Some reports said he might not even be able to speak English after five years of captivity. Politics aside- do you think you would forget how to speak in five years? That is a long time but still I am doubtful.
Some reports said he might not even be able to speak English after five years of captivity. Politics aside- do you think you would forget how to speak in five years? That is a long time but still I am doubtful.
typical libtard wrote:
But Boooooosh!! And Ronnie!!!!!!! They did the same things!
Reagan and Bush supplied Hezbollah with weapons via Iran.
They should have injected the Talibans with heroin every day until they were full blown addicts and then dropped them "home."
OR shot them up 6 months ago with some isotope or something that would give them cancer in a few years.
As soon as we have another Republican in the Whitehouse, we'll invade Afghanistan all over the freaking again...
Partisan morons, please stop. Let's focus on the issue at hand.
I dont see how ANYONE defends the way this had been handled.
Yes, I'm all for bringing back American POWs. I might even be for brining back an American POW who was a deserter (assuming they'd be charged). However, I can't believe how the President's administration has handled this.
I heard Obama's PR lady today say stuff along the lines of "It was years ago. We don't know the circumstances of his disappearance."
My response. That's unacceptable.
1) WHY IN GOD'S NAME DID WE GIVING UP 4 TALIBAN COMMANDERS IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE GETTING IN RETURN? Common sense says it should 100% be certain what led to his disappearance before we negotiate. We are going to give up a ton of prisoners to get back ...... a deserter or traitor? you don't know? How can that be?
2) It seems we do know what happened - well anyone with a brain knows - as the people in his unit have spoken out.
I have one more question.
3) Have we ever negotiated with terrorists before? If not, that's an AWFUL PRECEDENT to be setting. AWFUl.I might consider it for a freaking hero,not a deserter.
I feel for him and his father. No one joins the armhy looking to be a deserter. But you simply can't walk off your job thinking the enemy will embrace you.
Love how Hagel is telling us to wait until the facts come out. What??? They made this deal without knowing the facts???
As for feeling for the father and son treasonist afghan sympathizers Rojo. How do you feel about the parents of the many dead soldiers that went searching for this traitor?
Rojo ... let's focus on the loaded word "commanders". What does that mean in a widely distributed world like Afghanistan? Nothing. The Taliban does not have a hierarchical command structure like western military. They are local tribal leaders that maybe have some followers or not? By calling these guys "commanders" it makes it much worse than it is. So it is 5 Taliban philosophy followers. What difference does that make in a country with hundreds of these guys around? Nothing.
Sorry, but the societal structure in Afghanistan cannot be equated in our western experience. And words like commander just muddle things.
werwe wrote:
Mooner wrote:You really think we are getting the whole story about this? Come on. Haven't you yet become aware that the government and the mainstream media is always telling us lies big and small?
Quick! Develop some type of conspiracy theory!
I agree with Mooner. There's much more to this story than meets the eye. Always question, rarely believe.
rojo wrote:
3) Have we ever negotiated with terrorists before? If not, that's an AWFUL PRECEDENT to be setting. AWFUl.I might consider it for a freaking hero,not a deserter.
We have always negotiated with our enemies -- terrorists or otherwise.
Sometimes we give them all sorts of things -- weapons, oil, cash, you name it. Even GW Bush was negotiating with the Taliban about some oil pipeline or another at one point.
Treadstoned wrote:
Love how Hagel is telling us to wait until the facts come out. What??? They made this deal without knowing the facts???
Of course they knew the facts. He was telling YOU to wait until YOU get all the facts before judging things.
run with the wom wrote:
Rojo ... let's focus on the loaded word "commanders". What does that mean in a widely distributed world like Afghanistan? Nothing. The Taliban does not have a hierarchical command structure like western military. They are local tribal leaders that maybe have some followers or not? By calling these guys "commanders" it makes it much worse than it is. So it is 5 Taliban philosophy followers. What difference does that make in a country with hundreds of these guys around? Nothing.
Sorry, but the societal structure in Afghanistan cannot be equated in our western experience. And words like commander just muddle things.
Rubbish - these five were considered "forever prisoners, i.e., the captives who were designated for indefinite detention or possible trial by an Obama Task Force in January 2010. Anyone who really cares about this issue would have researched these guys to know that they are not "local tribal leaders." I would post their "credentials" here but know many of you don't really care how bad these terrorists are. These are the creme de la creme of the Taliban terrorists. To release them now for a deserter is mind-boggling.
Smell the coffee wrote:
Treadstoned wrote:Love how Hagel is telling us to wait until the facts come out. What??? They made this deal without knowing the facts???
Of course they knew the facts. He was telling YOU to wait until YOU get all the facts before judging things.
Thanks, that's even worse
Treadstoned wrote:
Smell the coffee wrote:Of course they knew the facts. He was telling YOU to wait until YOU get all the facts before judging things.
Thanks, that's even worse
Don't be so naive.
Home run, sir. Round the bases. I'll be at the plate to greet you with a high five.
Resending old terrorist commanders after twelve years sounds like a very smart way to create a power clash with the new generation of taliban leaders. Chaos will surely break out within the organisation. Just imagine what would happened if congressmen from twelve years ago were reinstated without the new ones removed...
Also, after twelve years the NSA surely has got these guys voices on tape backward and forwards and up and down - they'll never again in their lifes be able to pick up a telephone to make a single call without computer surveillance pinpointing them down to the yard.
At least half of them will be dead by drone strike within the year methinks...
Peter Andersson wrote:
Resending old terrorist commanders after twelve years sounds like a very smart way to create a power clash with the new generation of taliban leaders. Chaos will surely break out within the organisation. Just imagine what would happened if congressmen from twelve years ago were reinstated without the new ones removed...
Also, after twelve years the NSA surely has got these guys voices on tape backward and forwards and up and down - they'll never again in their lifes be able to pick up a telephone to make a single call without computer surveillance pinpointing them down to the yard.
At least half of them will be dead by drone strike within the year methinks...
We will be able to pinpoint them down to the yard by computer surveillance? Why can't we do the same to pinpoint down to the yard those terrorists who killed the four in the Benghazi attack? How come we have never arrested or killed anyone involved with that terrorist attack except the video producer?
rojo wrote:
Yes, I'm all for bringing back American POWs. I might even be for brining back an American POW who was a deserter (assuming they'd be charged).
You acknowledge he should be tried.
rojo wrote:
Common sense says it should 100% be certain what led to his disappearance before we negotiate. We are going to give up a ton of prisoners to get back ...... a deserter or traitor? you don't know? How can that be?
You assume he is guilty before trial.
Burly Burt wrote:
We will be able to pinpoint them down to the yard by computer surveillance? Why can't we do the same to pinpoint down to the yard those terrorists who killed the four in the Benghazi attack? How come we have never arrested or killed anyone involved with that terrorist attack except the video producer?
Maybe because we don't know who they are?
Maybe the Liberal Media is saying "hero" and the Conservative Media is saying "deserter" and the truth is neither.
Nobody here knows the whole story. Most just have a gut reaction based on the particular brand of media they tend to rely on for their "news".
Dig deeper, you might learn something.
if you think cnn is that biased..you paranoid
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