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Originally Posted by Catfish
Methinks this thread should have stopped after Oberon's post.
This was a good one  |
Methinks this is one of the nicer threads I have seen on the net on the subject of Bergdahl/five Taliban prisoner exchange.
I'm shocked it took 8 days to wind up here, but I'm glad it did take that long. I've been up and I've been down about this exchange.
A man's life was involved, Bergdahl's life that is. I was mad and I was angry, but after seeing the filmed release by the Taliban my heart melted for him, no matter what the rest of the story may yield ...
President Obama did the right thing ... Congress is Washington and Congress would've spoiled the deal ... the same deal that has been discussed for over four years.
True President Obama's desire is to empty and close Guantanamo Bay, but these same five men were going to be released next year anyway as the war in Afghanistan winds down this is what they do ... release prisoners.
Better to get something now than nothing later.
This was a good deal and most important it is a done deal.
Sure those five men are still dangerous and they will return to fighting the war in Afghanistan, but only a few American soldiers will be left by then for training the Afghanistan army.
Get over it ... America did the right thing.