Republicans Whine That Release Of Bergdahl Makes Americans Unsafe
Top Republicans on the Senate and House armed services committees went so far as to accuse President Obama of having broken the law, which requires the administration to notify Congress before any transfers from Guantanamo are carried out.
“Trading five senior Taliban leaders from detention in Guantanamo Bay for Bergdahl’s release may have consequences for the rest of our forces and all Americans. Our terrorist adversaries now have a strong incentive to capture Americans. That incentive will put our forces in Afghanistan and around the world at even greater risk,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. McKeon (R-Calif.) and the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, James M. Inhofe (Okla.), said in a joint statement.
But Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel says Congress was not told in advance of the impending release because Bergdahl’s life was in danger.
Click here for reuse options!In his first extensive public comments about Saturday’s operation, Hagel said intelligence the US had gathered suggested that Bergdahl’s “safety and health were both in jeopardy, and in particular his health was deteriorating”.
Taliban members handed Bergdahl over to special operations forces in eastern Afghanistan, and later in the day the detainees were flown from Guantánamo to Qatar.
The Pentagon did not give Congress the required 30-day notice for the release of detainees, prompting criticism, which is also being levelled at the decision to negotiate with “terrorists”.
Hagel said it was the administration’s judgment that the military had to move quickly to get Bergdahl out, “essentially to save his life”.
He said it was the unanimous consensus of the National Security Council, and the president has the authority to order such a release under article 2 of the Constitution. Only a handful of people knew about the operation and Hagel said “we couldn’t afford any leaks anywhere, for obvious reasons”.
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William June 1st, 2014 at 17:40
It doesn’t matter what the President does. Right-wing-wacko land will disapprove. So which draft dodger do you think will whine the loudest and longest about a soldier coming home as a result of this trade? (I’m taking a pool)
Bob Waas Sr. June 1st, 2014 at 18:49
Speaking of draft dodgers.
William June 1st, 2014 at 19:15
I don’t like using the term “Stupid Limbaugh licking idiot without an original thought”…so I won’t
BUT…
When the draft ended in 1973, President Obama was 7 years old.
Obewon June 1st, 2014 at 19:52
William and let’s not forget Clinton42 earned a Rhodes Scholar 165+ Minimum IQ exemption in 1968 and served his country very well! American politician, 42nd President of the United States, 1993–2001, Governor of Arkansas, 1979–1981 & 1983–1993. I doubt if room temp IQ Wass knows how badly beaten his cerebral implosion is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rhodes_Scholars
Bob Waas Sr. June 2nd, 2014 at 13:12
And Gates, Jobs, and Limbaugh became successful millionaires without a college degree. Obama received a Nobel peace award and then proceeded to drone the enemy, Gore received a Nobel award built on lies, Krugman received a Pulitzer and is wrong on just about every issue in his chosen field.
Credentials don’t mean the individual has good character, it just means they were good students.
foxnewslieseveryday June 3rd, 2014 at 05:56
Multi millionaire drug addicted, 4 time married pedophiles are better than a Nobel peace award winner?
LMAO!
Are you even an American?
Obewon June 3rd, 2014 at 07:25
Limbots unlocked & entered into an anti-thought dimension, where they now reside in the Satanic Twilight Zone! Nobel Peace Prize winners are bad, because the Satanic RWNJ Evilangelical war criminals that they voted for, are worshiped as ‘their own personal Satin.’
foxnewslieseveryday June 3rd, 2014 at 17:16
“Krugman received a Pulitzer and is wrong on just about every issue in his chosen field.”
Another silly baseless assertion from the phony Christian and so called fiscal conservative.
Name one issue he is wrong on.
I’ll wait
Bob Waas Sr. June 1st, 2014 at 20:43
Clinton was a draft dodging hippie who never inhaled. Obama could have enlisted but he probably wouldn’t have passed the physical with all the pot in his system.
William June 2nd, 2014 at 10:26
Clinton was a draft dodging hippie who never inhaled…
who left this nation with the first balanced budget since Eisenhower.
Bob Waas Sr. June 2nd, 2014 at 11:08
A balanced budget thanks to a Republican controlled Congress. Clinton learned how to work “with” Congress, unlike the joker in the WH now who thinks he is a king and uses the Constitution as a suggestion.
foxnewslieseveryday June 1st, 2014 at 19:44
Only one was AWOL.
http://www.awolbush.com/
fancypants June 2nd, 2014 at 00:16
got to admire how Ronnie fell in love with the Taliban.
He even took a photo op with words of wisdom
Bob Waas Sr. June 2nd, 2014 at 11:27
The Taliban didn’t exist when Reagan was president, so as typical, distortion of the truth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AQ_rMRV5z8
fancypants June 3rd, 2014 at 08:56
Im not a political genius bobby but im sticking to my guns based on how they are dressed it looks to me these people are the same who were chopping off heads in Afghanistan and other parts of the middle east. The name might change but the objective lives on.
BTW the gop is no stranger to public deception and who knows? they might have a few more youtube videos out there
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/23/bush.iraq/index.html
Bob Waas Sr. June 3rd, 2014 at 21:06
Don’t you know it is racist to judge people on how they are dressed? Juan Williams was fired by NPR for doing the same thing. Besides, these people practice the religion of peace.
Sticking to your guns when you’re wrong is not exactly a sign of a genius.
fancypants June 4th, 2014 at 23:53
too bad my name isn’t juan Williams. Besides it looks like he got a better job offer…no big loss
Bob Waas June 5th, 2014 at 09:00
I agree, Juan is in a much better place. You and Bill O’Reilly have something in common, he said Bergdahl’s father looked and sounded like a Muslim and the PC police scolded him; even though what he said was accurate.
fancypants June 5th, 2014 at 20:42
once again bob I didn’t drag bergdahl’s father into any of my conversations. billy owns that trick pony and it stays in the barn until 8pm mon-fri
Bob Waas June 5th, 2014 at 21:10
Your comment was no different than O’Reilly’s or Juan’s. You all made a conclusion based on their looks and dress and O’Reilly mentioned language spoken. You were all correct, so what’s the problem? I was pulling your leg about being a racist for pointing out the obvious.
fancypants June 5th, 2014 at 22:06
oh so your a race baiter as well ? and don’t compare me to bill, I don’t drag people’s kids and family into my conversations to intimidate. Bill needs the ratings and I don’t .
Bob Waas June 6th, 2014 at 00:19
Race baiter? No, that would be Obama, Sharpton, and Jackson. I was just imitating a liberal by suggesting you were making a racist remark. The pulling your leg part got lost due to your lack of a sense of humor.
fancypants June 6th, 2014 at 18:51
you getting rid of that negative Hillary avatar was a good gesture here on LL. keep up the good work !
TiredOfThemAll June 2nd, 2014 at 11:05
Actually Bush was a draft dodger.
Why now drunk photo of Bush?
And funny how the non service Democrats begin AFTER the draft.
Does that mean YOU”RE in favor?
Bob Waas Sr. June 2nd, 2014 at 11:40
You really need to stop relying on Obewon’s postings as reliable data. First, explain how George W. Bush could be a draft dodger if he was in the military? You can’t, so don’t hurt yourself thinking about that one. The ultra liberals falsely accused him of going AWOL. They tend to make unfounded accusations like that. You know, like Harry Reid accusing Mitt of not paying taxes, which when proven false old Harry never apologized.
Here is some information you may want to spend time refuting:
“Bush may have received favorable treatment to get into the Guard, served irregularly after the spring of 1972 and got an expedited discharge, but he did accumulate the days of service required of him for his ultimate honorable discharge.”
Source #2: http://www.geocities.com/bush_not_awol/
“So, while the Democrats have spread this malicious, fradulent accusation that he went AWOL (without a shred of evidence) with the help of the liberal media, George W. Bush released copies of microfilm payroll records summarizing the days for which Bush was paid in 1972 and 1973. Though blurry and hard to read, they reflect payments for 82 days of services in 1972 and 1973. Guardsmen were required to get a minimum of 50 points annually and they received 15 just for being members of the guard. Bush accumlated 56 points from May 1972 to 1973 and he accumalted another 56 points in June & July of 1973 meeting the minimum requirement of 50 points for the May 73 to May 74 period. Despite the clear evidence that he served, Democrats still keep the lies coming.”
Notice, Bush released microfilm payroll records. I guess he didn’t have anything to hide; unlike Obama who paid a million dollars to keep his personal information from the public; and liberals don’t even wonder why.
TiredOfThemAll June 2nd, 2014 at 12:02
There is a reason why the commander called it the Champagne Unit, (as Bush supported the war)
He was was permanently suspended from flying with the Texas Air National Guard for having missed an annual medical examination.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/this-day-in-politics-aug-1-1972-95023.html#ixzz33UxElq1L
Bob Waas Sr. June 2nd, 2014 at 13:06
Remind me again, what office is George W running for, or what country is he president of? Your attempt to deflect attention from the sorry excuse for human existence; aka as the Democratic leadership is not working.
TiredOfThemAll June 2nd, 2014 at 14:47
YOU are the one who brought who served where.
Clearly Democratic leadership is fighting an uphill battle to clean up Republican “leadership”.
William June 1st, 2014 at 17:40
It doesn’t matter what the President does. Right-wing-wacko land will disapprove. So which draft dodger do you think will whine the loudest and longest about a soldier coming home as a result of this trade? (I’m taking a pool)
Bob Waas Sr. June 1st, 2014 at 18:49
Speaking of draft dodgers.
William June 1st, 2014 at 19:15
I don’t like using the term “Stupid Limbaugh licking idiot without an original thought”…so I won’t
BUT…
When the draft ended in 1973, President Obama was 7 years old.
Obewon June 1st, 2014 at 19:52
William and let’s not forget Clinton42 earned a Rhodes Scholar 165+ Minimum IQ ‘I’ll be attending Oxford for my PhD’ exemption in 1968 and served his country very well! American politician, 42nd President of the United States, 1993–2001, Governor of Arkansas, 1979–1981 & 1983–1993. I doubt if room temp IQ Wass knows how badly beaten his cerebral implosion is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rhodes_Scholars
Bob Waas Sr. June 2nd, 2014 at 13:12
And Gates, Jobs, and Limbaugh became successful millionaires without a college degree. Obama received a Nobel peace award and then proceeded to drone the enemy, Gore received a Nobel award built on lies, Krugman received a Pulitzer and is wrong on just about every issue in his chosen field.
Credentials don’t mean the individual has good character, it just means they were good students.
FNLED June 3rd, 2014 at 05:56
Multi millionaire drug addicted, 4 time married pedophiles are better than a Nobel peace award winner?
LMAO!
Are you even an American?
Obewon June 3rd, 2014 at 07:25
Limbots unlocked & entered into an anti-thought dimension, where they now reside in the Satanic Twilight Zone! Nobel Peace Prize winners are bad, because the Satanic RWNJ Evilangelical war criminals that they voted for, are worshiped as ‘their own personal Satin.’
FNLED June 3rd, 2014 at 17:16
“Krugman received a Pulitzer and is wrong on just about every issue in his chosen field.”
Another silly baseless assertion from the phony Christian and so called fiscal conservative.
Name one issue he is wrong on.
I’ll wait
Bob Waas Sr. June 1st, 2014 at 20:43
Clinton was a draft dodging hippie who never inhaled. Obama could have enlisted but he probably wouldn’t have passed the physical with all the pot in his system.
William June 2nd, 2014 at 10:26
Clinton was a draft dodging hippie who never inhaled…
who left this nation with the first balanced budget since Eisenhower.
Bob Waas Sr. June 2nd, 2014 at 11:08
A balanced budget thanks to a Republican controlled Congress. Clinton learned how to work “with” Congress, unlike the joker in the WH now who thinks he is a king and uses the Constitution as a suggestion.
FNLED June 1st, 2014 at 19:44
Only one was AWOL.
http://www.awolbush.com/
fancypants June 2nd, 2014 at 00:16
got to admire how Ronnie fell in love with the Taliban.
He even took a photo op with words of wisdom
Bob Waas Sr. June 2nd, 2014 at 11:27
The Taliban didn’t exist when Reagan was president, so as typical, distortion of the truth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AQ_rMRV5z8
fancypants June 3rd, 2014 at 08:56
Im not a political genius bobby but im sticking to my guns based on how they are dressed it looks to me these people are the same who were chopping off heads in Afghanistan and other parts of the middle east. The name might change but the objective lives on.
BTW the gop is no stranger to public deception and who knows? they might have a few more youtube videos out there
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/23/bush.iraq/index.html
Bob Waas Sr. June 3rd, 2014 at 21:06
Don’t you know it is racist to judge people on how they are dressed? Juan Williams was fired by NPR for doing the same thing. Besides, these people practice the religion of peace.
Sticking to your guns when you’re wrong is not exactly a sign of a genius.
fancypants June 4th, 2014 at 23:53
too bad my name isn’t juan Williams. Besides it looks like he got a better job offer…no big loss
Bob Waas June 5th, 2014 at 09:00
I agree, Juan is in a much better place. You and Bill O’Reilly have something in common, he said Bergdahl’s father looked and sounded like a Muslim and the PC police scolded him; even though what he said was accurate.
fancypants June 5th, 2014 at 20:42
once again bob I didn’t drag bergdahl’s father into any of my conversations. billy owns that trick pony and it stays in the barn until 8pm mon-fri
Bob Waas June 5th, 2014 at 21:10
Your comment was no different than O’Reilly’s or Juan’s. You all made a conclusion based on their looks and dress and O’Reilly mentioned language spoken. You were all correct, so what’s the problem? I was pulling your leg about being a racist for pointing out the obvious.
fancypants June 5th, 2014 at 22:06
oh so your a race baiter as well ? and don’t compare me to bill, I don’t drag people’s kids and family into my conversations to intimidate. Bill needs the ratings and I don’t .
Bob Waas June 6th, 2014 at 00:19
Race baiter? No, that would be Obama, Sharpton, and Jackson. I was just imitating a liberal by suggesting you were making a racist remark. The pulling your leg part got lost due to your lack of a sense of humor.
fancypants June 6th, 2014 at 18:51
you getting rid of that negative Hillary avatar was a good gesture here on LL. keep up the good work !
OldLefty June 2nd, 2014 at 11:05
Actually Bush was a draft dodger.
Why now drunk photo of Bush?
And funny how the non service Democrats begin AFTER the draft.
Does that mean YOU”RE in favor?
Bob Waas Sr. June 2nd, 2014 at 11:40
You really need to stop relying on Obewon’s postings as reliable data. First, explain how George W. Bush could be a draft dodger if he was in the military? You can’t, so don’t hurt yourself thinking about that one. The ultra liberals falsely accused him of going AWOL. They tend to make unfounded accusations like that. You know, like Harry Reid accusing Mitt of not paying taxes, which when proven false old Harry never apologized.
Here is some information you may want to spend time refuting:
“Bush may have received favorable treatment to get into the Guard, served irregularly after the spring of 1972 and got an expedited discharge, but he did accumulate the days of service required of him for his ultimate honorable discharge.”
Source #2: http://www.geocities.com/bush_not_awol/
“So, while the Democrats have spread this malicious, fradulent accusation that he went AWOL (without a shred of evidence) with the help of the liberal media, George W. Bush released copies of microfilm payroll records summarizing the days for which Bush was paid in 1972 and 1973. Though blurry and hard to read, they reflect payments for 82 days of services in 1972 and 1973. Guardsmen were required to get a minimum of 50 points annually and they received 15 just for being members of the guard. Bush accumlated 56 points from May 1972 to 1973 and he accumalted another 56 points in June & July of 1973 meeting the minimum requirement of 50 points for the May 73 to May 74 period. Despite the clear evidence that he served, Democrats still keep the lies coming.”
Notice, Bush released microfilm payroll records. I guess he didn’t have anything to hide; unlike Obama who paid a million dollars to keep his personal information from the public; and liberals don’t even wonder why.
OldLefty June 2nd, 2014 at 12:02
There is a reason why the commander called it the Champagne Unit, (as Bush supported the war)
He was was permanently suspended from flying with the Texas Air National Guard for having missed an annual medical examination.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/this-day-in-politics-aug-1-1972-95023.html#ixzz33UxElq1L
Bob Waas Sr. June 2nd, 2014 at 13:06
Remind me again, what office is George W running for, or what country is he president of? Your attempt to deflect attention from the sorry excuse for human existence; aka as the Democratic leadership is not working.
OldLefty June 2nd, 2014 at 14:47
YOU are the one who brought who served where.
Clearly Democratic leadership is fighting an uphill battle to clean up Republican “leadership”.
Justin Volke V June 1st, 2014 at 18:02
We now have a precedent of negotiating with terrorists. That will dramatically change foreign policy forever. Not for the better.
As much as I hate to admit it I’m afraid that conservatives are right on this one. Even a broken watch is right twice a day.
The next demand will be to release 10 detainees and then 20 and when will it end?
foxnewslieseveryday June 1st, 2014 at 18:31
That precedent started with Reagan during Iran/contra.
You didn’t know this?
“The next demand will be to release 10 detainees and then 20”
Baseless assertion
Sko Hayes June 1st, 2014 at 18:31
Sorry, Reagan was the first president to negotiate with terrorists- remember he sold arms to the Iranians to try to get them to release our hostages.
Justin Volke V June 1st, 2014 at 18:02
We now have a precedent of negotiating with terrorists. That will dramatically change foreign policy forever. Not for the better.
As much as I hate to admit it I’m afraid that conservatives are right on this one. Even a broken watch is right twice a day.
The next demand will be to release 10 detainees and then 20 and when will it end?
FNLED June 1st, 2014 at 18:31
That precedent started with Reagan during Iran/contra.
You didn’t know this?
“The next demand will be to release 10 detainees and then 20”
Baseless assertion
Sko Hayes June 1st, 2014 at 18:31
Sorry, Reagan was the first president to negotiate with terrorists- remember he sold arms to the Iranians to try to get them to release our hostages.
Sunka June 1st, 2014 at 20:27
I see this as a good decision by Obama. Thanks, Mr. President! Now get busy & get that VA scandal straightened out. We’ve got thousands of sick & disabled vets who need help!
waybackwhen June 1st, 2014 at 23:30
Obama is MUCH MORE INTERESTED in saving Muslims than American Citizens!
Obewon June 1st, 2014 at 23:54
Yeah that’s why GWB’s Pakistan EKIA topped out at 36 in 2008.
Key Findings in the Pakistan Drone War: The CIA drone campaign began in Yemen in 2002 and in Pakistan in 2004. -Drone strikes in Pakistan rose steadily under President Barack Obama in 2009, to their peak of 122 in 2010. http://natsec.newamerica.net/drones/pakistan/analysis
William June 3rd, 2014 at 11:54
Obama is MUCH MORE INTERESTED in saving Muslims than American Citizens!
Unlike Republican presidents.
Sunka June 1st, 2014 at 20:27
I see this as a good decision by Obama. Thanks, Mr. President! Now get busy & get that VA scandal straightened out. We’ve got thousands of sick & disabled vets who need help!
waybackwhen June 1st, 2014 at 23:30
Obama is MUCH MORE INTERESTED in saving Muslims than American Citizens!
Obewon June 1st, 2014 at 23:54
Yeah that’s why GWB’s Pakistan & Yemen EKIA topped out at 9 by 2007, plus 36 in 2008 totaling 47 over all 8 years vs 322 in 5 years via POTUS Obama’s Pakistani & Yemeni EKIA in 2009-52, 2010-122, 2011-73, 2012-48 & 27 in 2013 totaling 322. Key Findings in the Pakistan Drone War: The CIA drone campaign began in Yemen in 2002 and in Pakistan in 2004. -Drone strikes in Pakistan rose steadily under President Barack Obama in 2009, to their peak of 122 in 2010. http://natsec.newamerica.net/drones/pakistan/analysis
William June 3rd, 2014 at 11:54
Obama is MUCH MORE INTERESTED in saving Muslims than American Citizens!
Unlike Republican presidents.