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发帖数: 29846 | 1 White House now accuses fellow Afghan vets of “swiftboating” Bergdahl
June 4, 2014
You knew it was coming, didn’t you?
“Every [White House] aide I’ve talked to said they expected there to
be controversy involving the decision to release five members of the Taliban
from Gitmo, and the fact that this would then escalate that debate, which
has been simmering for a good five years, which is what to do with those
detainees, how do you release them, where do you release them. They did not
expect this backlash on Bergdahl himself. I’ve had a few aides describe it
to me as, ‘we didn’t know that they were going to swift boat Bergdahl.’
And that’s a reference to that political fight back in 2004 over John Kerry
’s military service, so there’s some fighting words there.”
That’s NBC correspondant Chuck Todd, describing the situation in the White
House to Today’s Matt Lauer.
Republicans have (rightly) questioned President Obama, specifically his
decision to ignore established law and order the release of the “Taliban
Dream Team” from Gitmo without notifying Congress or providing a plan to
ensure that these men will not be able to resume activities related to
terrorism. This deal has been on the table for over two years, and so far
no one has offered an official explanation of why it was suddenly rushed
through.
But it has been veterans who have voluntarily stepped up to the plate to
denounce Bergdahl. Story after story has now surfaced, and the overwhelming
conclusion is that Bergdahl was a disillusioned misfit who willfully
deserted his unit and sought to join Islamic militants. We have known his
whereabouts for over four years and, according to unofficial reports, had
already decided forgo any further attempts to extricate him from either the
Taliban or Haqqani members who were watching him.
However, we used a significant amount of manpower and resources to search
for Bergdahl shortly after he disappeared. This caused shortages in
available backup and air cover in the area, which prompted the Taliban to
attack an American ammunition dump near the town of Kamesh, which resulted
in the deaths of 8 soldiers, with 22 more wounded. An additional 6 soldiers
died while on patrols whose mission included tracking and retrieving
Bergdahl.
Some veterans have claimed that they were told by military superiors to not
talk about what they knew about Bergdahl. Although the Pentagon never
officially classified him as a POW, he was listed as “missing/captured”
and considered to be a hostage of militant Islamist forces in the area.
Many who believe that Bergdahl is a deserter also believe that the Pentagon
is lying when it refers to Bergdahl as anything except a traitor.
All of this has snowballed into a massive backlash by veterans against
military leadership that is seen as dishonest, and a White House that is
seen as incompetent, dismissive of the sacrifices made by those killed and
wounded in Afghanistan, and sympathetic to radical Islamists.
Military leaders balked at the idea of a prisoner exchange and openly
expressed their concerns to the White House. Obama Administration officials
told them, effectively, to “suck it up and salute.”
It takes a special kind of ‘detatched’ and ‘stupid’ to not see that a
huge backlash was coming in the wake of this very poorly thought-out plan.
Apparently, our leaders in the White House are very, very special people. | z*****a
发帖数: 9790 | 2 再次证明黑八和主党对罪犯和loser情有独钟
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【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: White House now accuses fellow Afghan vets of “swiftboating” Bergdahl
: June 4, 2014
: You knew it was coming, didn’t you?
: “Every [White House] aide I’ve talked to said they expected there to
: be controversy involving the decision to release five members of the Taliban
: from Gitmo, and the fact that this would then escalate that debate, which
: has been simmering for a good five years, which is what to do with those
: detainees, how do you release them, where do you release them. They did not
: expect this backlash on Bergdahl himself. I’ve had a few aides describe it
: to me as, ‘we didn’t know that they were going to swift boat Bergdahl.’
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发帖数: 8291 | 3 now the list extends to traitors.
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