Posted on 10/12/2017 5:11:08 AM PDT by CaptainK
An American woman and her family, who had been held captive since 2012 by the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network after being kidnapped while hiking in Afghanistan, were freed, the White House announced Thursday.
Caitlin Coleman, 32, was seven months pregnant when she and her Canadian husband Josh Boyle were abducted.
President Trump appeared to hint at the news of Coleman's release during a speech in Coleman's home state of Pennsylvania.
"Something happened today, where a country that totally disrespected us called with some very, very important news," Trump said. "And one of my generals came in. They said, 'You know, I have to tell you, a year ago they would've never done that.' It was a great sign of respect. You'll probably be hearing about it over the next few days. But this is a country that did not respect us. This is a country that respects us now. The world is starting to respect us again, believe me.
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winning, but next time you want to hike guys, we have a lot of great national parks in America....
7 mos pregnant, hiking in Afghanistan.
What could go wrong?!?! *SMH*
I believe this family, originally just a couple, went there on tourism or something insane like that.
tourism..!
I think a 5 years sentence for what is clearly a terminal case of stupidity is a pretty good deal.
Hey idiots: go and stupid no more!
The media will somehow spin this against Trump.
I remember those fools. Hopefully no US personnel were put at risk getting them out.
There were. It’ll come out. “Freed” is different than “released”
But dayum, who in their right mind would think that a hiking trip to Afghanistan would be a good idea?
Darwin was robbed this go'round. d;^)
Winning
From the article:
“The announcement of the release comes a month after President Trump announced a new strategy to deal with Afghanistan and Pakistan, saying the Taliban and other militant groups would no longer find safe haven in Pakistan.”
Obama’a policies stymied again!
Yes, I think hiking in Afghanistan, a colossal blunder, with a capital B.
“Caitlin Coleman, 32, was seven months pregnant when she and her Canadian husband Josh Boyle were abducted.”
I’m glad she’s free, but what kind of a moron - WHILE SEVEN MONTHS PREGNANT - decides to go hiking in a war torn Muslim country???
American patriots do well deserved things to evil people so that other Americans can be free.
Hiking in Afghanistan ... Why didn’y they just go paddleboarding in a cesspool?
Idiots generally deserve whatever fate befalls them.
......even if they are stupid as a bag of hammers.
Days she was pregnant. She come home with a 5 year old?
I suspect we haven’t been given the REAL story. Maybe some Bowe Bergdahl wannabes.
“I’m glad she’s free, but what kind of a moron - WHILE SEVEN MONTHS PREGNANT - decides to go hiking in a war torn Muslim country?”
With a Canadian husband, I’m betting they’re both self-involved, dumb@zz Leftists. However, now that they’ve been ‘mugged’ in the most dramatic way, will they become Conservatives? ;)
Next vacation, they plan on stealing posters in North Korea. It’s trendy.
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