Obama’s Afghanistan Mess

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National Review:

Is President Obama sleeping well on his Hawaiian holiday? I can think of many families of American soldiers who might not be enjoying the same bliss right now. That’s because 2014 opens with the alarming news that the Afghan government will free an estimated 650 prisoners from a Bagram detention facility — including scores who were involved in deadly attacks on our men and women in uniform.

 

The White House handed over control of the jihadi-clogged prison to the Afghan government last spring. Some 3,000 notorious Taliban and al-Qaeda killers call the jail home. Surprise, surprise: After the Obama administration supposedly secured “private assurances” that no dangerous criminal operatives would be released, U.S. officials are now complaining that the agreement has been broken. Everyone, put on your shocked faces.