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 administration’s release of five dangerous Taliban prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, claiming that the Taliban aren’t “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 Boehner’s claim that the release violated the U.S. policy of not negotiating with terrorists and that “we’re 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 ...
Send the slithering Liberal RAT to Afganistn to walk the streets and see how he is welcomed.
Pretzels anyone? At least the twisted tasty baked dough treat serves a yummy purpose. Twisted minds of deluded leftists? Not so much.
DemRats hypocrite pols like Speier would raise holy hades if a Taliban terrorist creepoid moved in next door to them. Good for Afghanis but not for them. Buncha Pinnochios....
The Stupid , they has it
Video: Taliban publicly execute woman
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/08/world/asia/afghanistan-public-execution/
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