Posted on 09/09/2021 6:41:50 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Blinken and Psaki said prisoners posed no threat
When President Barack Obama struck a deal with the Taliban in 2014 to free several high-ranking terrorists being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, his defenders argued their release would do little to harm U.S. national security. Now, four of those terrorists are serving in senior roles in Afghanistan's newly formed Taliban government.
The Obama-era deal's prominent defenders include officials now serving in senior posts in the Biden administration, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and White House press secretary Jen Psaki. They claimed there was no indication these terrorists, known as the Taliban Five, would return to the battlefield, let alone rise to senior leadership positions in the Taliban government following the United States' much-criticized evacuation from Afghanistan. The prisoners were swapped for Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl, who was later charged with desertion.
Blinken, who was then serving as deputy national security adviser, told NBC that "any threat they would pose to the United States [and] to Americans has been sufficiently mitigated." Blinken also claimed the terrorists would be "very carefully monitored" by Qata.
Jen Psaki, who served as State Department spokeswoman at the time of the deal, hailed it as a signature achievement by the Obama administration. "Was it worth it? Absolutely," Psaki said. Biden himself, who was vice president at the time, also celebrated Berghdahl's release on Twitter.
The ascension of these former prisoners is a sign the Taliban has no interest in moderating its behavior since the United States fled Afghanistan.
After Kabul fell to the Taliban last month, the former prisoners flew to Afghanistan to join the new government.
Former detainee Khairullah Khairkhwa is now the acting minister for information and culture. Norullah Noori now serves as acting minister of borders and tribal affairs, while Abdul Haq Wasiq is the acting director of intelligence and Mohammad Fazl is the deputy defense minister.
Somebody supported these stupid Democrat sons of bitches.
Lock the Winkyn, Nod, Blinkyn up.
Of course they let them go. Even with the push for working remote during the plandemic, you couldn’t expect these animals to run Afghanistan from Gitmo.
The terrorists are in the White House. And the Capitol Building.
This whole thing from Afghanistan to the damned pandemic feels choreographed.
Someone or some group had this planned way before stealing the election.
Impeach 46.
They were also involved in the Benghazi disaster
They like to double down on a pair of 2s.
The Rainbow-Flag Party Cartel were planning ahead.
This is planned and orchestrated and provides for the ChiCom Belt and Road initiative.
Trump delayed it.
Will they release the american Taliban terrorist they caught 20 years ago in Afghanistan?
I wish it were that easy.
So do I. But it isn’t.
Thus I continue to say, “Impeach 46.”
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