Thank you Barack Hussein Obama

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The five men were incarcerated at the U.S. military prison in southeast Cuba because they held positions of great importance with the terrorist group, including Chief of Staff of the Taliban Army and the Taliban Deputy Minister of Intelligence. One U.S. Senator referred to the freed jihadists as the “Taliban Dream Team.”

That did not stop Obama from swapping them for a disgraced Army solider, Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured by the Taliban after deserting his post in Afghanistan. The secret exchange violated the law and written White House rules. The nonpartisan investigative arm of Congress, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), determined that the president broke a “clear and unambiguous” law when he traded the high-level terrorists for Bergdahl, who went AWOL in Afghanistan in 2009.

Gitmo Terrorists Obama Traded for Army Deserter “Reinforce” Taliban in Qatar

If you had a spine......
 
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The five men were incarcerated at the U.S. military prison in southeast Cuba because they held positions of great importance with the terrorist group, including Chief of Staff of the Taliban Army and the Taliban Deputy Minister of Intelligence. One U.S. Senator referred to the freed jihadists as the “Taliban Dream Team.”

That did not stop Obama from swapping them for a disgraced Army solider, Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured by the Taliban after deserting his post in Afghanistan. The secret exchange violated the law and written White House rules. The nonpartisan investigative arm of Congress, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), determined that the president broke a “clear and unambiguous” law when he traded the high-level terrorists for Bergdahl, who went AWOL in Afghanistan in 2009.

Gitmo Terrorists Obama Traded for Army Deserter “Reinforce” Taliban in Qatar

If you had a spine......

The five who were released are reported to be involved in peace talks:
“They will now be among Taliban representatives negotiating for peace in Afghanistan, a sign some negotiators in Kabul say indicates the Taliban’s desire for a peace pact.”

Of course, some fear they won’t negotiate in good faith.

5 freed from Gitmo in exchange for Bergdahl join Taliban’s political office in Qatar

Interestingly, your article specifically mentions an al-Qaeda operative who was released and then masterminded a bombing. He was released in 2007 (under Bush):
Freed by the U.S., Saudi Becomes a Qaeda Chief

And killed in 2013 (under Obama):
No. 2 Leader of Al Qaeda in Yemen Is Killed
 
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The five who were released are reported to be involved in peace talks:
“They will now be among Taliban representatives negotiating for peace in Afghanistan, a sign some negotiators in Kabul say indicates the Taliban’s desire for a peace pact.”

Of course, some fear they won’t negotiate in good faith.

5 freed from Gitmo in exchange for Bergdahl join Taliban’s political office in Qatar

Interestingly, your article specifically mentions an al-Qaeda operative who was released and then masterminded a bombing. He was released in 2007 (under Bush):
Freed by the U.S., Saudi Becomes a Qaeda Chief

And killed in 2013 (under Obama):
No. 2 Leader of Al Qaeda in Yemen Is Killed

Feelings don't care about your facts.
 
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The five men were incarcerated at the U.S. military prison in southeast Cuba because they held positions of great importance with the terrorist group, including Chief of Staff of the Taliban Army and the Taliban Deputy Minister of Intelligence. One U.S. Senator referred to the freed jihadists as the “Taliban Dream Team.”

That did not stop Obama from swapping them for a disgraced Army solider, Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured by the Taliban after deserting his post in Afghanistan. The secret exchange violated the law and written White House rules. The nonpartisan investigative arm of Congress, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), determined that the president broke a “clear and unambiguous” law when he traded the high-level terrorists for Bergdahl, who went AWOL in Afghanistan in 2009.

Gitmo Terrorists Obama Traded for Army Deserter “Reinforce” Taliban in Qatar

If you had a spine......


Do you disagree with the idea that no matter what the circumstances we do not leave US military personnel in the hands of foreign powers?
 
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Do you disagree with the idea that no matter what the circumstances we do not leave US military personnel in the hands of foreign powers?

I think we should have given the same thing we gave Iran for the release of the hostages.
 
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The five men were incarcerated at the U.S. military prison in southeast Cuba because they held positions of great importance with the terrorist group, including Chief of Staff of the Taliban Army and the Taliban Deputy Minister of Intelligence. One U.S. Senator referred to the freed jihadists as the “Taliban Dream Team.”

That did not stop Obama from swapping them for a disgraced Army solider, Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured by the Taliban after deserting his post in Afghanistan. The secret exchange violated the law and written White House rules. The nonpartisan investigative arm of Congress, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), determined that the president broke a “clear and unambiguous” law when he traded the high-level terrorists for Bergdahl, who went AWOL in Afghanistan in 2009.

Gitmo Terrorists Obama Traded for Army Deserter “Reinforce” Taliban in Qatar

The "clear and unambiguous" law that was violated was not related to the transfer itself, but rather to DOD's not notifying Congress about it ahead of time. From the decision that you linked to:

Our opinion in this matter rests upon the Secretary of Defense’s responsibility to comply with a notification condition on the availability of appropriations to transfer individuals from Guantanamo Bay. This opinion does not address the Secretary’s decision to transfer the five individuals in this case as part of DOD’s efforts to secure the release of an American soldier. However, when DOD failed to notify specified congressional committees at least 30 days in advance of its transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to Qatar, DOD used appropriated funds in violation of section 8111. As a consequence of using its appropriations in a manner specifically prohibited by law, DOD violated the Antideficiency Act. See 31 U.S.C. § 1341(a). DOD should report its Antideficiency Act violation as required by law.

That's not good, but it's also not quite what your post implied.

If you had a spine......

If you cared about having a spine, you'd be embarrassed that your golden boy, Donald John Trump (the John is for the women he pays) can't even fire his subordinates in person.
 
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Agrees with GoldenBoy89, he won't be voting for President Obama if he runs for President again! :wave:

If you had a spine......
...you couldn't be a President Trump supporting Republican member of congress? :sorry:
tulc(is under the impression President Trump dislikes people with spines) :wave:
 
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That did not answer my question.

Sure it did. You just don’t like the answer.

Did we get our people back?

But so I’m clear. Yes we should get our people back from these terrorist nations. But not by helping them kill more people.

There are more ways than capitulation to demands.
 
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Well I am never voting for that Obama fellow again!

Has their President Bone Spurs done something stupid again? Is that why we're seeing threads like this on Barack Obama and the threads on Hillary Clinton? Is this another one of their "Hey, look it's a squirrel!" distractions? What's Trump done this time that they want to distract all attention from or is it because he's still in the White House and they're running out of excuses to defend him with?
 
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Has their President Bone Spurs done something stupid again? Is that why we're seeing threads like this on Barack Obama and the threads on Hillary Clinton? Is this another one of their "Hey, look it's a squirrel!" distractions? What's Trump done this time that they want to distract all attention from or is it because he's still in the White House and they're running out of excuses to defend him with?
I think it might have something to do with us having mentioned how silly the whole "Hussein" thing is.
 
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Sure it did. You just don’t like the answer.

Did we get our people back?

But so I’m clear. Yes we should get our people back from these terrorist nations. But not by helping them kill more people.

There are more ways than capitulation to demands.

Thank you. That clearly answers my question.
 
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I think it might have something to do with us having mentioned how silly the whole "Hussein" thing is.

So, this whole thread using Obama's middle name is a childish retaliation to us calling that out?
 
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I think we should have given the same thing we gave Iran for the release of the hostages.

You mean we owed the Haqqani network money? Because, the money that was given to Iran as part of that deal was money we owed them. So, your suggestion only works if we also owed the Haqqani network (those who held Bergdahl) money too.

Why the U.S. Owed Iran That $400 Million
 
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