RE: Prisoner Exchange: Bergdalh for 5 Taliban Commanders
June 3, 2014 at 3:02 pm
(This post was last modified: June 3, 2014 at 3:03 pm by Autumnlicious.)
(June 3, 2014 at 12:53 pm)A Theist Wrote: Six soldiers already lost their lives searching for him. Why put more lives in jeopardy rescuing a suspected deserter who obviously loathed the country he swore to serve?
Another instance of you being a fool.
An inquiry done under the law will determine if he has committed any offenses, not your political vendetta of deciding who is trash arbitrarily.
(June 3, 2014 at 1:24 pm)Heywood Wrote: 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?
The military would have been remissed had he been beheaded, yes. From the beginning, however, the Taliban made it clear they were holding onto him as a bargaining chip.
Usually (not always) you keep your bargaining chips mostly intact.
Were they to announce their intent to execute their prisoner, then a rescue should be considered.
As I said, we have him now and they can't hold him over our heads. Perhaps something useful will come out of this.
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