Posted on 07/29/2013 8:10:44 PM PDT by null and void
Without an official announcement or any publicity, the Obama administration released five members of the Taliban from Gitmo in order to open peace talks in Afghanistan.
"a top U.S. official said the prisoners were released under the condition that they will not engage in any violent activity."
The terror activity of those released is not in question. Rather, their release is intended as a gesture to get peace talks rolling between the U.S., Afghanistan, and the Taliban.
Although this release is a stark departure from the standing U.S. policy of zero tolerance [of] negotiations with terrorists and releasing of prisoners.
One thing is for certain--the more prisoners Obama can release from Gitmo in a piecemeal fashion the quicker he can justify asking Congress to cut off funding for the prison altogether.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Afghanistan has NOTHING for the U.S. Talk about godforsaken, useless countries. Nothing there but dry, dry mountains, no air, no water and God’s poorest people on the planet.
Rare earth elements and copper.
Copper.
Hmmmm, our military is being forced to convert to “green” lead free solid copper bullets...
Last year we wanted Bergdahl released too before releasing them.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/08/us-usa-afghanistan-taliban-idUSBRE87700020120808
But a POW means less than nothing to Obama.
A kaffir POW, anyway, I bet the concern would be higher for a fellow muslim...
“a top U.S. official said the prisoners were released under the condition that they will not engage in any violent activity.”
we have been there done that already in the past
the “condition that they will not engage in any “violent” activity is not worth the paper it’s written on
Are they being released into the United States?
Ultimately, bet on it.
No. Evil.
He is a crier!
Yeah when you look at Sunni vs Shia worldwide things can look different.
What's really pathetic is that we're supposed to have checks and balances, but neither the courts nor the HOR/Senate are providing that.
When will SOMEONE realize he is aiding terroism? I thought there was a law against that in this country.
He needs to be removed and/or impreached as quickly as possible.
Now that he is all but emptying Gitmo, he can close it and cut even more military personnel. Just another claim he will make is that he is “reducing the budget”.
Thanks
Exactly.
...and evil.
More accurately, evil and stupid.
coming to a neighborhood near you soon....
It reminds me of the times we had peace talks with the Nazis and the Imperial Japanese forces that refused to surrender in 1946.
Oh wait. We would just shoot them on sight. Forgot about that.
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