Prelude to surrender…er negotiations. via US releases prisoners from Guantanamo – Israel News, Ynetnews. h/t Jihad Watch
Without much publicity or official
announcements, the Unites States released five Guantanamo Bay detainees
as a nod of willingness to open peace talks in Afghanistan. After
officials in Kabul expressed desire for negotiations, the Obama
administration released five members of the Taliban who were detained at
the US detention center.
A top US official said that the prisoners
were released under the condition that they will not engage in any
violent activity. While it is clear that they are guilty of crime, the
benefit in releasing them—the potential withdrawal of US forces from
Afghanistan by the summer of 2014—is greater than the risk. The US
announced it will attempt to negotiate peace talks with the Taliban and
Afghanistan government officials some months ago.
This gesture from the US government was a
departure from the Obama administration’s policy of zero tolerance to
negotiations with terrorists and releasing prisoners; thus, in
preparation for talks with Afghan officials, the US state department
redefined the Taliban as an organization that is no longer included in
the US enemy list.
Releasing the detainees from Guantanamo
Bay serves another purpose for President Obama: The more prisoners
released from the camp, the likelier it is for Congress to approve
shutting down the facility altogether—a campaign promise which Obama he
has been trying to realize since first being elected in 2008.
The Taliban release was preceded by the announcement that the Pentagon official in charge of detainee affairs was
Comment: Negotiate peace? They know we are leaving soon, why would they negotiate peace-they are not stupid but I guess our current administration believes we are. Yet, USA will not release Mr. Pollard-what hypocrisy!
Meanwhile, Surrenderer in Chief is silent:
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