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Taliban swapped for Bergdahl could be drone targets, Kerry indicates
The Manchester Guardian ^
| June 8, 2014
| Paul Lewis
Posted on 06/08/2014 7:34:38 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Secretary of state John Kerry has indicated that five Guantánamo Bay detainees released in exchange for an American soldier could be killed by drone strike if they return to the battlefield in Afghanistan.
Kerrys implied threat to the five Taliban fighters came as Republicans ramped-up their criticism of the deal to release Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, a prisoner of the Taliban for five years until he was freed last week.
The 28-year-old soldier has reportedly told medical staff at a base in Germany he was tortured and beaten by his captors, and once locked in a metal cage in total darkness as punishment for an attempted escape.
On Sunday, it emerged that the FBI is investigating death threats against Bergdahls parents, who have not reacted publicly to the intense political debate raging over the wisdom of trading five Guantánamo detainees for their son.
Republicans highlight the possibility that the Taliban fighters, some of whom were senior commanders, are likely to return to the Afghan conflict after the year they are compelled to stay in Qatar, which brokered the prisoner swap and has promised to monitor the five men.
However, Kerry told CNN the men were also being closed monitored by the US, which had "the ability to do things" if the terms of the arrangement with Qatar were violated. Although he did not overtly refer to drone strikes, he said the five men would be liable to be killed by the US if they returned to the ranks of the Taliban....
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; bergdahl; bhogwot; hanoijohn; johnkerry; kerry; obama; secstate; soskerry; taliban; traitor; uav
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If Don Knotts and Tim Conway's personas were running this country I'd feel more at ease.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Mr. I Hate War flexing his medal tossing muscles.
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posted on
06/08/2014 7:38:22 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Learn To Search. Ask Me How.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
06/08/2014 7:38:54 PM PDT
by
mathprof
To: 2ndDivisionVet
There are no words adequate.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Secretary of state John Kerry has indicated that five Guantánamo Bay detainees released in exchange for an American soldier could be killed by drone strike if they return to the battlefield in Afghanistan.
Then the war ain't over.
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posted on
06/08/2014 7:41:11 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Does this f-n idiot not understand to keep his f-n yap shut?
Or does he?????????
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posted on
06/08/2014 7:41:12 PM PDT
by
logitech
(It is time.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The 28-year-old soldier has reportedly told medical staff at a base in Germany he was tortured and beaten by his captors, and once locked in a metal cage in total darkness...I don't give a grap what he went through; he deserted, that is clear; decisions have consequences.
He did not have the good grace to die.
Reduction ad absurdum rationalizations by Hussein and his flying monkeys can only influence the feeble minded, the "no information" voters, and those who can't read or write in cursive...
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posted on
06/08/2014 7:41:39 PM PDT
by
publius911
( Politicians come and go... but the (union) bureaucracy lives and grows forever.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Has there ever been a more incompetent group of idiots running the country? Not even the scum in charge during the Grant administration can top this.
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posted on
06/08/2014 7:42:09 PM PDT
by
txrefugee
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Monkeys could fly out of my butt.
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posted on
06/08/2014 7:42:31 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I wonder if they’ll be hit by drones (and/or other methods) regardless, all to make the bad press stop. Not for the right reasons, but to make sure none of these 5 kill anyone else, whose blood can be squarely placed on Obama’s hands.
Yes, I am jaded.
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posted on
06/08/2014 7:43:05 PM PDT
by
KJC1
(When you are dealing with the devil, the only answer is God.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; ...
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posted on
06/08/2014 7:44:16 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Resist in place.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Would Genghis Khan approve?
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posted on
06/08/2014 7:44:58 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
06/08/2014 7:46:01 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
That’s RACIST Mr. sKerry.../s
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posted on
06/08/2014 7:46:01 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
("Remember me as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you will be")
To: KJC1
We are closely tracking the released terrorists to see where they lead us, but when we have tracked them down reporting to their boss, the head of the evil, and they just won’t authorize the drone to take out Obama. /s
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posted on
06/08/2014 7:46:20 PM PDT
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The Department of Defense does not comment on discussions that Sergeant Bergdahl is having with the professionals who are providing him medical and reintegration care. We will respect that process in all regardsThen how is it that the NYTs has all of info on what he's saying by citing an un-named "Senior US Official"?
Susan Rice out making s**t up again?
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posted on
06/08/2014 7:46:34 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: publius911
I saw that movie, too, wasn't it called The Deer Hunter? Was he also forced to play Russian Roulette? LOL
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posted on
06/08/2014 7:46:42 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
To: txrefugee
The Buchanan, Grant, Harding and Carter people must be laughing their heads off.
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posted on
06/08/2014 7:48:10 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Outstanding!
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O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.
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posted on
06/08/2014 7:49:33 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Mlichael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Taliban swapped for Bergdahl could be drone targets, Kerry indicatesMr. 'big words' (and bigger mouth) MENSA graduate...
< /sarc >
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posted on
06/08/2014 7:50:55 PM PDT
by
publius911
( Politicians come and go... but the (union) bureaucracy lives and grows forever.)
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