negotiating with terrorists

[retrieverman]

This is just yet another incident of obama giving the laws of this country the big F you. It's happened enough we shouldn't be surprised anymore.

 

[TedKennedy]

This is just yet another incident of obama giving the laws of this country the big F you. It's happened enough we shouldn't be surprised anymore.

Like the Geneva Convention, or right to a fair and speedy trial? Please specify.

 

[SlugSlinger]

 

[Pokinfun]

Which one of those two things do the 5 qualify for? I want a real legal answer and not your political viewpoint.

Like the Geneva Convention, or right to a fair and speedy trial? Please specify.

 

[TerryMiller]

Now there's the question. If they are criminals, they need to go to court. If they are POWs they should be treated as such. Funny thing is, no one wants to take the responsibility of classifying them, and possibly exposing some flawed policies.

Per Jay Carney, American equivalent of Baghdad Bob, the Taliban are classified as "enemy combatants."

From the story linked above:

"We regard the Taliban as an enemy combatant," Carney said, adding the swap was consistent with U.S. policy and past prisoner of war releases throughout armed conflicts. "This was the right thing to do because we, in the United States, do not leave men behind."

Based on that comment from the story, I'd say that they have designated the Taliban captives as prisoners of war. So, I'd say they've been "classified" so that they could do an otherwise illegal swap with terrorists.

 

[Spata]

We will see those faces again.


Taliban prisoner swap was ILLEGAL claims GOP as former federal prosecutor says it could lead to Obama's impeachment
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rosecutor-claims-lead-Obamas-IMPEACHMENT.html

 

[Biggsly]

We will see those faces again.


Taliban prisoner swap was ILLEGAL claims GOP as former federal prosecutor says it could lead to Obama's impeachment
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rosecutor-claims-lead-Obamas-IMPEACHMENT.html

Yep, but we will not be allowed to blame Obama for it.


I will just blame Bush now and save someone the trouble.

 

[IndVet]

First, I'm not a big fan of negotiating or whatever they want to call it.

Second, if they've been at Gitmo for years and haven't had a trial they aren't criminals are they? (the whole right to a speedy trial thing)

That only leaves they are POW's doesn't it?

 

[O4L]

Bergdahl was a moron and a deserter. Look up the circumstances of his capture and how much blood, material, and treasure was wasted trying to bring his sorry ass back.

We should have let him rot.

The guy is a traitor AND should be in chains..

Yeah, there is something wrong with the way he was "captured", and it seems like it is being overlooked.

It sounds like he was a Taliban sympathizer and he walked off his post to join them, and several Americans were killed trying to find him.

 

[TerryMiller]

Apparently, the soldier's dad is working to get ALL prisoners at GITMO released.

He's made a tweet that he has since deleted, but not before someone captured it first. Could the disappearance of the soldier be a situation of "like father, like son?"