The decision to do this was completely predictable. The Obama administration has favored traitors over patriots in every decision that they have ever made. But I doubt that actually figured into the equation this time around. It looked like an easy way to score some political points. They probably would have thrown in a few kilos of highly refined plutonium for Iran if that would helped get this joker back.
Let's remember that Obama has a history of admiring traitors and terrorists.
> The decision to do this was completely predictable.
Yep. It was a move that was too clever by half. Obama has been pulling these sort of “Wow, wasn’t that extraordinarily edgy!” moves for the last 6 years and has finally jumped the shark.