Geee Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Washington Times: In his rush to pull out of Afghanistan, close Guantanamo and declare the fight against “violent extremists” over, President Obama is again pressing for Taliban peace talks just days after releasing a complete list of Gitmo detainees, finally identifying 46 of 166 men held in indefinite detention. Though his broader strategy is highly suspect, the timing is impeccable. Orchestrating peace with the Taliban and efforts to dismantle indefinite detention at Gitmo naturally go hand in hand. To help kick-start the process, the Taliban want to trade five Gitmo detainees who are top leaders for one U.S. soldier, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who went missing from his post near Pakistan in 2009. While Team Obama isn’t known for transparency, it’s good to see a sliver of openness, represented by the release of the 46-man roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCTexan Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 I think that the Taliban probably has a bigger trust issue with The Zero than we do with them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
righteousmomma Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Interesting take on this on Fox and Friends this morning. Geraldo was all for the exchanging. It's a war strategy often used he said. These at Gitmo ( which he hates) are being held even though they "have killed no Americans" since 01 We should get the freedom of the lone American yada yada. Brian was against releasing the Gitmo detainees and they got into a heated discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 US releases prisoners from GuantanamoUS government releases five prisoners from infamous detention camp as gesture ahead of talks with Taliban Orly Azoulay Published: 07 .29 .13 Without much publicity or official announcements, the Unites States released five Guantanamo Bay detainees as a nod of willingness to open peace talks in Afghanistan. After officials in Kabul expressed desire for negotiations, the Obama administration released five members of the Taliban who were detained at the US detention center. The prisoners were released under the condition that they will not engage in any violent activity. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4411028,00.html wish I could highlight sentence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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