[2ndDivisionVet]

Another sign that Mr. Obama and his coterie of friends and advisors have little or no understanding of America outside the faculty lounge, government agency or union hall.

[thesearethetimes...]

We are not all brain dead zombies ya know....

[CityCenter]

This was pure “wag the dog” to get the VA scandal off the front pages. They ended up reinforcing the fact that they are both lawless and clueless, a terrible combination. Susan Rice looks like the biggest shill out there.

Keep an eye on everyone who tries to defend this. It will be telling.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

And another question. Did this newly minted Haji want to be released? Was he shown the door because they wanted the Fab Five back into the fold?

[Red Badger]

I figured as much. They were sooooo sure of themselves that this was gonna be a huge PR coup and get those poll numbers climbing back up. They are idiots, led by imbeciles, voted in by morons. They truly believe their own propaganda like party apparatchiks. This blew up in their faces like a cigarette in a coal mine. They let 5 dangerous terrorists go for the return of a traitor. Putin and the Chinese must be laughing their ass off right about now........................

[John W]

Stolen from a retweet by Kristinn.

[BuffaloJack]

They emperor was hoping this Bergdahl thing would make people forget about Benghazi. It worked. But they didn’t expect it to become Benghazi II.

[what's up]

Todd and Andrea Mitchell agreed that the White House had likely thought there would be “some euphoria around this, the only POW that was remaining in Afghanistan, that there would be a rally around the flag.

I don't buy it.

The WH thought there would be no objection to the worst Taliban members being released? No way.

[Cementjungle]

Translation: “We think Americans are stupid”

[Tennessee Nana]

Pity when a thing just doesn’t come together right, eh, what ???

[TexasCajun]

I know an Angry Black Woman that's not feeling euphoria!

[what's up]

My guess is that this is a major step in Obama's strategy to close Guantanamo before he leaves office.

The worst five have now been released. He will probably release others with the justification that they are not so bad in comparison.

[Starboard]

...regardless of whether they fell out of the ship or jumped themselves

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This is, unsurprisingly, a totally false analogy. Falling or leaping from a ship is not the same thing as facilitating your willing capture by an enemy.

[originalbuckeye]

Big Media is no longer the Fourth Estate. They have become the Fifth Column in support of this lawless Regime.

[dangerdoc]

This is a man of very average abilities that has been praised and overly rewarded for everything modest achievement in his life. Of course he expected euphoria over this “achievement”

[Billthedrill]

Well...let’s just say that the handling of this ridiculous affair is no worse - no different, even - from the handling of the rest of U.S. foreign policy over the past six years. One is reminded of Peter Boyle’s Frankenstein monster trying to dance to “Putting On The Ritz”. Just make it stop.

[Stentor]

Another sign that Mr. Obama and his coterie of friends and advisors have little or no understanding of America outside the faculty lounge, government agency or union hall.

I don't think they even read Michael Hastings article about this guy in Rolling Stone.

[uncitizen]

They’re saying it, so I don’t believe it.

[Neidermeyer]

..... the White House had likely thought there would be “some euphoria around this, ....
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But there is ,, within the taliban and Al Quaeda.

[keat]

[TigersEye]

0bama is surprised by the reaction? More proof that he isn’t American in any cultural sense of the word. And dumber than a stump.