Bergdahl and the Negotiation

I saw my friend post about this the other day, he was in the military and he was getting absolutely hammered because he defended Obama for the swap of 5 Taliban detainees in Guantanamo Bay for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the last Prisoner of War in Afghanistan.

To me, this just makes sense. The War on Terror has been going on for more than 10 years now and it is a war, may be a differently fought war, but in the end their were casualties and POW (prisoners of war). During Obama's administration, the war has been coming to an end and the President plans on bringing out almost all U.S. Soldiers within the next year. Well, at the end of the war, it is common to swap POW. This has been going on since the Revolutionary War and it was more frequent back then, but it is still an art of war.

Many Republicans, which are usually very pro-military, have been clamoring down on Obama for negotiating with Terrorists. Also, Congress has expressed distaste because they believe with exchanging of POW's, Congress gets a vote on the matter. However, Obama did not negotiate with the Terrorists directly, he negotiated with the Qatari as a third party to the matter and then the Qatari's reassured that they would take care of the detainees once they got to Qatar. Should Congress have gotten a Vote... I don't really care, when Obama is pulling troops out as the Commander in Chief, Congress really shouldn't get months to decide if we should bring a soldier home.
All I am saying, is put yourself in the shoes of his family, or any soldiers family, you would be relieved that the United States did everything for your family to come home, especially after they put everything on the line for their country.

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl

My only wish now, is Obama, please bring Kenneth Bae home from North Korea, because his family deserves it as well



And that's TJ's Take on the situation, hope you enjoyed