Quote from: Slab Squathrust on June 05, 2014, 10:07:12 PM

Quote from: Ron~Popeil on June 05, 2014, 09:57:39 PM

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on June 05, 2014, 04:01:28 AM

Just one soldier released in exchange for 5 hardcore terrorists. These terrorists in turn will kill many more American soldiers. Bergdahl wasn't even a high ranking officer to begin with.

That is a really jackass thing to say, what good is a desk jokey? How many high ranking officers do you see pulling the trigger? NOT A DAMN ONE OF THEM. Save all the pencil pushing officers and throw the people who actually fight to the wayside....

While I do not agree how this was handled that comment was beyond stupid...

The real reason obama did this was to say "I did everything I could to leave no US troops behind". Do not forget we are might be 100% out of afgan by the end of the year, and to leave a captured soldier would be just another smudge on the war.

I am not a conspiracy person but the move seems so stupid that it makes me wonder if there is something else going on.

Well I am not sure you are in the US or not, but our Veterans health care service recently had a big scandal where patients may have died waiting for care. Whether this is Obama's fault or not is debatable. The VA has had issues for years long before Obama assumed the office. However, Obama did implement policy changes that may have exacerbated the situation. Some suspect this swap may have been timed to help bury that news. If true, it certainly seems to have worked.

!!! BINGO!!!

The spin doctors thought hard thinking this move would have been a win win situation: change the subject about the VA scandal (Obama campaigned on the VA situation and Congress, based on his administration, pushed for multiple billion more for its budget). The VA was the liberals answer to why obamacare was going to be a success: Government in charge of healthcare with amazing great result, as long as you pour more and more money. The other win situation was to close gitmo, another obama campaign promise no matter what.

Sadly for them the VA scandal is still growing and now the public sees what they did with that soldier and talibans.