Posted on 06/10/2014 11:30:24 AM PDT by maggief
California Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier hastened to explain away the controversy surrounding the Obama administrations release of five dangerous Taliban prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, claiming that the Taliban arent terrorists, but rather part of the fabric of Afghanistan.
Speier made the remarks on MSNBC Tuesday morning, attempting to rebut Speaker of the House John Boehners claim that the release violated the U.S. policy of not negotiating with terrorists and that were gonna pay for this.
Let me underscore the term terrorist, Speier tried to explain. The Taliban is part of the fabric of Afghanistan they were part of the leadership of that country before we engaged there.
We are now actively attempting to get the Taliban to negotiate with Karzai and the Afghanistani [sic] government, she continued, because there will be some cooperation, some level of coordination between the two if that country is going to survive and move forward.
So, she concluded, to say that they are terrorists, at this point, is not necessarily accurate.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Keep the pressure on. Never let up. Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new. (Attack, attack, attack from all sides, never giving the reeling organization a chance to rest, regroup, recover and re-strategize.)
1. Health in danger
2. Previously consulted with congress
3. Swiftboating
4. It was an oversight, sorry
5. Platoon full of psychopaths
6. Taliban threated to kill
7. "What difference does it make?"
8. Stockholm Syndrome
9. PTSD
10. No evidence converted to Islam, fraternized with Taliban, and declared jihad
11. Physically abused, confined in cage
12. Racism
13. Moderate Taliban
14. Raggedy" platoon
15. "No matter what, to leave an American behind in the hands of people who would torture him, cut of his head, do any number of things"
16. Obama broke unconstitutional law (that he signed)
17. Wasn't only soldier to 'walk off' post
18. Only tenuous link to U.S. deaths
19. PR campaign by Republicans ... to muddy the waters
20. Hagel, NOT Obama, made the final call on #Bergdahl swap, (see also #16)
21. The Taliban Five aren't as bad as you think, three were governors
22. Decision made day before
23. Taliban Five akin to soldiers in American Revolution
24. Taliban part of the fabric Of Afghanistan not terrorists
Those Ancient Buddist Statues were part of the Fabric of Afghanistan before the Taliban demolished them....
Every bit as much as MS-13 is part of the fabric of Los Angeles.
Liberalism truly is a mental disease.
You have to excuse her, this comes from having idiots for constituents.
Then why have we been fighting a war with them for a decade?
thanx for keeping the list of lies
The TEAparty and NRA are part of the weft and woof of America.
Afghan Villagers Alarmed at Release of Taliban Detainees
Released leader Mohammed Fazl led scorched-earth offensive in 1999 that forced 300,000 Afghans to flee for their lives.
California Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier should also become part of the fabric of Afghanistan. She belongs there.
Leftists are truly insane. I guess they don’t remember the big statues torn down and the repression and killings and stuff....
I guess they think they can deem these guys not terrorists now?
Nice fabric there, Fazi.
The Egyptians had their own idea about Obama's muslim brotherhood puppet Morsi!
Yes, Jackie, and those Al Qaeda murderers who flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon killing over 3,000 Americans were just aviation enthusiasts. What a moron.
What’s the next dumbass Democrat talking point?
“Osama Bin Laden.....he reminds me a lot of FDR.” Idiots.
Mullah was held responsible by the UN for the massacre of thousands of Hazara Shias in Bamian and Yakaolang between 1998 and 2001 during the Taliban rule in Afghanistan.
Like Jim Jones was part of the fabric of San Francisco.
I tend to agree with him, and that is exactly why attempting to bring western values to Afghanistan is a fool’s errand and a black hole when it comes to national blood and treasure.
And the SS was part of the ruling German government.
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