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In an enlightening story, The Washington Post gives us a look “Inside the Obama administration’s debate over freeing Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.” Post reporters Adam Goldman and Scott Wilson obviously have a number of informed sources who we can assume have a variety of reasons for wanting to talk. Some want to tell the truth; others may just want to cover their tracks or seek to escape or assign blame.
But one particular phrase in the story caught my eye. Goldman and Wilson write that “White House advisers believed that a successful exchange would not only free Bergdahl but would also encourage moderate Taliban members to take an Afghan-led reconciliation process seriously.” What? I’m sorry, but how would handing over five high-risk Taliban leaders in exchange for one U.S. soldier do anything other than encourage more Taliban crazies to capture more U.S. hostages?
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This White House is not only misguided, flat-footed and increasing[ly] tone deaf, the inner circle is also so delusional that it can’t see the world as it really exists. It is beyond foolhardy; it is dangerous.
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