RE: Prisoner Exchange: Bergdalh for 5 Taliban Commanders
June 5, 2014 at 10:36 am
(This post was last modified: June 5, 2014 at 12:45 pm by Autumnlicious.)
Everything is risk if we look at anything. You haven't shown the five detainees still possess any ability to pose active threats to service members. Show the threat from them.
Lets evaluate your options:
1. Means more servicemen and the POW can be killed
2. There is a long history of trading prisoners
3. They can hide the money and purchase weapons/food/support for their organization
Given the above, 2 is preferable as it uses an established tradition and has least overall risk.
3 is terrible, as it appears low risk but increases the financial capabilities of which everything depends on.
Anyone can plan a bombing, but only cold hard cash can buy the materials.
Overall:
If we are spinning down the war in the Middle East, why hold onto prisoners?
Money can be exchanged and hidden, but people are singular entities that can be tracked.
They'll still have to feed any new and old terrorists.
Lets evaluate your options:
1. Means more servicemen and the POW can be killed
2. There is a long history of trading prisoners
3. They can hide the money and purchase weapons/food/support for their organization
Given the above, 2 is preferable as it uses an established tradition and has least overall risk.
3 is terrible, as it appears low risk but increases the financial capabilities of which everything depends on.
Anyone can plan a bombing, but only cold hard cash can buy the materials.
Overall:
If we are spinning down the war in the Middle East, why hold onto prisoners?
Money can be exchanged and hidden, but people are singular entities that can be tracked.
They'll still have to feed any new and old terrorists.
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