Posted on 12/22/2014 6:49:48 AM PST by servo1969
Lt. Colonel Tony Shaffer, author of The Last Line, and Ret. Col. David Hunt joined Bill O’Reilly to give an update on the Bowe Bergdahl prisoner swap. Lt. Colonel Shaffer told Bill the Obama administration paid $5 billion and released five top Taliban Gitmo detainees in exchange for deserter Bowe Bergdahl.
Obama celebrated the release of deserter Bowe Bergdahl with a White House press conference in the Rose Garden in May 2014.
Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer, who was part of the negotiations, told Bill O’Reilly the US paid out $5 billion and traded five top Taliban detainees for Bergdahl.
Bill O’Reilly: Let me just stop you. There were three trade scenarios, there were three things they could have done. You were involved to try to work that out to some extent?
Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer: Not all of them involved trade. One of them essentially was a direct action. One of them involved my aspect, which was not again a trade. It was something working the issue. And, obviously the one the president went with was the $5 billion to Qatar and the trade of the five Taliban.
O’Reilly: Are you surprised this report… Why hasn’t been released? The Pentagon, they’re not supposed to be political.
Lt. Col. Shaffer: Bill, I understand General Dahl, the investigating officer did an incredible job… I understand he confirmed what was in previous report… Effectively, he deserted.
Via The O’Reilly Factor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q74axlcQovg
What is so shocking about it? Is there anyone who knows what the muslim that occupies the White House surprised or taken back by this? Or anything else he says or does for that matter. At one time I had hoped that the Republican Party would stand up for the Constitution, then I came to my senses.
Thanks for sharing the link... Somehow I’m not surprised...
http://www.local10.com/news/che-guevara-portrait-seen-in-background-of-alan-gross-photo/30297074
I think this is one of the reasons there’s no actual budget. The money just vanishes.
guess is time to get something for our five bills
Well, we have a "free" press.
How is it that we don't KNOW for sure?.
Here's an idea, how about some reporter ASK the WH the question?
Better yet,the GOP could hold Congressional hearings!.
exit82 wrote:
“Maybe now we know why 6 Billion dollars is missing from the State Dept. accounts under Hillary.
If this is true, Obama needs to be in jail right now.”
thanks for the ping, LucyT!
OK $5 billion went to pay for the Deserter, so who got the other $1 billion?
When did the $6 billion go missing?
Thanks for the ping; post; thread.
TREASON - continuous, in-your-face, agenda-driven, agency-abetted, media-complicit, representative-enabled, ongoing...
a) Weakens America/AmericansI have yet to have anyone raise a single substantive counter example in several years of posting this.
b) Distances America's allies
c) Strengthens America's enemies
d) Serves Islam
e) Harms Israel
Or some combination of the above.
Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!
To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...
Who will rid us of this troublesome priest?
...is destructive in some way to America.
Totally agree with you, Nully. It's perhaps the single most glaring aspect of Obama's time in office. In six years, there isn't a single thing he's done that has positively affected the lives and fortunes of American citizens.
Not one.
On the contrary, it can be demonstrated that every act, and every word uttered by this man, has reduced or injured this nation's survival potential in one way or another.
gotta Kill grandma so we can send 5 Beeelion to the Taliban...
ping
“...accepting a check for military hardware (maybe tanks or helicopters), and then they paid the excess money out to the Taliban middle-guys...”
That would account for the $200 hammers and $1500 toilet seats.
precisely
Billion here,
Billion there,
it could turn to some Real Money.
NEW REVELATIONS: The U.S. Paid 5 Taliban Leaders for Bowe Bergdahl But Thats Not All
http://conservativesunited.com/obama-administration-gets-caught-in-big-lie-about-bowe-bergdahl-hostage-trade/
When President Obama traded five Taliban prisoners for the release of captured U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl in May, many Conservatives were up in arms. Revelations made today in the New York Times may invite even more anger. According to report Bill Gertz, the administration also offered the Taliban a ransom payment...
ANY OTHER “President” would have already been impeached.
John Boehner is helping Obama out at every turn and in every way possible.
Dump Boehner. Impeach Obamaroids!
Traitors in our midst. Joe McCarthy was right. Traitors.
what can $5 billion get you?
- 50,000 suicide bombers @ $100,000 ea
- 21 billion rounds of ammo (1000 Rounds of 7.62x39mm Ammo by Tula - 122gr HP @ $235 ea)
- 2,000 ZTZ-99 tanks
- 5 million RPGs
- 200 F-15A
if you're wondering... yes, whoever authorized that money committed treason.
the bigger question is...
how many US service men will it cost?
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