treason, then Obama will attend his official state funeral and will call him a `martyr for peace’. Count on it.


37 posted on 06/07/2014 5:28:42 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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To: kingattax

Of course. Never admit to a mistake.


38 posted on 06/07/2014 5:39:45 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Progressive is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: kingattax

And the lies just keep coming.

There is no reality quite like leftist reality.

The reality that the American people have had enough has to arise and overpower the leftist propaganda.


39 posted on 06/07/2014 5:44:07 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: kingattax

Obama gives the American people the finger and the media says he’s saluting.


40 posted on 06/07/2014 6:11:25 AM PDT by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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