Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wonder what the soldiers who caught the Taliban prisoners think? Or those that were injured, etc. looking for them? Anybody know the stories of their capture?

You seem to be of the opinion that government policy should be determined by individual soldiers. That has never been the case. Soldiers do what they are ordered to do. They rarely think what they are being told to do makes any sense. The civilian leadership determines policy and considers a wide range of priorities. Can you imagine the chaos if every policy decision had to take into account how individual soldiers would feel about it?

Consider the reception Obama got at West Point recently. I don't think they will turn on the American public if ordered to. Applause sounded like a small rotary club meeting.

Wow. You do not know how batshit crazy you seem. I guess it is too much to expect you to know how repulsive this entire discussion is to a regular person who isn't frothing at the mouth at the mere mention of Obama.

John McCain publicly supported exactly this exchange in February:

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1402/18/acd.01.html

COOPER: Would you oppose the idea of some form of negotiations or prisoner exchange? I know back in 2012 you called the idea of even negotiating with the Taliban bizarre, highly questionable.

SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R), ARIZONA: Well, at that time the proposal was that they would release -- Taliban, some of them really hard-core, particularly five really hard-core Taliban leaders, as a confidence- building measure. Now this idea is for an exchange of prisoners for our American fighting man.

I would be inclined to support such a thing depending on a lot of the details.

COOPER: Of anybody on Capitol Hill, you know better than anybody what this young man must be going through. Obviously it's a very different time. How do you get through something like this? I mean, for somebody in this situation?

MCCAIN: Well, I was fortunate in where he is not that I had fellow POWs that even though I was a long time in solitary confinement we would tap on the wall to each other and stay in communication. If it wasn't for that, it would have been a very different story for most of us. And this is why I feel especially sympathetic for Mr. Bergdahl because he is all there by himself.

COOPER: So if there was some -- the possibility of some sort of exchange, that's something you would support?

MCCAIN: I would support. Obviously I'd have to know the details, but I would support ways of bringing him home and if exchange was one of them I think that would be something I think we should seriously consider.

I added the bolding.

The outrage is complete hypocrisy. The right wing in this country has completely lost its way and is totally obsessed with opposing Obama. Opposing Obama and guns are the only interests of today's conservatives. A dangerously deranged bunch of people.

WARSAW, Poland (CBSDC/AP) — President Barack Obama said during a news conference in Poland Tuesday that five released Guantanamo Bay detainees could return to terrorism.
Despite the potential threat, Obama said that the five high-level Taliban members do not pose a national security threat and that the U.S. “will be in a position “ to go after them if they do become a threat to Americans.

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/06/03/obama-gitmo-detainees-exchanged-for-bergdahl-could-return-to-terrorism/


Obama knew who he was releasing. He thought the American public would applaud him. He thought the military would applaud him. He is clearly incorrect. Completely out of touch

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wonder what the soldiers who caught the Taliban prisoners think? Or those that were injured, etc. looking for them? Anybody know the stories of their capture?

You seem to be of the opinion that government policy should be determined by individual soldiers. That has never been the case. Soldiers do what they are ordered to do. They rarely think what they are being told to do makes any sense. The civilian leadership determines policy and considers a wide range of priorities. Can you imagine the chaos if every policy decision had to take into account how individual soldiers would feel about it?

Consider the reception Obama got at West Point recently. I don't think they will turn on the American public if ordered to. Applause sounded like a small rotary club meeting.

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wonder what the soldiers who caught the Taliban prisoners think? Or those that were injured, etc. looking for them? Anybody know the stories of their capture?

You seem to be of the opinion that government policy should be determined by individual soldiers. That has never been the case. Soldiers do what they are ordered to do. They rarely think what they are being told to do makes any sense. The civilian leadership determines policy and considers a wide range of priorities. Can you imagine the chaos if every policy decision had to take into account how individual soldiers would feel about it?

All signs point to him being a deserter. Trading five prisoners who you kniw will go back to terrorist activities against the US? You think that is wise? He was not captured in a firefight.

The man needs to go, but Boehner doesn't have the guts. Boehner is like a well-oiled lawn chair - he folds that easily.

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The one thing that soldiers clearly understand is their loyalty to one another. Something Bergddahl chose to ignore.

I don't want soldiers dishing out justice. Have you ever serviced?

The one thing that soldiers clearly understand is their loyalty to one another. Something Bergddahl chose to ignore.

The civilian leadership determines policy and considers a wide range of priorities. Can you imagine the chaos if every policy decision had to take into account how individual soldiers would feel about it?

Yes. That is why the civilian leadership should consider the results and ramifications of its decisions. Vietnam is a great example.

They rarely think what they are being told to do makes any sense.

That is actually not a true statement.

You seem to be of the opinion that government policy should be determined by individual soldiers. That has never been the case. Soldiers do what they are ordered to do. They rarely think what they are being told to do makes any sense. The civilian leadership determines policy and considers a wide range of priorities. Can you imagine the chaos if every policy decision had to take into account how individual soldiers would feel about it?



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Have you ever heard of morale? Soldiers are not stupid.

Anonymous wrote:Wonder what the soldiers who caught the Taliban prisoners think? Or those that were injured, etc. looking for them? Anybody know the stories of their capture?

You seem to be of the opinion that government policy should be determined by individual soldiers. That has never been the case. Soldiers do what they are ordered to do. They rarely think what they are being told to do makes any sense. The civilian leadership determines policy and considers a wide range of priorities. Can you imagine the chaos if every policy decision had to take into account how individual soldiers would feel about it?

Wonder what the soldiers who caught the Taliban prisoners think? Or those that were injured, etc. looking for them? Anybody know the stories of their capture?

Please fox is just the republican pravda. They have not been correct in anything.

How would you know?

Well. I am a conservative who watches all kinds of broadcasts--including Fox News. Fox is usually the first with anything negative about Obama and America --however, it is usually wrong and made up.


Thanks for that. I think you are telling a "story".........they are usually correct.

Please fox is just the republican pravda. They have not been correct in anything.

Do you want to prosecute the Mexicans who break American laws by illegally entering the United States? Or do you just favor the prosecution of American's who break Mexican laws?

The guy has been in jail for several weeks now. It's time to let him go. If you had seen the pictures of the crossing, you would understand his mistake.