And Obama invokes an executive privilege and exchanges what American's were told during the Bush administration were the 5 most dangerous terrorists on earth do as to insure his release?
The Obama loyalist will not care about any of that. The fact these five terrorist were captured during the Bush years and spent time at Gitmo will only serve to elevate them to sympathetic victim status persecuted at the hands of imperialistic America.
However the five terrorist released were Mohammad Fazl, Mullah Norullah Noori, Mohammed Nabi, Khairullah Khairkhwa and Abdul Haq Wasiq.
Mohammad Fazl:
Fazl was captured in early 2002 and designated a "high-risk detainee." He was a senior commander in the Taliban army, and between the years 1998 and 2001 was responsible for the deaths of "thousands" of Afghanistan Shi'ite Muslims. According to the U.S. military he was also participated in the November 2001 prison riot which killed operative Johnny Spann. But then Spann was a CIA guy so the level of sympathy for his death, when compared to the level of sympathy for Taliban operatives, was minimal.
According to The Guardian, the Huff Po, and others, US intelligence personal railed against this proposed exchange, simply to no avail.
Mullah Norullah Noori:
Taliban Leader: The Prisoner Exchange Is A 'Great Victory'
Mullah Omar, the reclusive head of the Taliban, has purportedly released a statement hailing the transfer of top five Taliban commanders from Guantanamo to Qatar. Omar says their freedom is a "great victory."
The first picture posted by the Taliban appears to show Mullah Norullah Noori, a senior Taliban military commander. According to a leaked JTF-GTMO file, Noori has been "wanted by the United Nations (UN) for possible war crimes including the murder of thousands of Shiite Muslims." He fought alongside al Qaeda in pre-9/11 Afghanistan.
Source:
Mullah Omar Happy With US-Taliban Exchange - Business Insider
According to US Intelligence Noori was “one of the most significant former Taliban officials detained at JTF-GTMO.” Noori led Taliban and al-Qaida forces in action against US forces. According to CNN and the Washington Post Noori is wanted by the UN for war crimes. Actual war crimes, as opposed to the fantasies many on the left are always accusing American politicians and soldiers of. “wanted by the UN for possible war crimes.” Noori has a brother currently serving as a Taliban commander still conducting operations against US forces in Afghanistan, and he is a high risk to return straight to the battlefield and resume his old habits.
According to the Department of Defense Noori is and always has been described as "high risk".
Source:
Mullah Norullah Noori - The Guantánamo Docket
Mohammed Nabi Omari:
According to the Gitmo docket Omari is another senior Taliban official who ran the Khowst cell of al-Qaida and Taliban operatives. He was involved in smuggling missiles between Jalalabad and Peshawar. He was directly or indirectly involved with the deaths of at least two Americans.
He was also involved with and had ties to Haqqani Network and the HIG personnel. Look those up.
Khairullah Khairkhwa:
In addition to being a senior Taliban member Khairkhwa was the former governor of Herat province, an area known for these type of activities:
Eight dead in Afghan blast
The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) news service said an exiled Iranian Islamic scholar was among those killed in the blast in the western city of Herat.
It quoted Herat province governor Maulvi Khairullah Khairkhwa as saying the explosion also injured some 30 people.
Source:
BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Eight dead in Afghan blast
Abdul Haq Wasiq:
According to the Gitmo docket Wasiq was the Taliban Deputy Minister of Intelligence, and had direct access to both Taliban and ACM leadership. He was also classified as High Risk to return to his previous occupation of combat operations against US and coalition forces, or just Americans anywhere.
These are the five guys the Obama administration traded for a soldier who not only deserted his post but wrote anti-US military and anti-American screeds full of typical leftist lies, and is reported to may have converted to Islam while in captivity. For the release of Bergdahl both the Taliban and al-Qiada learned the recommended retail price for getting anyone else they want out of Gitmo.
Bypassing the protocols that involved Congress, this may be what sets up the impeachment process. Do we think these 5 terrorists are any less dangerous now? Having been tortured at Gitmo all these years on an indefinite detention order?
We have seen this before with detainees designated as medium risk being re-captured on the battlefield. What else does anyone think these guys will do, open up a bake shop in Jalalabad?
This doesn't sound good. But it is out of our hands. Said and done. The five most dangerous Taliban terrorists on earth are out of Cuba and a deserter is back home.
This isn't good. Of course it is and will continue to be hailed as another Obama achievement but the truth is it is another in a long line of Obama foreign policy failures. A dangerous precedent has been set here, negotiating with terrorist. It has been official US policy for many years not to do so, but now, via executive order, Obama has done just that. Ergo...
And what does this U.S. exchange show the Taliban and other terrorist groups when now we start negotiating with those who hold our people prisoner?
Just as with the Hashtag Wimpathy campaign it shows how weak the United States has become, and how weak our leadership has become.
After all the lies from Bush, hearing this makes me yawn.
But the serial lies of the current President are apparently of no concern.
They were quite dangerous. Now, so many years out of the loop I doubt they will have anywhere near the same bite.
From the Washington Post, quote:
One of the freed men was the head of the Taliban’s army. Another arranged for al-Qaeda trainers to visit Afghanistan. Another has been implicated by the United Nations for killing thousands of Shiite Muslims.
Although the five men have each been in prison for at least a decade, many believe they still have significant influence within the Taliban because of their contributions during the group’s formative years. The last time a high-level Taliban official was released from Guantanamo, in 2007, the detainee, Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir, returned to Afghanistan and took the reins as the organization’s director of military operations.
Obama has capitulated to the terrorist and they will return to their own habits. However that isn't the only issue here. This release is, I believe, part of a greater overall plan to move all of the Gitmo detainees out before the coming elections, something to offer the base. In other words, another political move meant to benefit the administration and those liberal Democrats attempting to gain re-election. And with complete disdain and disregard for any question of harming the national security of the United States or placing US Troops at risk or violating the long standing policy of not negotiating with terrorist, the base will fall right into line...
5 prisoners closer to closing Gitmo.
Automatons...
