steveox
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U.S. seeks prisoner swap with Taliban to free Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl
In an effort to free American captive Bowe Bergdahl before the bulk of U.S. forces leave Afghanistan this year, the Obama administration has decided to try to resume talks with the Taliban and sweeten an offer to trade Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the Army sergeant, current and former officials said.
Five members of the Afghan Taliban who have been held at Guantanamo for years would be released to protective custody in Qatar in exchange for the release of Bergdahl, who was captured in Afghanistan in 2009 and is thought to be held in Pakistan by the Haqqani network, an allied insurgent group.
To refresh the American offer, which has been on the table for more than two years, senior officials from the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department and other agencies decided within the past month to allow the simultaneous release of all five men. Taliban representatives had objected to the previous plan to release the prisoners by ones or twos as a test of Taliban and Qatari intermediaries’ ability to make sure the men did not return to militancy.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...42ed50-9590-11e3-afce-3e7c922ef31e_story.html
You see THATS WHAT DEMOCRATS DO! They make appeasements, Negotiations and Amnesty. Would George Bush do this? Would Reagan to this? Bill Clinton did it. And it lead to 9-11 attacks.When Obama leaves office I gurantee you another 9-11 style attack will happen here on Americas soil.
In an effort to free American captive Bowe Bergdahl before the bulk of U.S. forces leave Afghanistan this year, the Obama administration has decided to try to resume talks with the Taliban and sweeten an offer to trade Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the Army sergeant, current and former officials said.
Five members of the Afghan Taliban who have been held at Guantanamo for years would be released to protective custody in Qatar in exchange for the release of Bergdahl, who was captured in Afghanistan in 2009 and is thought to be held in Pakistan by the Haqqani network, an allied insurgent group.
To refresh the American offer, which has been on the table for more than two years, senior officials from the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department and other agencies decided within the past month to allow the simultaneous release of all five men. Taliban representatives had objected to the previous plan to release the prisoners by ones or twos as a test of Taliban and Qatari intermediaries’ ability to make sure the men did not return to militancy.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...42ed50-9590-11e3-afce-3e7c922ef31e_story.html
You see THATS WHAT DEMOCRATS DO! They make appeasements, Negotiations and Amnesty. Would George Bush do this? Would Reagan to this? Bill Clinton did it. And it lead to 9-11 attacks.When Obama leaves office I gurantee you another 9-11 style attack will happen here on Americas soil.
