Bowe Bergdahl

Obumbly done stepped in it big time,, and to think Nixon got ousted over a HELL OF A LOT LESS than obumbly has done even before this latest debacle. Kind of makes one wonder what happened to the American people and its politicians. But none the less Obama should be IMPEACHED tomorrow.

Derik,, bergdahl had no issue with "leaving behind" his own companys men now did he...And if he was so concerned over Afghannys, then why would he accept being traded for those that have murdered thousands of said people? Try and justify letting free - and thats what they will be,,mass murderers over one deserter. One who wanted to renounce his citizenship here. Seems that code of ethics does not apply in this case. His own companys men say the very same to the man....

Israel once traded 1,027 Palestinian prisoners to get back one of their own. Another time they traded 1,150 prisoners to get back three of their own. They did it because of a deep awareness that national cohesion is essential to national survival. They did it because Israeli parents share a common emotional bond; the imprisonment of one of their children touches them all. In polarized countries, especially, you have to take care of your own. If you don’t, the corrosive effects will be cumulative

It doesn’t matter either that the United States government ended up dealing with terrorists. In the first place, the Taliban is not a terrorist organization the way Al Qaeda is. America has always tried to reach a negotiated arrangement with the Taliban, and this agreement may be a piece of that. In the second place, this is the dirty world we live in. Sometimes national leaders are called upon to take the sins of the situation upon themselves for the good of the country, to deal with the hateful and compromise with the loathsome. That’s their form of sacrifice and service.

So President Obama made the right call. If he is to be faulted, it would be first for turning the release into an Oprah-esque photo-op, a political stunt filled with inaccurate rhetoric and unworthy grandstanding. It would next be for his administration’s astonishing tone-deafness about how this swap would be received.

Why is a deserter worth five terrorists?

And why is he not in the brig? The fact that he is not, as far as I know
(and I admit to not following this very closely), seems to be in violation
of the UCMJ, not that I am an expert on that.

Who in the f*#k is Ward Trotter?

Well that was f*#king stupid

No it isn't. It was a PR move that has gone wrong. If I were still in
the Navy getting this guy back would not make me feel warm and fuzzy.
He went willingly so he isn't one of us any more. Now that he is back
I would feel very indignant if he were not prosecuted to the fullest intent
of the UCMJ.

tLki g

Oh boy, more tea party talking points. Tell me, what did Hannity have to say tonight? I missed it.

Jon Stewart says Republicans are finally taking some expert advice.

In a “Daily Show” segment Wednesday, he said Republicans have routinely ignored scientific evidence on global warming. But when the U.S. released Taliban prisoners in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, Fox News’ Sean Hannity called in former Col. Oliver North for comment.

North became famous in the 1980s as the face of the Iran-Contra Affair, in which he helped sell missiles to Iran, which was under an arms embargo, in return for help in trying to free seven Americans held in Lebanon by a group with Iranian ties. He then funneled money from the missile sales to anti-communist Contras in Nicaragua.

In his interview with Hannity, North said that if the U.S. paid a bounty for Bergdahl's release, it was funding “a criminal enterprise that kills Americans.”

“So you're saying it now like it's a bad thing,” Stewart said. “Does it just make you mad because it's gone mainstream?”

He imagined North sounding like someone who's favorite band gets too popular: “I was into using American taxpayer dollars to arm terrorist groups way before it was cool.”

You right wing extremists would be calling for the presidents head if the kid was beheaded on YouTube. You are all hypocrites full of fake outrage. Politics, all of it. Can't wait to get some Republican numbskull in office. How'd that work out last time?

Oh, he's got a beard, he must be a Muslim!!

Oh, he's got a beard, he must be a Muslim!!