Posted on 06/11/2014 6:23:23 AM PDT by don-o
Just damn! He said Damn twice! Proving his manhood?
It was all about this poor sick young man who had to be rescued from those nasty Talley Bans. Hagle & Co. subordinated US interests to negotiate with the enemy who they GREATLY aided and abetted.
They will be free to meet with their families and use couriers to direct operations against the Afghan government and us. They have other ways to communicate with their people. There is no solace in restricting their movements to within Qatar. They are generals who can direct hostile actions against us no matter where they are physically located. And their release boosts the morale of our enemies.
2. Previously consulted with congress
3. Swiftboating
4. It was an oversight, sorry
5. Platoon full of psychopaths
6. Taliban threated to kill
7. "What difference does it make?"
8. Stockholm Syndrome
9. PTSD
10. No evidence converted to Islam, fraternized with Taliban, and declared jihad
11. Physically abused, confined in cage
12. Racism
13. Moderate Taliban
14. “Raggedy" platoon
15. "No matter what, to leave an American behind in the hands of people who would torture him, cut of his head, do any number of things"
16. Obama broke unconstitutional law (that he signed)
17. Wasn't only soldier to 'walk off' post
18. Only tenuous link to U.S. deaths
19. “PR campaign by Republicans” ... to “muddy the waters”
20. Hagel, NOT Obama, made the final call on #Bergdahl swap, (see also #16)
21. The Taliban Five aren't as bad as you think, three were governors
22. Decision made day before
23. Taliban Five akin to soldiers in American Revolution
24. Taliban ‘part of the fabric Of Afghanistan’ — not ‘terrorists’
25. "The president made the ultimate decision.”
26. Obama is a prisoner of groupthink
This may be the only time that a soldier was asked to sign a non disclosure statement for a simple Missing/Captured comrade. WHY?
CH said entire National Security team reviewed CH’s letter covering transfer, and were in full agreement with contents.
Of course, no one in Congress could see it.
Says they met the threshold of the 2014 Defense Authorization Act—threat of detainees was substantially mitigated.
Now weasel wording how this action was consistent with all of America’s actions in the past pertaining to POWs.
Which is utter dreck.
Someone on the committee needs to ask Hagel whether any money changed hands.
There have been rumors/speculation that upwards of $1 to $5 million may have been a part of the ‘exchange’.
“Damn seriously, damn seriously.” Got your talking point, MSM?
After reading his statement, he will invoke the fifth. Worked for someone else before.
Now Hagel is pulling the Vietnam card. Disgraceful.
over / under on how long The List is after this hearing is 32. I’ll take the over.
He’s cocky and condesending...I hope the Pubs fight back.
WTF is he ranting about now? Gone from blaming Bush to Viet Nam. What does it have to do with the prisoner swap?
“America does not leave its soldiers behind.”
DRINK!
So this is how they Qut-a-deal with the Tali's not banned. Foxes on hen house guard duty.
CH waxing on about Vietnam, 1968, experiencing war, blah,blah,blah.
War is dirty business, don;t want to deal with these realities.
Faced with unpleasant choices.
Hard choices(there’s that term again) have to be made.
Hagel says President has constitutional authority to protect American citizens and soldiers, and that’s what he did.
Says he has always been transparent with this committee as SecDef,that’s what I demanded when I was on the other side as a Senate.
Circumstances surrounding my decision were imperfect, Prez is same decision.
Says he met with the special operators who retrieved Bergdahl, took risks to “recover one of their own”
Sorry, folks, can barely wade through all of this BS.
Overs.
Hagel talks about how we always rescue Americans, especially those in the military. Why can’t we get that marine back from Mexico?
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There were men left behind in Benghazi - what about those guys?
Good job. Accurate transcription is not my strong suit, but, I bet some cubicle bound will appreciate it.
McKeon calling out the inaccuracy (my word would be lie) that Hagel just spewed.
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