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The Bergdahl Bargain Was Just the Beginning
Foreign Policy ^ | June 2 | GORDON LUBOLD

Posted on 06/04/2014 10:46:30 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Obama swapped five Taliban for Bowe Bergdahl. What will he trade for the three other Americans being held in Afghanistan?

The Obama administration's controversial decision to swap five senior Taliban figures for the military's lone prisoner of war, Bowe Bergdahl, is putting new pressure on the White House to do more to free the three other American citizens who have been missing in Afghanistan or Pakistan for years but have drawn little attention in Washington.

The American civilians thought to be in captivity include Caitlin Coleman, an American citizen who, along with her Canadian-born husband Josh, disappeared in Afghanistan in October 2012. Coleman was pregnant and would have had a child by the following January; if the infant survived, he or she would be considered an American citizen. The third missing citizen is Warren Weinstein, 72, a government contractor who was doing work in Pakistan when he was kidnapped in August 2011. It was unclear from government officials Monday what the status of these Americans was or if active discussions were taking place to secure their release.

(Excerpt) Read more at foreignpolicy.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: army; bergdahl; taliban

1 posted on 06/04/2014 10:46:30 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
What will he trade for the three other Americans being held in Afghanistan?

Did you see Obama's newer about his Bergdahl-Taliban swap? He ended with the words, "Full stop."

The answer to the headline is Congress needs to bring Obama to a "Full Stop."

2 posted on 06/04/2014 10:52:50 AM PDT by PapaNew
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To: nickcarraway

As soon as I read “lone prisoner of war”, I stopped reading.


3 posted on 06/04/2014 10:53:27 AM PDT by anoldafvet (If you think the government is capable of taking care of you, just look at the VA.)
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To: PapaNew

Father Of Soldier Who Obama Released, Declares Muslim Victory Call, And Obama Smiles As Soon As He Hears The War Cry Of Allah

By Ted on June 2, 2014 in Featured, General

By Walid Shoebat And Theodore Shoebat (A Shoebat Exclusive)

JUST WAIT TILL YOU READ ALL THE EVIDENCE WE ACCUMULATED ON THIS SUPPOSED RESCUE OPERATION.

FIRST THINGS FIRST

While the Obama administration is proudly touting how it was able to free an American soldier who was captured by the Taliban, what no one picked is the fact that Obama SMILED as soon as he heard the most famous war cry of Islam, “bismillah al-rahman al-rahim,” Arabic for “in the name of Allah the most gracious, the most merciful.”
Watch Obama smile as soon as Bergdahl gives the most famous Muslim expression, the “Bismillah” or the “Basmallah”:

The “basmallah” is the Islamic expression for victory and only indicates that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s father is a Muslim.

Think that the man is acting as “Muslim” for a stealth operation to rescue his son who is already in good hands in Germany? And what is with the long beard and trimmed mustache?

No this is not a bum, biker, or a Santa Clause fan. When one gives the basmallah, trims his mustache and elongates his beard, its the first sign of a convert to Islam, just as that an ex-Muslim putting on a cross and saying, “In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit,” is evidence enough of conversion to Christianity. But there is much more we obtained on this stealth jihadist.

But first, Obama’s smile says much. Obama has never declared the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and has no real testimony of converting to Christianity, as his pastor Jeremiah Wright stated:

I made it easy for him to come to an understanding of who Jesus Christ is and not feel that he was turning his back on his Islamic friends and his Islamic traditions and his understanding of Islam

EVIDENCE THAT BERGDAHL CONVERTED TO JIHADI ISLAM

We were first hit with news from Brietbart that the Taliban said that Robert Bowe Bergdahl’s son, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, converted to Islam, changed his name to Abdullah, and even trained the Taliban in bomb making techniques.

And like father like son, the young Bergdahl, also trims his mustache and extends his beard, as these pictures show:

The rest of the history…

http://shoebat.com/2014/06/02/father-soldier-obama-released-declares-muslim-victory-call-obama-smiles-soon-hears-war-cry-allah/


4 posted on 06/04/2014 10:57:56 AM PDT by Dqban22
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To: anoldafvet

Zero has finally figured out how to close Gitmo. A series of 5-for-1 sales.


5 posted on 06/04/2014 10:59:06 AM PDT by alancarp
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To: Dqban22

The afghan villagers thought he’d been smoking hashish!!


6 posted on 06/04/2014 11:01:11 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: nickcarraway

These people will not release anyone unless there is a cash payment - no matter how many of their leaders are released. So, how many million of $$ did it take to clinch the deal??


7 posted on 06/04/2014 11:06:33 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: nickcarraway

If we’re going to trade 5 for 1 we better start taking Taliban prisoners wholesale. We’re going to soon need hundred of prisoners to trade under this policy at 5 for 1. /sarc


8 posted on 06/04/2014 11:07:03 AM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: nickcarraway
prisoner of war

Another lie from the Jihadi Rose Garden.

Bergdahl Was Never Listed by US as a POW


9 posted on 06/04/2014 11:09:26 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your teaching is my delight.)
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To: Dqban22
and even trained the Taliban in bomb making techniques.

Berghdal was a Private at the time he went over the fence....NFW he'd know anything about "bomb making techniques".

10 posted on 06/04/2014 11:10:17 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
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To: nickcarraway

The only way to get Obama interested in getting the other Americans released is to convince him that they aided the Taliban. That will be especially hard in the case of the two-year-old.


11 posted on 06/04/2014 11:12:02 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: nickcarraway

The only way to get Obama interested in getting the other Americans released is to convince him that they aided the Taliban. That will be especially hard in the case of the two-year-old.


12 posted on 06/04/2014 11:12:02 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: nickcarraway

$inator DiFi says the White House broke the law on Bergdahl.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/video/feinstein-says-white-house-broke-the-law-on-bergdahl/273541187778/fanNews/newest/?cid=newsmod_sf_feinstein


13 posted on 06/04/2014 11:12:45 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Herr Obama will not divert resources from his war on Americans to help Veterans!)
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To: Dqban22

Do you have a link of the presser with Papa Islam?


14 posted on 06/04/2014 11:23:21 AM PDT by autumnraine
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To: Verginius Rufus

I disagree. obama isn’t and never WILL be interested in getting Americans released.

His ONLY aim in the deal was to RELEASE his Muslim ‘brothers’. He’s on THEIR side. He told us that before he was elected the first time.

We didn’t listen.


15 posted on 06/04/2014 11:31:15 AM PDT by joethedrummer
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To: elpadre
So, how many million of $$ did it take to clinch the deal??

Ollie North says $5-6 million changed hands.

16 posted on 06/04/2014 11:31:23 AM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: Ignorance on parade.)
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To: ErnBatavia
Berghdal was a Private at the time he went over the fence....NFW he'd know anything about "bomb making techniques".

You sure? He hung out with Afghanis. He would do extensive reading rather than hang out with his fellow soldiers. He had a computer. With all the IED's around, what kind of training do these guys get?

17 posted on 06/04/2014 11:37:43 AM PDT by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: Starstruck

BERGDAHL

The ONLY Taliban ‘captive’ to LIVE!


18 posted on 06/04/2014 11:46:12 AM PDT by QT3.14 (Don Surber: American people have had it with the House of Clinton. She an Old Hag; he a Limp Corndog)
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