SO.. BUSH WAS AN IDIOT??

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Tasslehofp99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ps, I'm shocked OP had nothing to say bout Obama negotiating with terrorists (and freeing some of them to "return to the battlefield") in order to free an American "POW" who was allegedly actually a deserter.

Ok look we all want the Afghanistan war to end right? It's been 12+ years of fighting in a country where the guy we went in to get (Bin Laden) left like 11 years ago. Well, when wars end, countries exchange POWs; it's part of the whole winding down of hostilities process. So we're doing that now, and it's not some crazy conspiracy, it's a perfectly normal thing for countries to do when they stop fighting each other.

Also, while the dude wandered off base and certainly violated his orders, he'd done it a few times before and had always come back. Now I don't know military law, but if they didn't kick him out those times, it can't be that bad of an offense. I'm not saying he wasn't a dumb fuck; when you're in the military you follow orders. Still, it's not like he went to go fight for the other side or something, so calling him a deserter is a bit off. Plus, America takes care of its own and all that jazz: if a soldier fucks up and then becomes a POW, we still rescue him ... we just court martial his ass afterwards.

Also, there were no "terrorists" freed. I know the word has become synonymous with "anyone we don't like", but that's not its real meaning. Allow me to break it down: Osama bin Laden was a terrorist. Al Quaida is made up of terrorists. The Taliban is a government (a government full of crazy chauvinistic assholes, but a government none the less). That government refused to help us catch terrorists, but members of that government are still politicians, or generals or whatever it is they are; they are not terrorists. Terrorists blow shit up; these guys just pass laws outlawing music and female skin-showing.

So look, I'll be the first guy to pile shit on Obama for everything he's done, but if you're going to hassle him least do it over something that matters like the NSA spying. Swapping POWs (even if one of them left base without permission) as a war ends is not a reason to hate on the guy.