John Kerry: Freed Taliban Could Fight, Also 'Get Killed'

Newser ^ | June 8 2014 | Polly Davis Doig

[PoloSec]

John Kerry has a word for critics who charge that American troops are in greater danger in the wake of the prisoner swap that freed five Taliban leaders, and that word is "baloney." Of the Taliban, he says, "I am not telling you that they don’t have some ability at some point to go back and get involved," adding ominously that "they also have an ability to get killed if they do that." Meanwhile, of Bowe Bergdahl, he says, "it would have been offensive and incomprehensible to consciously leave an American behind, no matter what." Kerry faced plenty of criticism on the Sunday dial today. A sample, as per Politico:

John McCain: "There are other prisoners, some of whom we have already released, that we could have released in exchange. These five are the top five picked by the Taliban. Not by us, but by the Taliban. We should do everything we can in our power to win the release any of American being held, but not at the expense of lives and well being of their fellow service men and women." Dianne Feinstein: "Secretary Kerry made a very strong statement this morning saying, ‘Oh, we have ways, and we will see that they do not defect, move, speak, whatever,’" she said. "It’s hard to be comfortable when you really haven’t been briefed on the intricacies of carrying out this agreement," and "we have no information" on how the White House would ensure the Taliban don't fight again. Mike Rogers: He's "absolutely convinced" the freed Taliban will fight again. "Maybe not all five: Three for sure, likely four, and that fifth one is on the fence but will probably play some role." And furthermore: "We’ve made a serious, serious geopolitical mistake. We’ve empowered the Taliban. The one thing they wanted more than anything was recognition from the US government, so they can use that to propagandize against areas that are unsecure still in Afghanistan. We’re going to pay for this decision for years."

But Kerry had a couple of unlikely allies:

Former AG Mike Mukasey: President Obama "broke the law, but I believe that the law itself is unconstitutional. Article II [of the Constitution] makes him the commander in chief of the armed forces. These people were in the custody of the armed forces." Former CentCom chief Major Gen. James Mattis: "We no longer have that concern (the Taliban) have this pawn they can play against us. It’s also a military vulnerability the Haqqanis now face, the Taliban now faces, because they no longer hold one of the US soldiers in captivity."

[Secret Agent Man]

not kerry, you didn’t kill them when you could have. you let em go. bastard.

[blueunicorn6]

The Democrat Party hitched their wagon to Obama and he just pulled them over a cliff.
EVERY terrorist attack now gets laid on the Democrat Party.
Obama made the Democrat Party accomplices.

[Fresh Wind]

Kin I gits me a terrorist huntin’ license round here?

[Bluestocking]

If anyone should know the dangers of freeing convicted felons from prison, it’s John Kerry.

John Kerry was the junior Senator from Massachusetts and former Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor under Michael Dukakis in 1988, when Mr. Dukakis was the Democratic nominee for president.

During that year’s presidential campaign, the story of how Governor Dukakis had freed Willie Horton, a convicted murderer and rapist from prison, who went on to use his freedom to rape another woman, erupted as the scandal of the year, and played a major role in ensuring Governor Dukakis’s defeat.

And Willie Horton was only a mere garden-variety murderer/rapist. The five jihadi terrorists that Obama freed from Guantanamo are proven perpetrators of mass-murderous insanity. Yet John Kerry says he believes they won’t pose any additional danger to our troops in Afghanistan. What a lie that is.

[garjog]

OK, so here is a theory:

Obama releases the five terror bitch kings and gets a bump from his fringe donors who wanted Gitmo closed as well as anti Americans everywhere.

Obama is peace loving and ended the war! (Give us more donations!)

Then after collecting lots of donations, the rag headed morons go back to the battlefield — justifying Obama from striking them with drones — making normal American’s happy.

The military couldn’t execute the five kingpins in captivity, but we can kill them now that they are free.

Maybe this is why the Pentagon went along with this?

Maybe each bitch has been tagged with the “magic dust” weapon that we were developing back in 2006?

That means we can spot them from space, making an easy target.

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htecm/articles/20060610.aspx

[bert]

-——justifying Obama from striking them——

I can believe your theory except the Obama strikes part. Does every drone strike require him to sign off? I would prefer to believe others in the military give the order for the hit.

I can’t conceive of Obama ever giving such an order. He is king of the Moonbats and they are pacifist to the bone.