Gilad Shalit <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilad_Shalit> was an Israeli <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel> prisoner of war released in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian> prisoners.
On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 9:58:41 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > *“Trading Private Bergdahl” – Rated NC-Anyone (No Congressional Approval)* > <http://americac2c.com/forum/topics/movie-trading-private-bergdahl-rated-nc-anyone-no-congressional-a?xg_source=msg_mes_network> > > *by **sundance* > <http://theconservativetreehouse.com/author/sundancecracker/> > > *| URL: **http://wp.me/p1kzlW-lxS* > <http://wp.me/p1kzlW-lxS> > > > <http://api.ning.com/files/JKksqYJJ9YiMlKbd9rsPlw9djvDu40Y7KSSjWrFI8CW-7QXTxAS73-BB6BMZI9Nr1vyeafKSYNjCWTESe9lBN9Nis7bT4jlV/savingprivatebergdahl.jpg> > THE STORY OF PRIVATE BOWE BERGDAHL IN FIVE AMAZING VERSIONS. > <http://americac2c.com/forum/topics/the-story-of-private-bowe-bergdahl-in-five-amazing-versions?xg_source=msg_mes_network> > > > * byThe Elephant's Child > <http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/author/theelephantschild/>* > > *[image: Bowe-Bergdahl-PoW]* > <https://americanelephant.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/bowe-bergdahl-pow.jpg> > > *The Bowe Bergdahl story is an interesting one. For the Obama > administration it is an opportunity to prove how very much they care about > our military, returning, at great price, one of our boys who has been a > prisoner of war among the terrorist Taliban in Afghanistan. He has been a > captive for five long years, and his family longs for his return. They are > grateful that he has been rescued, and the entire town of Hailey, Idaho > will turn out to welcome home their hero. Call this the political boasting > story. Susan Rice was once again dispatched to the Sunday shows to tell the > happy story.* > > *The second story is that the White House and the president, embattled > with the media proliferation of macabre stories about the mistreatment of > veterans at our nation’s VA Hospitals. The bonuses and advancement of > administrators were measured by wait times. The Obama administration set a > goal in 2011 of 14 days as the longest a veteran should have to wait in > order to see a doctor or nurse. A little bit of fudging led to more and > there was an enormous scandal with 40 dead veterans, destroyed wait lists. > All over the headlines in every venue, and then information about the > Indian Health Service started appearing, and it was clear** a major > distraction was needed**. It was needed so fast that the minor law about > giving Congress 30 days notice about releasing any detainee from Guantanamo > couldn’t be observed. Five Taliban leaders, called extremely dangerous > terrorists, were traded for Bowe Bergdahl. Obama summoned Bergdahl’s > parents to the White House for a Rose Garden announcement of the good news > that Bowe would be coming home.* > > *Third story, told by the warriors of Private Bergdahl’s former army > unit: the guy sneaked out at night, deserted his unit, leaving behind his > uniform and weapons. He had previously sent his stuff home. They searched > for him for several months, enduring fire fights with Taliban, and 6 good > men were killed in the effort to get Private Bergdahl back. His unit blames > him for those deaths, considers him a deserter, and suspects he was working > with the Taliban. Obama mysteriously promoted Private Bergdahl to Sergeant > First Class, and successfully changed the headlines in the media from the > VA scandal to the return of a prisoner of war.* > > *Fourth story: Those with some knowledge of the military are appalled. > Trading five high-risk Taliban prisoners for a captive who may have been > working with the Taliban endangers Americans everywhere. If kidnapping an > American will get five prisoners out of Guantanamo, no one is safe in > Afghanistan or anywhere in the Middle East. America becomes a patsy that > can be played. The Taliban leaders who have been released will return as > soon as possible to the battlefield and to killing Americans. No one > familiar with the Middle East believes that they will be detained for long > in Qatar.* > > *Fifth story: Obama’s naive belief in diplomacy as the solution to any > foreign policy problem— is a problem. The exchange does not make Obama > seem strong and in command of the situation, but unusually weak, and > willing to do anything to get rid of bad publicity. Our allies cannot count > on the United States, and see Obama’s disinterest in foreign policy and > contempt for the idea of projecting power, or speaking firmly and following > through is obvious. He believes he was elected to get us out of Bush’s > Wars, believes they were a disaster, and does not see any accomplishment to > be maintained. Joe Biden was sent to get a status of forces agreement in > Iraq, but could not manage it, so we left anyway. Now he has notified the > Taliban of when we will leave, and will not attempt to preserve what was > won at such cost.* > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbHNoNTRyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MDE4ODgzNjQ-> > > > - New Members > > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/members/all;_ylc=X3oDMTJnczJibGhtBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxNDAxODg4MzY0> > > 1 > > [image: Yahoo! 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