RE: Prisoner Exchange: Bergdalh for 5 Taliban Commanders
June 3, 2014 at 1:24 pm
(This post was last modified: June 3, 2014 at 1:24 pm by Heywood.)
(June 3, 2014 at 12:52 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote:(June 3, 2014 at 12:21 pm)Heywood Wrote: The following article claims that we knew Bergdalh's location and details of his confinement down to how many gunman were guarding him. It further claims that the reason rescue missions were shelved was because the military did not want to risk the lives of special forces personnel trying to save a deserter.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014...didnt-ris/
If it is true that we had knowledge like this, should we have launched a rescue mission?
Why launch a rescue mission when you can trade people?
Rescues are useful for high value assets where loss of lives is acceptable. He wasn't high value, PR or information-wise.
If this guy is a deserter, we will try him.
If he's crazy, then we will treat him.
No matter what, he is ours again.
And the Taliban alliance is split. This may be a useful opportunity to fragment them further.
Well you launch a rescue mission to save him. The Taliban could have behead this guy at any moment.
Suppose the Taliban beheaded him....wouldn't the military have been remiss in not trying to save him?
