08-06-2014, 12:36 AM
Our good buddy Ollie weighs in:
"Former Lt. Col. Oliver North continued his campaign against the Obama administration on Friday, accusing officials of needlessly trading five detainees for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, America's only prisoner of war in Afghanistan."All they ever wanted was money," the former Reagan aide said of the Taliban on Hugh Hewitt's radio show. "They never once mentioned in all of the dialogue that occurred trying to get him back earlier, that they wanted anything but money. So somehow, this administration concocted the release of five very senior, very brutal terrorists."
The contours of a possible deal for Bergdahl included the release of Taliban detainees at Guantanamo Bay for several years, and were reported as early as February 17.
North didn't provide any evidence to back up his assertion, but he claimed that a "senior person in our U.S. government" requested his assistance with the exchange because he had "a lot of experience in dealing with hostage situations."
I don't recall all those "hostage situations" Ollie mentions as being part of his duties, unless he's referring to the way that Ronald Reagan arranged for the Iranians to delay releasing their American hostages until after the election? (Ya probly shoudna brought that one back up, big guy)
"Former Lt. Col. Oliver North continued his campaign against the Obama administration on Friday, accusing officials of needlessly trading five detainees for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, America's only prisoner of war in Afghanistan."All they ever wanted was money," the former Reagan aide said of the Taliban on Hugh Hewitt's radio show. "They never once mentioned in all of the dialogue that occurred trying to get him back earlier, that they wanted anything but money. So somehow, this administration concocted the release of five very senior, very brutal terrorists."
The contours of a possible deal for Bergdahl included the release of Taliban detainees at Guantanamo Bay for several years, and were reported as early as February 17.
North didn't provide any evidence to back up his assertion, but he claimed that a "senior person in our U.S. government" requested his assistance with the exchange because he had "a lot of experience in dealing with hostage situations."
I don't recall all those "hostage situations" Ollie mentions as being part of his duties, unless he's referring to the way that Ronald Reagan arranged for the Iranians to delay releasing their American hostages until after the election? (Ya probly shoudna brought that one back up, big guy)