dan miller wrote:
This very,very, bad for us tthese guys will return to thery old ways .Obama and the dems will take take a hit in Nov., with all news reports will be charge being awol,desterion,be a cower d before the emenyi? or will be given the "star treatment" of walking away from his post and living with. the emeny for five yrs.
Obama just committed treason. Those are strong words but if you examine the facts of this weekend's "swap" with the Taliban, I think you'll agree. I have included resource links below.
In short, what Obama did on Saturday amounts to treason.
It sounded so good -- Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. POW, was finally released from the Taliban after five years in captivity.
But like all things "Obama," just below the surface an entirely different picture is revealed.
Fact #1 -- Obama just released the notorious "Gitmo Five" -- top Taliban leaders who have been the focus of Taliban efforts. And Obama did this in clear breach of the law in an end-run on Congress.
Included in this "Who's Who" of Taliban leaders is the Taliban Military Chief of Staff, a senior military commander, and the minister of intelligence. At least two are wanted for war crimes and all are directly connected to Al Qaeda.
And Obama did this in clear violation of U.S. law and without Congressional approval!
To do this under any circumstances during a time of war could raise this action to the level of treason. This fact alone is ENOUGH for citizens to be outraged and take action.
But it gets worse ...
Fact #2 -- Bowe Bergdahl openly expressed animosity toward America and was thought by those in his platoon to have possibly deserted.
There is a very disturbing fact pattern surrounding Bergdahl's "capture." First, prior to his disappearance from his unit, Bergdahl openly expressed his disillusionment with the U.S. military, writing in an email to his parents that he was "ashamed to even be American" and "the horror that is America is disgusting." Just to be clear, those words were written before his capture.
His fellow service members have questioned from Day One the circumstances of his "capture" -- and the government has attempted to cover this up by forcing them to sign non-disclosure agreements. One member of his platoon said Bergdahl "deserted during a time of war and his fellow Americans lost their lives searching for him." In fact SIX SOLDIERS DIED trying to get Bergdahl back.
Generally, when members of the military "slip away" from their company, they are listed as either AWOL or traitors. Bergdahl must answer for this.
Fact #3 -- Bergdahl's father, Bob Bergdahl, appears to be a Taliban sympathizer who called for all the Gitmo prisoners to be released and blessed Allah during his White House press conference!
jacquil, perhaps you missed it during this weekend's media splash and hug-fest at the White House, but Bob Bergdahl began his comments by reciting one of the most important Islamic phrases from the Koran which means, "In the name of Allah, most gracious, most compassionate."
Even a cursory review of Bob Bergdahl's Twitter account would cause any reasonable person to surmise that he is, at the very least, a Taliban sympathizer. Only days ago, he deleted a tweet in which he called for the release of "all Guantanamo prisoners" adding: "God will repay the death of every Afghan child, ameen!"