“where they will stay for a year under the terms of the trade.”
Sure. Of course.
“Our next VA secretary? “
I am thinking poster boy for Hillary’s love of the troops.
It’s a win-win for the Taliban and a lose-lose for the US.
They get 5 soldiers to put in the field over there against US and 1 over here behind the lines.
article says “western” Afghanistan but near Pakistan border is most definitely “eastern” Afghanistan
what happened to proof reading, copy editing, and basic knowledge of geography??
Bergdahl sounds fishy and his father worse....
Releasing 5 fairly senior Taliban, including at least one with close ties to Bin Laden, is a travesty!
Just another reminder that our policy should be to execute every terrorist scum we can get at, never hold them in any Guantanamo, unless we truly hope to get useful intel from them (so unlikely). Anyone without intel value, execute.
Never release terrorist scum, ever. Now these 5 can help to kill more Americans and countless others.
FTA:“I am ashamed to be an American. And the title of US soldier is just the lie of fools,” he concluded. “I am sorry for everything. The horror that is America is disgusting.”
If Barack and Michelle had a son....
Cynic!
(But, yes, probably.)
Can a deserter/defector be considered a POW?
Of course, that'll sail right over the heads of most civilians, who understand the military about as much as they understand astrophysics.
Anyone second the motion?
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
“I am your father, Luke”
Why aren’t people tying in the blown cover of the CIA chief in Afghanistan as part of this deal?