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deltav · 06-03-2014, 05:31 PM

The whole "we don't negotiate with terrorists" thing is just something Bush said, there's no rule against it and it's been done plenty of times in the past. Hell, the Israelis traded over 1000 Palestinian prisoners for ONE captured soldier in 2011. And say what you will about the Israelis, but no one ever accused them of being soft.

And no doubt the Taliban are fanatical scum, but "terrorists" is just a label. They were the government of a country, we invaded and deposed them, they couldn't match us on the battlefield so they elected to fight a guerrilla war. Bergdahl was more a prisoner of war rather than a simple "hostage".

Afghanistan can't be won by military means, we've established that - ya gotta make peace with the Taliban as a large % of the country is on their side. This exchange was meant as a diplomatic overture, ideally to open a gateway to a relatively stable Afghanistan for the first time in 30+ years. We've had backroom peace talks with them for a while and now things are coming to fruition.

This Bergdahl guy sounds like a loose cannon, he's obviously not a war hero, but in every war we've done whatever it takes to get our POWs back. By the accounts I've read he was mentally unstable to begin with, and probably finally cracked and deserted his unit, just walking out into the night. It happens in war. He'll face justice here.

That's how I see it. Of course the GOP and right in general will take every single aspect of this and paint it in the least favorable light, even though they'd be doing the opposite if say it was Romney in the White House.

06-03-2014, 05:31 PM
deltav Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA Posts: 1,243	The whole "we don't negotiate with terrorists" thing is just something Bush said, there's no rule against it and it's been done plenty of times in the past. Hell, the Israelis traded over 1000 Palestinian prisoners for ONE captured soldier in 2011. And say what you will about the Israelis, but no one ever accused them of being soft. And no doubt the Taliban are fanatical scum, but "terrorists" is just a label. They were the government of a country, we invaded and deposed them, they couldn't match us on the battlefield so they elected to fight a guerrilla war. Bergdahl was more a prisoner of war rather than a simple "hostage". Afghanistan can't be won by military means, we've established that - ya gotta make peace with the Taliban as a large % of the country is on their side. This exchange was meant as a diplomatic overture, ideally to open a gateway to a relatively stable Afghanistan for the first time in 30+ years. We've had backroom peace talks with them for a while and now things are coming to fruition. This Bergdahl guy sounds like a loose cannon, he's obviously not a war hero, but in every war we've done whatever it takes to get our POWs back. By the accounts I've read he was mentally unstable to begin with, and probably finally cracked and deserted his unit, just walking out into the night. It happens in war. He'll face justice here. That's how I see it. Of course the GOP and right in general will take every single aspect of this and paint it in the least favorable light, even though they'd be doing the opposite if say it was Romney in the White House. __________________ ********* DeltaofVenus.com - Vintage Erotica from the 1800s through 1979 Last edited by deltav; 06-03-2014 at 05:34 PM..