Timeline reveals Bergdahl was a cover story for Obama [Main goal was to release Taliban commanders]

American Thinker ^ | 04/02/2015 | Thomas Lifson

[SeekAndFind]

Investor’s Business Daily has put together facts to demonstrate that the release of Bowe Bergdahl from Taliban captivity was just a ruse to provide cover for President Obama to release the Taliban commanders, a goal he had long pursued.

Here is the timeline they provide:

January 2009: Obama signs executive order calling for Gitmo to be shuttered within a year, while his national security team considers if five Taliban leaders are safe for release.

2011: White House and State Department officials open secret talks with the Taliban in Germany and the Persian Gulf to discuss their release from Gitmo as part of "peace talks."

Jan. 3, 2012: The Taliban announce they are prepared to open a political office in Qatar to conduct peace negotiations in exchange for the release of the Taliban commanders. ("The releases would be to reciprocate for Tuesday's announcement," according to "The Guardian.")

April 2012: Working with the White House, Karzai sends delegation of Afghan government officials to Gitmo to interview the Taliban prisoners and secure their oath to cut ties with al-Qaida.

("On the issue of the release of the Taliban prisoners from Guantanamo, we are fully in support of that," Karzai says during a July 9, 2012, visit to Japan. "If they wish to go to Qatar, we want them rejoined with their families.")

Those oaths are worthless, of course, and all this took place before Bergdahl was on the agenda. As IBD writes, Obama faced resistance to his plan:

The original Taliban Five deal fell apart as Obama met stiff resistance from the U.S. intelligence community. And it proved too politically radioactive to sell to Congress. It was only after U.S. intelligence shot down his amnesty plan as too risky that Obama conjured up the Bergdahl swap.

[surrey]

Don’t know how true it is but a friend was on the beach, in Hawaii, right in front of this house. She swears it’s a gay beach. It would be fitting for Barry. He wouldn’t have to travel too far for his fun.

[CyberAnt]

Well .. good luck with that rumor.

[bgill]

If it’s a gay beach, Moo won’t be living with him there. She’ll take Sasha back to Chicago with her.

[GOPJ]

EVERYTHING obama does either:

a) Weakens America/Americans

b) Distances America's allies

c) Strengthens America's enemies

d) Serves Islam

e) Harms Israel

Or some combination of the above.

There are NO counter examples.

You're right on this null and void - there are no counter examples.

[GOPJ]

Rules for Radicals contains a flaw in it's concepts. That being it's focus on singular issues, never letting go, and targeting, ridiculing, and isolating your opponents. By doing so you may be able to achieve a goal or cause based issue, but you cannot govern or sustain a government with such methods.

Alinsky never came up with rules for governing...his rules were to destroy the 'establishment'... Also Alinsky in his Woodlawn Organization was quick to drop things that weren't working. He didn't reject ideas before they were tried - but if a plan wasn't drawing people to it he let it die... Then moved on to the next idea or plan.

[surrey]

They’ll spend as much time together as Bill and Hil. I think Mooch will head for NYC. She likes hobnobbing with the hoi- poloi and since she’s a “fashion icon”, where else but NY.

[blackdog]

That’s the very funny thing! An Alinsky-ite in government has a real problem. Government cannot drop things that aren’t working. They just throw more money and rescources at it. Obama keeps moving on to his next big plan, but the wake he leaves behind brings along thousands of government agents demanding to implement failed concepts of “nuanced ideas” governing outside of a three co-equal branch system.

[G Larry]

To anticipate any Obama policy you need only ask:

“What would Satan do?”

[MrB]

I detect no defecation here, Mr Holmes!

[MrB]

Barack Obama - the John the Baptist of the Anti-Christ.

[WashingtonSource]

N.S. Sherlock.

[G Larry]

Posted often and by multiple sources.
Scroll down to the Admiral Lyons interview.

>http://www.wnd.com/2015/01/benghazi-part-of-obama-plot-to-free-blind-sheik/<

[Rome2000]

How do these treacherous bastards figure they will escape imprisonment?.

The HARD RIGHT WING is coming, and they don't accept race cards.

[CyberAnt]

Basically; a lifestyle of PROTESTING.

That is ALL the left is - protesting.

[GOPJ]

Maybe ‘having a tantrum’ is a better term for what they do...

[CyberAnt]

Yeah, it does pretty much look like that.

[sakic]

Incredibly long article that has people saying I have never heard that but I can’t say it’s impossible.

That’s a couple of levels below reporting.

[G Larry]

Remember, Obama tried several times to release the Sheik and received strong push-back from all quarters.

The Bergdahl case simply illustrates the lengths to which he’s willing to stage fake trades, to facilitate the releases he’s tried to do unilaterally.

See my tagline....