Posted on 08/17/2021 12:38:02 PM PDT by KeyLargo
Taliban leader was freed from Guantanamo in 2014 swap by Obama
When then-President Barack Obama released five Taliban commanders from the Guantanamo Bay prison in exchange for an American deserter in 2014, he assured a wary public the dangerous enemy combatants would be transferred to Qatar and kept from causing any trouble in Afghanistan.
In fact, they were left free to engineer Sunday’s sacking of Kabul.
Soon after gaining their freedom, some of the notorious Taliban Five pledged to return to fight Americans in Afghanistan and made contacts with active Taliban militants there. But the Obama-Biden administration turned a blind eye to the disturbing intelligence reports, and it wasn’t long before the freed detainees used Qatar as a base to form a regime in exile.
Eventually, they were recognized by Western diplomats as official representatives of the Taliban during recent “peace” talks.
Earlier this year, one of them, Khairullah Khairkhwa, actually sat across the table from President Biden’s envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, in Moscow, where Khairkhwa was part of the official Taliban delegation that negotiated the final terms of the US withdrawal. The retreat cleared a path for the Taliban to retake power after 20 years.
“I started jihad to remove foreign forces from my country and establish an Islamic government, and jihad will continue until we reach that goal through a political agreement,” Khairkhwa said at the summit.
After raiding the presidential palace in Kabul, a group of armed Taliban fighters told Al Jazeera that they were arranging to bring back their Gitmo-paroled leadership from Qatar upon securing the capital. One unidentified fighter, who blasted America for “oppressing our people for 20 years,” claimed he had also been locked up at the Guantanamo. It’s more evidence Gitmo catch-and-release policies facilitated the fall of Afghanistan to the enemy
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Well, you must admit, the guy is dedicated.
TraitorBarry gave aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States.
Wonder if Jeb bush will complain? Probably not.
Retroactively Impeach 44!
Yet another little gift given to America by the nasty Kenyan.
SPJNK.
Our founders tried to prevent this by excluding the children of foreigners from being President with the natural born citizen clause.
Only this who are born here of citizen parents and have only ONE nationality at birth are natural born citizens.
Obama is PRECISELY what they were trying to prevent.
Oh no this is horrible! Who could have seen this coming!!?!!?!!?
Caliph Baraq of North America.
See, who says you can’t go home again.
He should have been freed from a helicopter at 5000 feet when he was first taken into custody.
Osama Obama started to destroy this Republic and now it looks like his puppet Joe is trying to finish the job.
“Will no one rid us of this turbulent priest?”- Shakespeare
Obama?
Speaking of Obama, do you suppose he’s lamenting the fall of Afghanistan?
It’s another potential retirement job for him....Grand Caliph of Afghan!
Heck no!
He’s lamenting the guest who took and shared pics and video of his Sacred Super-Spreader Birthday Ball.
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