Posted on 06/05/2014 11:35:16 PM PDT by chessplayer
If Democrats worried about the incompetence of the White House in the Taliban swap, they should be in full-fledged panic attack after the latest attempt by the Obama administration to spin their violation of the law. Statute signed by Obama required 30 days’ notice to Congress before releasing anyone from Guantanamo Bay’s detention center, let alone the five worst non-AQ Taliban figures being held. The AP issued a “breaking” report five days after the deal was announced with no notification at all that the White House was told by the Taliban not to tell anyone, or they would kill Bowe Bergdahl:
BREAKING: Officials: Congress not told of swap because Taliban threatened to kill Bergdahl if it leaked .
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 5, 2014
First, let’s parse this on its merits. By Saturday, we had Bergdahl back, and the Taliban had … five of the worst mass murderers and terrorist leaders back in the open. By Sunday, at least, people were already pointing out that the White House had violated the law with this release, and the two intel committee chairs didn’t even get their calls until Monday night. It took five days to go public with this and let everyone know that the White House had agreed to that condition?
And if this is true, it means that Obama ALLOWED THE TALIBAN TO DICTATE WHETHER THE US FOLLOWS THE RULE OF LAW OR NOT.
Requested.
It lowers the most powerful nation on earth to a Law and Order like cop scenario where the President dare not reveal even small potato goings ons, to the people handling great National Security issues in the Legislative Branch.
This is ridiculous.
I said small potatoes, thinking about the tiny risk to the already suspect PFC, I forgot the magnitude of the the part about the terrorist dream team.
This is ridiculous.
The leader of the free world apparently is taking orders from a bunch of goat-herding terrorists based in some tents in some war-torn third world craphole.
How low we have sunk.
Yep. “The Taliban made me do it.”
Terrorists 1
Congress 0
I am going to try that same excuse the next I get pulled over for speeding. I bet that won’t fly either.
>> because Taliban threatened to kill Bergdahl if it leaked .
So in turn the White House leaked the name of the CIA station chief... given its deep concern for the wellbeing of those honorably serving the Country.
Any guess on the next excuse to be floated by the Mainstream Ministry of Misinformation?
Let’s review:
outing the CIA station chief
allegedly 5-6 million dollars
releasing 5 top enemy commanders to the enemy
and in return - a deserter and likely defector
MIGHTY high price.
Bowe Bergdahl is a pawn, an excuse. A cover story.
Emptying Gitmo is what’s going on.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/officials-threat-bergdahls-life-led-action
meant to include this as well
Objectives by any means.
Americans collectively must have more self-respect than to tolerate this unbridled abuse.
Agree wholeheartedly.
If they had actually said that, it would be believable. At least admit being servants of the prince of this world.
Yes. Their master Satan makes them do all these terrible, destructive things. Just like Satan rules over his millions of islamoNazi followers all over the world — and his pathetic “new” EU-roNazi POS’s, too. Because they’ve all chosen to follow, obey Satan. Romans 6:16.
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