[tomder55]

It took five years for

them to turn holding Bergdahl to an advantage, and yet they didn't kill him on sight, strange don't you think? What resources were tied up moving him around and guarding him?

strange indeed . Unless of course they did not have to expend many resources at all ;or the information gained from his made it worthwhile.

The Taliban found Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl walking alone, acting abnormally and cursing his countrymen before they captured him in Afghanistan in 2009, two men who were Taliban commanders at the time told NBC News on Thursday.

Taliban Commanders Say They Found Bergdahl Cursing His Countrymen - NBC News

[smoothy]

He deserves the same treatment Jeffery Dahlmer got in the shower.

[paraclete]

you have such colourful ideas

[talaniman]

He may get it now that he is home, and subject to American law, and not Taliban justice, but I bet we can all agree the propaganda behind him being beheaded and dragged through the street of an Afghan city amid wild celebration would have been a much worse outcome, and no doubt jumped on by the same politicians who were for his release, before they were against it.

Just from a moral standpoint it seems that the message would be that no man will be left behind no matter what is the message, and was before the big flip flop by our own lawmakers, which yet again is all about politics, and pandering before principle.

[tomder55]

another powerful message that has been established since Jefferson took on the Barbary pirates is no negotiations with terrorists.

Now I would like to see the details of this deal beyond what the Obots have released . He was being held by Haqqani Taliban ,which is based in Pakistan . He was being held in the tribal regions of Pakistan and not Afghanistan. I don't buy for one minute that the Haqqani' s would've been satisfied with the release of Afghan Taliban leaders. I wonder how much $$$$ was paid to them through our partners in Qatar ?

[paraclete]

what's a million here or there when you have wasted billions fighting this war

[tomder55]

They did not seek the release of a Haqqani commander in U.S. custody ;and their MO is to take hostages for ransom. Using a 3rd party cut out would give the emperor plausible deniability .

[Wondergirl]

their MO is to take hostages for ransom

And how was that working out for them for the past five years?

Were there death threats hanging over his head? Villagers who found him stumbling around said he was loony tunes. Isn't it against the will of Allah to kill loony-tunes people?

[tomder55]

Tom Joscelyn of Long War Journal reports that one of the Taliban 5 ; Khairullah Khairkhwa ,is a part of the Taliban's Supreme Shura council, an elite group of 10 leaders who reported directly to Mullah Omar. The Shura oversaw the Taliban's military and intelligence operations, as well as other activities.
Member of Taliban's elite Supreme Shura among 5 transferred to Qatar - The Long War Journal

[talaniman]

Seems with all that evidence he could have been charged tried and convicted of something in the 12 years he was in custody.

[speechlesstx]

Meanwhile, we still have a marine sitting in a Mexican jail and apparently we should be thankful.