I live in Idaho. I am happy for this man’s family and will not say anything against that specifically.
However, I am appalled by what the Obama administration did to secure his release.
This is insane. He has negotiated with terrorists and freed five of the most deadly captives we had. Several of them have American blood on their hands and the others our allies. They will go back to planning and killing more Americans. They should have been summarily executed long ago after we got all of the intelligence we could out of them.
It is a travesty and will lead to many more American deaths...and what will we tell the parents, family, and friends of those killed?
It will open the door for other groups, and the Taliban to take more Americans so they can get more of their top people back. What will we tell the parents, family and friends of those taken?
Again, the Obama administration has cavalierly violated US law to make this happen.
It sickens me to think what this will lead to.
We already know the Taliban is viewing it (and understandably so) as a great victory. They will use it to recruit more killers.
As to the Sgt. himself...irrespective of the amount of time he was held...the circumstances of his going missing need to be investigated. He had written to his parents telling them he had lost faith with the mission, was ashamed to be an American, and was thinking of going AWOL.
Did he? We do not know...but it needs to be understood just the same.
I'm slow to anger..and let things simmer, and stew.
But, there are real "tells" here...if I'm reading and digesting correctly.
This whole situation doesn't past my smell test...and is frankly stinking to high heaven.
I will watch from here....but it does look very bad for our current occupant of the White House.
The Taliban sees this as a victory for them because it is.
Per the deal, the 5 monsters just released are supposed to stay in Qatar for a year. Yeah right, how are they going to enforce that. Add to that, the rest of the world is watching all this go down. Russia, Iran, China, North Korea and probably Belize is taking note.