Posted on 06/11/2014 6:23:23 AM PDT by don-o
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Defense Department General Counsel Stephen Preston testify on the release of five Taliban detainees in exchange for Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl.
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“Pathetic! Did you hear him say they knew not of the location of pick-up until one hour before? One hour??? Benghazi, 7 hours and no one came to assist them. One hour, location unknown, to fly into hostile territory for Bergdahl. Who is lying now or who lied then?”
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More importantly - who the heck would make that kind of deal with terrorists - only on terrorists terms?
If he’s telling the truth it’s obvious that the Tolly-bahn controlled the entire operation. Proving that Mullah Baraq will do anything for a Rose Garden photo op.
“America does not leave its soldiers behind.”
Unless those soldiers are held captive in Mexico. Then we do leave them behind.
Hagel saying the tooly bonnies who were traded never got in the fight. That statement struck down and McKeon just pounded him that bin laden never fought directly. BOOM!
“This was our last chance to get him.”
This Davis woman is a dunce. Thanks (again) California!
Hagel basically admitting that we now let the Taliban make demands and control U.S. foreign policy actions
Watching via FoxNews cable TV — no loss of audio via TV cable.
Thing is, the war in Afghanistan is not over, we still have troops dying there.
So Bergdahl was not left behind. So this is a canard that keeps being told. As long as we have troops there, these 5 terrorists are very much a danger to American citizens.
This is a huge waste of time. The GOP representatives are about as ineffectual as GOP senators.....
Hagel is falling apart, I I I umm ,his ear piece must be malfunctioning
True that.They are all patting each other on the back.Waste of time to watch.I’m turning it off.
I believe I heard a Whopper:
CH claims that getting BB back frees up commanders on the ground to not be diverted by looking for him so they can fight better.
There is no Fire in the questioning by these GOP Reps!
So I thought I’d jump in here and give an opinion, thank me very much.
I say....follow the money.
This administration does what whoever provides the most money desires, never mind loyalty and patriotism.
They’d been offered a huge amount of money for the Taliban 5 and we know the admin tried over and over to make it happen.
This time they said hell with it and came up with this big Bergdahl silly thing. We know the Bergdahl pair had been at that WH many times than makes sense so this thing had been in the works for many months.
I think they sat for hours and figured the spin, got Rice to agree to be the paid for liar....don’t tell me this woman ain’t got a big account in the Swiss alps.
Finally, here’s the bigger thought....I THINK THE REPUBLICANS ARE FULL AWARE OF THIS!
And they let it go on.
Sure, it’s not going to be easy to launch a campaign to....no, not impeach....but STOP this man from systemically destroying the country.
Last night we sent a Brat-y message.
There will be more.
Yes it is a big waste of time!
Thanks.
30. Frees up resources, strengthens position
Unless those soldiers are held captive in Mexico. Then we do leave them behind.
Exactly. The point needs to be made how selective the Obama administration is with their stated values.
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