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US soldier freed from captivity in Afghanistan
ap ^ | 5/31/14 | JULIE PACE

Posted on 05/31/2014 9:51:48 AM PDT by ColdOne

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Every American citizen, uniformed and civilian are now fair game. They all have a price in their heads.


81 posted on 05/31/2014 4:54:19 PM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: House Atreides

He said his son didn’t understand English anymore, or something like that. I wonder who the message was for? His son, or the Taliban? It was very disturbing.


82 posted on 05/31/2014 5:08:58 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: kabar

It’s basically illegal to negotiate with terrorists and the time do its with a potential deserter. this regime is going all out to do maximum damage before they leave office.


83 posted on 05/31/2014 5:40:54 PM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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To: kabar

It’s even slicker than that. Zero helps his terrorists buddies by setting up a mechanism where they can get 5:1 any time they feel like kidnapping an American soldier.


84 posted on 05/31/2014 5:44:24 PM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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To: PghBaldy

@markknoller on May 31, 2014 @6:36 pm EDT Retweet

Bergdahl’s father spoke some Arabic words: “Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim”. Meaning “In the name of God, most Gracious, most Compassionate”.


85 posted on 05/31/2014 5:53:06 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: gitmo

Just what laws apply to Obama?


86 posted on 05/31/2014 5:59:20 PM PDT by topfile
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To: ColdOne

It was a sucker’s exchange. Obama was going to release the Gitmo prisoners anyway.


87 posted on 05/31/2014 6:10:35 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: PghBaldy
There were more a few minutes ago that were awful, can't find them now... https://twitter.com/bobbergdahl

Robert Bergdahl @bobbergdahl · May 28 د افغانستان اسلامي امارت @ABalkhi my son speaks about unjust death of Afghan children: http://shahamat-movie.com/ Replied to 0 times

88 posted on 05/31/2014 6:11:00 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: PghBaldy; All

So basically we traded a potential deserter who was probably turned by the enemy and may have been training terrorists how to make bombs whose father speaks arabic and is a potential muzzie as well for five of the worst terrorists held in Gitmo who when released will do their best to try and help the Taliband take over Afghanistan.
What could go wrong with this plan?
Is there any way we can get this out to the rest of the new media? The old media will never touch this story or will leave most of it out.


89 posted on 05/31/2014 6:11:10 PM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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To: mosaicwolf

Except that Mexico will just turn them loose to sneak back across the border.


90 posted on 05/31/2014 6:12:07 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: ilgipper

We trade FIVE terrorists in Gitmo for one US soldier...after five years. What a group we have in charge.


“The transfers happened after a week of intense negotiations....”

Ha. Some negotiation.


91 posted on 05/31/2014 6:18:46 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Candor7

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3162164/posts?page=67#67

look who is going home...


92 posted on 05/31/2014 6:18:48 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum)
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To: ColdOne

Welcome Home, Sergeant. Many prayers were said for you and we thank God you are coming home.


93 posted on 05/31/2014 6:21:07 PM PDT by BAW ("If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan. Period.")
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To: dfwgator

Seems that the Taliban played the US like a borrowed violin. The Taliban are very clever at the PR game. They knew that the administration needed something to take away the headline bashing caused by the VA fiasco, so they offered an outlandish trade. We blinked, they win.
Our complicit press will show the magnificence of our President and team in securing this negotiation as a brilliant play when in fact we were played by the Taliban.


94 posted on 05/31/2014 6:26:57 PM PDT by marinhottub (go navy!)
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To: ColdOne

Think I would be willing to sacrifice myself before letting my country set a bad precedent negotiating with terrorists.


95 posted on 05/31/2014 6:32:57 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: rodguy911

He might have been turned even before he was captured, if the emails are legit. The whole thing is creepy, and this White House is like something out of the craziest conspriacy movie ever. A quasi-muslim President (at least raised as one) after the worst terror attack in world history, committed by muslims... The father Bob Bergdahl is a piece of work.


96 posted on 05/31/2014 6:42:02 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: ilgipper

On the other hand, one of ours is worth five of theirs.


97 posted on 05/31/2014 6:47:06 PM PDT by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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To: darkwing104

Goats are cheap, and, ‘wear out’, easily. I think the Talibannis wanted at least 1,000 of those...


98 posted on 05/31/2014 6:48:23 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: knittnmom
On the other hand, one of ours is worth five of theirs.

Not this one, I'm afraid...part of me wants to think this is a good thing, regardless of the surrounding circumstances, but a larger part of me recoils in disgust at what we've just done.

99 posted on 05/31/2014 6:49:09 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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Tomorrow is June!

IT'S GO TIME!
Less than $4.9k to go!!

100 posted on 05/31/2014 6:50:41 PM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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