SO.. BUSH WAS AN IDIOT??

[phacemeltar]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also, there were no "terrorists" freed.

i know i dont speak for everyone, but my whole issue with this is the whole 5:1 deal. its basically a statement saying that 5 afghans is equal in value to 1 american.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLBSE5kzM7o

[Glenzig]

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[JayN]

THE WARMACHINE OF CONSUMERISM DEMANDS MORE BROWNLIFES AS TRIBUTE!

[Jfertal]

does anyone else i this thread vote?

[phacemeltar]

Originally Posted by Jfertal [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

does anyone else i this thread vote?

i voted for obama the second time around

[Nuggie]

Originally Posted by phacemeltar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

i voted for obama the second time around

If we are admitting sins... I voted for Reid last time... because his opponent(Sharon Angle) was a religious zealot that scared the pants off me. Seriously, listening to her gave me the creeps.

[Jfertal]

not just presidents, like city county state??

[Rheaume]

Guns!

[Tasslehofp99]

I would say you have made a point about the Taliban guys we freed. I don't know shit about them or who they were/why they were detained. I believe I read somewhere that some were convicted of war crimes. Either way though I'm pretty uncomfortable with us releasing 5 "bad guys" in exchange for one soldier who has a history of dereliction of duty. I don't know, this situation seems pretty damn muddy. The Afghan president even criticised the decision to free these guys, maybe they were just political enemies of his? Lol

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.

Desertion is usually the word to describe someone who has abandoned their duties/post without permission though, right? Isn't that also exactly what this guy did?

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Tasslehofp99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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.

Actually a Taliban commander even said ...

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.”

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."