Twenty Years Too Early, Ten Years Too Late and the Relic From Rome

PJ Media ^ | 28 Oct 2019 | Richard Fernandez

[Rummyfan]

"I still say Kayla should be here, and if Obama had been as decisive as President Trump, maybe she would have been," Marsha Mueller said, referring to the death of her daughter at the hands of ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. "After Kayla's death, the Muellers became outspoken critics of the American government's handling of its foreign hostages. They had been encouraged to keep her captivity secret, and discouraged from attempting to free her or pay a ransom."

Leaving aside the question of whether Obama ever had a good tactical option at rescuing Kayla Mueller, "decisive" is probably the wrong word to characterize the former president's style. Obama knew what he wanted and valued signaling and appearances in a sincere way. He was always signaling. If the Muellers were instructed not to speak it was so as not to jam his carefully crafted messages. By treating Bin Laden's corpse reverently; by an excruciating choice of words and many other ways he was signaling. Always signaling, which he saw as an important part of his job.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Bottom line is there wasn’t enough in graft $$$ to get her out.

[colorado tanker]

Husein couldn’t throw some of the Mullah’s cash toward getting Kayla out?

[Delmarksman]

But yet, there was $5 Million and 5 really bad Taliban guys that Obie was willing to give for the Traitor Bergdahl.