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Shock U.S. Army admission: Obama freed Taliban ‘psychopath’ in Bergdahl trade
The Washington Times ^ | August 4, 2014 | Alex Quade, Special to The Washington Times -

Posted on 08/05/2014 8:23:51 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)

In a pointed assessment, an Army colonel advising the National Security Council says one of the Taliban prisoners released in the Obama administration’s deal to free Army Sgt. Bowe Berghdal is a “psychopath” who poses a “danger to fellow Afghans.”

Army Col. Mark Mitchell, director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council, is a Green Beret who helped capture Mullah Mohammad Fazl in the early days of the war in Afghanistan.

In an interview with The Washington Times, Col. Mitchell offered a frank description of Fazl, calling him “a petty tyrant who justified his psychopathic behavior using a veneer of religion” who lost his stature and influence after his 2001 capture.

“Stripped of his power and authority, he was pathetic and contemptible. I have no doubt that he remains a psychopath, and he’s probably a danger to fellow Afghans,” he said.

But Col. Mitchell downplayed the likely impact of Fazl and the other Taliban leaders returning to Afghanistan, noting that they “have been off the battlefield for 12 years. In that time, Afghanistan has changed, the Taliban has changed and other leaders have risen through the ranks while he’s been enjoying a comfortable, if highly structured, life at Guantanamo Bay....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bergdahl; bowebergdahl; gitmo; kenyanbornmuzzie; obama; ransom; taliban

1 posted on 08/05/2014 8:23:51 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m not shocked.


2 posted on 08/05/2014 8:24:42 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m not shocked.


3 posted on 08/05/2014 8:24:42 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Takes one to free one.


4 posted on 08/05/2014 8:25:16 AM PDT by sasquatch
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

But Col. Mitchell downplayed the likely impact of Fazl and the other Taliban leaders returning to Afghanistan


Wait, weren’t they all supposed to remain in Qatar?

Just freakin’ wonderful!


5 posted on 08/05/2014 8:25:53 AM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Muslim. Psychopath. Redundant.


6 posted on 08/05/2014 8:26:45 AM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And Obama is a psychopath who poses a danger to fellow Americans.


7 posted on 08/05/2014 8:29:30 AM PDT by Iron Munro (It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government --- Thomas Paine)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Drip, drip, drip...the truth trickles out.

Drip, drip, drip...go obama's approval numbers down the drain as he pushes US down ahead him.

Who will be flushed first?

8 posted on 08/05/2014 8:31:54 AM PDT by GBA (Here in the Matrix, life is but a dream.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, Obama is a psychopath so I can understand why he had that guy released


9 posted on 08/05/2014 8:33:53 AM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

similar to letting ebola into the US. Sooner or later folks will die.


10 posted on 08/05/2014 8:33:57 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: sportutegrl

I’d “be shocked” if none of Obama’s GITMO FIVE has NOT used their “pens or their phones” to plan and order the expansion of:

* ISIS in Iraq;
* Hamas in Israel and Gaza;
* Muslim Militants takeover last week in Benghazi;
* and todays murders in Afghanistan.

OBAMA ACKBAR!


11 posted on 08/05/2014 8:37:34 AM PDT by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

>>> Taliban ‘psychopath’ in Bergdahl trade

Our “Taliban psychopath” is simply ‘innocents’ or ‘misunderstood’ in the minds of liberals.

Holder/Obama et al. know full well these guys are psychopaths, and call them ‘blood brothers’.


12 posted on 08/05/2014 8:38:59 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

These are, after all, people who behead helpless prisoners with dull knives. What could possibly go wrong?


13 posted on 08/05/2014 8:41:21 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: sasquatch

Obama should invite him to the white house to share beers and chew carpets.


14 posted on 08/05/2014 8:51:03 AM PDT by DannyTN (I)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Its a feature not a bug


15 posted on 08/05/2014 8:51:53 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well now, what if he dons an Afghanistan army uniform. Do they use facial recognition for entry to the bases?


16 posted on 08/05/2014 8:53:09 AM PDT by huldah1776
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

One psychopath helps another. And Obama is a psychopath.


17 posted on 08/05/2014 9:03:07 AM PDT by mulligan (I)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
He's not leaving office. This time it's not just an urban legend. There are no elections during martial law. Lot's of killing, though. He's really good at killing people. He brags about it all the time.
18 posted on 08/05/2014 9:14:24 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
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To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
Wait, weren’t they all supposed to remain in Qatar?

How binding is a pinkie swear?

19 posted on 08/05/2014 10:25:38 AM PDT by bgill
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To: bgill

Yeah, I know. This was “completely unexpected” and possibly even “inconceivable!”


20 posted on 08/05/2014 10:42:21 AM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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