Posted on 06/01/2014 4:34:05 PM PDT by mandaladon
KABUL (Reuters) - The release of five Taliban prisoners in exchange for a U.S. soldier has drawn criticism from some Afghans, who say the detainees are dangerous and will rekindle ties with terrorist networks to resume fighting, just as most foreign troops leave.
The men had been held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since 2002 and were classed by the Pentagon as "high-risk" and "likely to pose a threat".
Two are also implicated in the murder of thousands of minority Shi'ite Muslims in Afghanistan, according to the U.S. military.
They were released in a swap with U.S. army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the sole American prisoner of war held in Afghanistan who was flown to a U.S. military hospital in Germany on Sunday.
"They will definitely go back to fight, if health-wise they are able to go," said a top official at Afghanistan's spy agency, who asked to remain anonymous because of the sensitivity of the topic.
"They will be very dangerous people, because they have connections with regional and international terror organizations around the world."
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Twelve years and thousands dead/injured were now all done in vain.
Thanks Obama. :(
Not only do we need to win the war against radical islam , in crushing , decimating victory , we need to remove and replace or any US administration that tries to orchestrate us towards defeat. To many have been lost , too much treasure , to throw it all away . Throw away the civilian cowards , scum and traitors instead. The blood of the fallen cries out for vengeance , it cries out for victory . We owe it to them . No more Vietnams , where a generation of good men carry the lifelong burden of a civilian politically orchestrated defeat . Never again . Victory !
Here is how I cope with living under the Obama regime; just know that each and every one of his policies and decisions are the same decisions our enemies would make. I know that shouldn't make you feel better, but at least you can expect these decisions to come instead of being caught off guard.
Doesn’t matter, they were his fellow travelers and got him in this position, and them supported him in everything else.
Let ‘em try to dodge the blame for this too?
Wow, who’da thunk it?!?!
BRANDED! Scorned as the one who RAN!
WHAT do you do when you’re BRANDED....
‘Cause you’re one of the TALIBAN????
Basically BO gets up every morning and wonders, “how can I screw the American people today?”
In this case, “how many American Marines and soldiers and SpecOps can I kill today?”
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