It’s always about the money.
It was about the money with the Taliban too, we just never were told where the money was coming from and where it was going.
Same with Libya and Syria, only more so if only because there is more money to be had in those countries.
I think so too.
An epiphany came when I was in the Army, in fatigues, holding orders and packed to be shipped to the Middle East, when I heard the "breaking news" that there were no plans to send troops to the Middle East.
A guy who’d gone to Utah to pursue a lifestyle reminiscent of the romantic sixties: love, peace, and the expansion of the mind.
Yes. I did the same thing; only it was California and Hawaii.
I found that love, peace, and expansion of the mind had been in my own backyard all the time and that the hippie lifestyle reminiscent of the romantic sixties was a dangerous, slippery slope into American decadence and destruction--national and personal.
Many of my fellow travelers were not so wise--or smart--and slipped right down the slope.
judas effing priest
This farce is a win-win-win for obama the muslim;he released 5 enemies of the America he hates,brought back one native-born convert to the enemy,AND knocked the VA scandal off the front page of the news.
So why doesn’t he shave off that disgusting muzzie beard?
maybe when obama sneaked into Bagram Air Base on his “memorial day” trip to “boost the troops”, someone on AF 1 had a suitcase full of cash and a “get out of jail free” card for 5 terrorists, signed by potus himself
No wonder Karzai took a pass on meeting obama (and now claims ignorance of the whole deal..as if)
Oh and obama’s team also outed the CIA COS- ka ching.
If not part of the deal to pay off the enemy, certainly a cherry on top of a crap sundae
I believe this was all set in place by Obama; to get all Gitmo prisoners out and complete his commitment to close Gitmo! He couldn’t do it legally...congress was against him. So he did what he does best...a deceitful end around.
When a hostage is sick and dieing, it is actually bad news for the group holding therm hostage. It makes the hostage less valuable if they may die any minute. So they would have never made his health problems known. And if word got out that he was having problems, the payment for his release should have gone down. Not stayed the same. The time factor would have been working against the hostage takers. They would have lowered their demands to get a quicker release.