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New WH spin on Taliban 5 swap: Hey, it was Hagel’s call (under the bus!)
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Posted on 06/10/2014 9:08:35 AM PDT by chessplayer

Old and busted: The Taliban 5 swap was a demonstration of authority by a Commander in Chief who isn’t afraid to act and make the final decision. New hotness: Hey, Chuck Hagel had the final call on the swap!


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bergdahl; bergdahldeal; hagel; taliban5

1 posted on 06/10/2014 9:08:35 AM PDT by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer

Obama isn’t the “Teflon Don”, He is the “Detour Democrat”...

All his blame gets detoured to someone else under him...


2 posted on 06/10/2014 9:18:48 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: GraceG

If you throw a member of the military overboard, would it be better to say that he was thrown under the APV? Just wondering...


3 posted on 06/10/2014 9:22:24 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: chessplayer

Democrat Rule #1: When policies fail (as they inevitably always do), BLAME THE REPUBLICANS.


4 posted on 06/10/2014 9:23:41 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: chessplayer

False reason #1: Bergdof was ill
False reason #2: Bergdof was gonna be killed
False reason #3: Chuck said to do it

And coming soon...
False reason #4: We were dead broke.


5 posted on 06/10/2014 9:24:22 AM PDT by mbarker12474
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To: chessplayer

I have no doubt Hagel approached obama and said, why don’t you just blame this mess on me, that’s what me and the rest of your administration is here for; and we love you.


6 posted on 06/10/2014 9:26:43 AM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: The Antiyuppie

Chuck Hagel was always expendable. The only question was “When?”

Apparently now is a good time.

But the Current Occupant is spending the last few remaining assets he has so fast, he will be politically bankrupt pretty quickly.

Bunker mentality setting in....


7 posted on 06/10/2014 9:28:27 AM PDT by alloysteel (Selective and willful ignorance spells doom, to both victim and perpetrator - mostly the perp.)
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To: alloysteel

Bunker mentality setting in....


It sure is setting in.

Obama is going to become more obstinate and he doesn’t care what people think or who he hurts, including Democrats.


8 posted on 06/10/2014 9:45:26 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: chessplayer

Dumbest career move you ever made, Chuck. Becoming a member of this administration. You should have ran in the opposite direction the very minute they offered you this job. Now your name is mud.


9 posted on 06/10/2014 10:08:12 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: chessplayer

I can hear Paul Shanklin singing to the tune of the Rolling Stones’ “Under my Thumb”, with lyrics that start, “Under My Bus...”


10 posted on 06/10/2014 10:39:43 AM PDT by JaguarXKE (1973: Reporters investigate All the President's Men. 2013: Reporters ARE all the President's men d)
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Wait! Wait! Hagel's off the hook! New story! Turban Durbin says the real reason is that the decision was only made the day before it happened.

I wouldn't rest too easy, Chuckie. You can go from off the hook to back on it in a blink of Dear Leader's mascara-ed eye.

11 posted on 06/10/2014 10:42:21 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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Wait! Wait! Hagel's off the hook! New story! Turban Durbin says the real reason is that the decision was only made the day before it happened.

Ooooo. Bad news. The Durbin story has been abandoned. Barbara Boxer now says the Taliban were released because Chris Christie likes donuts.

12 posted on 06/10/2014 10:43:48 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: chessplayer

I did not see him in the rose garden with the bearded guy and his wife.


13 posted on 06/10/2014 10:50:11 AM PDT by ballplayer
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Hah! I demand a reference! She's gonna have to PROVE that Chris Christie likes do...

Oh. Never mind.

14 posted on 06/10/2014 10:50:37 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: chessplayer
Yo, BO, but you were out there with the parents taking bows, and taking credit for the adoring press when you (in your stupidity) though the swap was a winner.
Now you cut & run and say the buck never got to you?
The fraud that you are can not penetrate your narcissism to even challenge the beliefs of your lame brain.
15 posted on 06/10/2014 12:51:55 PM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: chessplayer
If the Osama raid went bad he would have air-brushed himself out of the ready room picture.

Come to think of it, he was air-brushed in.

16 posted on 06/10/2014 12:57:32 PM PDT by AU72
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