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Originally Posted by Tasslehofp99
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My main concern is the precedent that has now been set by this "prisoner swap" and the potential danger our soldiers face overseas if enemy combatants know all they have to do to get their buddies out of jail is capture a soldier.
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Actually a Taliban commander even said ...
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Asked whether the Taliban would be inspired by the exchange to kidnap others, he laughs. “Definitely,” he says. “It’s better to kidnap one person like Bergdahl than kidnapping hundreds of useless people. It has encouraged our people. Now everybody will work hard to capture such an important bird.”
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But it's not like the Taliban was sitting around thinking "Gee, we could kidnap some American soldiers, but what's the point? Oh wait, we can get five guys back? NOW it's time to do some kidnapping!" They were plenty motivated before too, but it takes more than just motivation to kidnap a soldier.
And even if this did encourage kidnapping, would you rather everyone think "the US will do whatever it takes to get its people back" or would you rather they think "an American is only worth one enemy: if the enemy won't trade 1:1 then the captured guy is shit out of luck."