Ex-Bush Official Blasts GOP: Bush Would Have Done The Same Thing
Click here for reuse options!“I don’t see how these particular Taliban officials could ever have been tried in the southern district of New York,” John Bellinger, who served as an adviser to President George W. Bush explained during an appearance on Fox News Tuesday. “They’re certainly some Al Qaeda detainees who committed actual terrorist acts against Americans who perhaps could have been tried in a federal court because they committed federal crimes, but these particular Taliban detainees I think could never have been tried in federal court.” Although some of the released prisoners posed a danger to the United States when they were captured in 2002, especially toward soldiers serving in Afghanistan, several of the detainees did not commit crimes against Americans…
Though Cheney told Fox News on Monday that he would not have agreed to the deal, Bellinger stressed that the Bush administration “returned something like 500 detainees from Guantanamo.” Statistics from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence show that only 6 percent (5 in total) of Guantanamo detainees released during the Obama administration have potentially engaged in militant activities. That compares with a rate of nearly 30 percent under the Bush administration.
“I’m not saying this is clearly an easy choice but frankly I think a Republican, a president of either party, Republican or Democratic confronted with this opportunity to get back Sgt. Bergdahl, who is apparently in failing health, would have taken this opportunity to do this,” he added. “I think we would have made the same decision in the Bush administration.”
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Shades June 4th, 2014 at 09:38
Of course they would have. It’s what you do. BB’s fellow soldiers have every right to be angry, but they don’t call the shots and neither does the media. The RWNJs are clawing desperately for anything, everything, they think will tarnish Obama, especially the ones so delusional they believe this is finally the road to impeachment. And that 30 days notice BS is just that. Did they really expect Bergdahl, already in failing health, to wait another 30 days just to stroke the republicans ego? What if he had died during that time? I’ll tell you. The republicans would be howling that Obama didn’t act sooner. They’d be praising him as a hero sacrificed by the Obama administration because … something. These are the hard decisions a president has to make, no matter how big a temper tantrum the opposition throws. It’s called leadership.
Shades June 4th, 2014 at 09:38
Of course they would have. It’s what you do. BB’s fellow soldiers have every right to be angry, but they don’t call the shots and neither does the media. The RWNJs are clawing desperately for anything, everything, they think will tarnish Obama, especially the ones so delusional they believe this is finally the road to impeachment. And that 30 days notice BS is just that. Did they really expect Bergdahl, already in failing health, to wait another 30 days just to stroke the republicans ego? What if he had died during that time? I’ll tell you. The republicans would be howling that Obama didn’t act sooner. They’d be praising him as a hero sacrificed by the Obama administration because … something. These are the hard decisions a president has to make, no matter how big a temper tantrum the opposition throws. It’s called leadership.
mcbob June 4th, 2014 at 10:24
didn’t any comments “blasting” GOP – “I think we could have made same decision” – but you need a headline ….
mcbob June 4th, 2014 at 10:24
didn’t any comments “blasting” GOP – “I think we could have made same decision” – but you need a headline ….
William June 4th, 2014 at 10:41
Doncha’ just love watching these guys give their “expert” opinion on military affairs?
William June 4th, 2014 at 10:41
Doncha’ just love watching these guys give their “expert” opinion on military affairs?
GREG SIMPSON June 5th, 2014 at 02:36
LETS REMEMBER NO ONE KNOWS THE FULL STORY ON THIS PRISONER EXCHANGE,SAVE THE PRESIDENT AND THE MILITARY.TO THE PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT,DON’T FORGET YOUR HISTORY,SAINT RONALD REAGAN TRADED MISSILES TO A TERRORIST STATE FOR THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES.I GUESS THE RULES HAVE CHANGED.WILLIAM I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TED NUGENT TO YOUR LIST.
GREG SIMPSON June 5th, 2014 at 02:36
LETS REMEMBER NO ONE KNOWS THE FULL STORY ON THIS PRISONER EXCHANGE,SAVE THE PRESIDENT AND THE MILITARY.TO THE PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT,DON’T FORGET YOUR HISTORY,SAINT RONALD REAGAN TRADED MISSILES TO A TERRORIST STATE FOR THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES.I GUESS THE RULES HAVE CHANGED.WILLIAM I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TED NUGENT TO YOUR LIST.