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Posted on 08/17/2021 7:57:24 AM PDT by jazusamo
It was one of the worst trades in history, even worse than Nolan Ryan for Jim Fregosi or Kobe Bryant for Vlade Divac: Back in 2014, Barack Obama traded five Taliban commanders for one American who, we were led to believe, had been captured by the Taliban. Obama did all he could to make the swap seem noble: He said at the time that the recovery of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was “a reminder of America’s unwavering commitment to leave no man or woman in uniform behind on the battlefield,” and the five Taliban jihadis were sent to Qatar, where they would ostensibly be kept out of trouble. Seven years later, Bergdahl is known as a deserter, not a hero: In 2017, he pleaded guilty to desertion and was given a dishonorable discharge. And now Khairullah Khairkhwa, one of the jihadis Obama traded for Bergdahl, is among the Taliban leadership that just took Kabul.
Obama’s deal was fishy from the start. Bergdahl was known as a deserter even at the time the deal was made. Former infantry officer Nathan Bradley Bethea, who served with Bergdahl in Afghanistan, wrote in the Daily Beast that Bergdahl was “a deserter, and soldiers from his own unit died trying to track him down.” Refuting reports that Bergdahl got separated from his unit while on patrol, Bethea declared: “Make no mistake: Bergdahl did not ‘lag behind on a patrol,’ as was cited in news reports at the time. There was no patrol that night. Bergdahl was relieved from guard duty, and instead of going to sleep, he fled the outpost on foot. He deserted. I’ve talked to members of Bergdahl’s platoon—including the last Americans to see him before his capture. I’ve reviewed the relevant documents. That’s what happened.”
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Go figure.
This Afghanistan vet just blew up MSNBC’s entire Biden-simping Afghanistan narrative LIVE ON AIR.
The Democratic Party does not have the monopoly on anti-Americans
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I’ll never forget bergdahls idiot father who went to the white house and said “I am going to speak arabic to my son who FORGOT HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH” and then recited the arabic prayer of conquest on the white house lawn, which gave Obama a great big smile.
Obama traded for Bergdahl, is among the Taliban leadership that just took Kabul
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This reality is too strange for any novel. No author’s readers would ever believe it could happen.
Truth is indeed stranger than fiction.
No,but just ones in charge of the countries security and virus debacle
Thanks for linking that my FRiend, excellent video!
ALL of our elected AND appointed abrogated the Constitution when they swore in the ineligible Kenyan from Indonesia.
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Whatever it was, it appears to be gone now.
We were/are too weak to use firing squads these days.
We know he opposed sending UBL to his seventy virgins. Did China Joe support this trade? Inquiring minds want to know.
Bergdahl and those taliban characters should all have started pushing up flowers years ago ...
I’m sure Plugs did support it, I doubt he ever disagreed with bammy.
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Tom Clancey is rolling in his grave.
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