Obama Freed The Taliban Leader Who Engineered Kabul Takeover

[Dos Equis]

President Obama:  the gift that keeps on giving.

Obama Freed The Taliban Leader Who Engineered Kabul Takeover
AUGUST 17, 2021 By Haley Strack

Former President Barack Obama didn’t listen to Pentagon officials when they told him Taliban mullah Khairullah Khairkhwa was too dangerous to release. Instead, he freed the group that came to be known as the ‘Gitmo five’ — Khairkhwa alongside four of his buddies — from the Guantanamo Bay prison in 2014 in exchange for a U.S. soldier who deserted his post.

Obama all but guaranteed that Khairkhwa and the four other men would be sent to Qatar, where their movements would be restricted and where they could do no harm. As it turns out, the Taliban isn’t as trustworthy as the former president thought.

Now, Khairkhwa has resurfaced as one of the masterminds behind the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, the New York Post reported Tuesday.

The Taliban leaders didn’t grow any fonder of America while they were locked up. After their release, the Taliban five made contact with active Taliban extremists in Afghanistan and vowed they would return to fight against America.

The Gitmo five were among the Taliban representatives negotiating for peace in Afghanistan, which eventually led to the U.S. withdrawing troops in the region. Khairkhwa has said in the past that the Taliban wouldn’t launch a military offensive if Biden withdrew troops from Afghanistan. Shockingly, it doesn’t appear that the Taliban has kept its word.

In 2001, Khairkhwa was accused of collaborating with Osama bin Laden, and was subsequently arrested. When Obama released him, Khairkhwa wasn’t shy about wanting to establish strict Islamic rule in Afghanistan — and that’s just what he’s doing.

The Obama-Biden administration was notoriously lax on their treatment of Gitmo prisoners. Former President Donald Trump tightened the reins during his time in office, but Biden has reinstated Obama’s policy of releasing dangerous prisoners.

There’s no telling what would’ve happened in Afghanistan had Khairkhwa and his cronies been left in prison — but it wasn’t hard to predict that a man with clear ties to infamous terrorists would return to extremism after prison.

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[IroNat]

[jude2]

We knew that would happen after you freed him.

[Dos Equis]

Remember when President Obama destabilized the entire Middle East by pulling out of Iraq, resulting in the "JV Team" ISIS taking over the country and much of Syria?  Trump was elected and retook all of the ground lost in Iraq and Syria in less than one year.  Is history repeating itself?   

[Straw Man]

Let's not forget that under Trumps deal with the Taliban the Trump administration pressured the Afghan government to release 5,000 prisoners including 400 hundred so called "hard-core" prisoners


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-taliban/afghanistan-to-release-400-hard-core-taliban-prisoners-in-bid-for-peace-idUSKCN25507I

[Soul Crusher]

Let's not forget that under Trumps deal with the Taliban the Trump administration pressured the Afghan government to release 5,000 prisoners including 400 hundred so called "hard-core" prisoners


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-taliban/afghanistan-to-release-400-hard-core-taliban-prisoners-in-bid-for-peace-idUSKCN25507I

If trumps policy was so bad, why did Biden carry it out? 

[Straw Man]

If trumps policy was so bad, why did Biden carry it out?

According to Trump it coulnd't be stopped and that he (Trump) should get the credit
Don't take my word for it.  Trump said this just a few weeks ago

BTW - I think it would have been a disaster no matter who was in charge.  The Taliban was in control before we invaded and Trump negotiated with Afghanistan to release 5000 prisoners as part of the so called "peace" negotiations

[IRON CROSS]

Let's not forget that ...............

........that BoB Straw is a MENTAL SICKO

[Irongrip400]

We knew that would happen after you freed him.

Truth. These dudes should’ve been strung up Nürnberg style.

[Soul Crusher]

According to Trump it coulnd't be stopped and that he (Trump) should get the credit
Don't take my word for it.  Trump said this just a few weeks ago

BTW - I think it would have been a disaster no matter who was in charge.  The Taliban was in control before we invaded and Trump negotiated with Afghanistan to release 5000 prisoners as part of the so called "peace" negotiations

Uh huh.   So Bidenfail was powerless ?   Gtfo.

[Les Grossman]

Remember that Obama illegally released the 5 Taliban leaders without the 30-day notice to Congress and their permission.

He was sanctioned for the illegal prisoner swap.

JoeJill Biden and the Democrat Party own 100% of this mess.

This is easily the worst foreign policy decision in the history of the United States. It absolutely proves that JoeJill Biden is a complete, incompetent fool who needs to be put out to pasture.

But hey, at least we don’t have Macron and Merkel upset about Tweets anymore.

[AbrahamG]

The evacuation mess aside, getting the fuck out has been the right thing to do now for about 19.5 years.  That being said, I think history will judge both Donald J. Trump and Joseph R. Biden very kindly for their bravery in ending this mess that neither Bush nor Obama had the stones to do.

[Dos Equis]

The evacuation mess aside, getting the fuck out has been the right thing to do now for about 19.5 years.  That being said, I think history will judge both Donald J. Trump and Joseph R. Biden very kindly for their bravery in ending this mess that neither Bush nor Obama had the stones to do.

Bravery is not how I would describe it. 

Also, important context to keep in mind:  we pulled our combat troops out in 2014 and there has not been an American combat death since February 2020. 

[AbrahamG]

Bravery is not how I would describe it. 

Also, important context to keep in mind:  we pulled our combat troops out in 2014 and there has not been an American combat death since February 2020.

That being said, where are you on the Lakers adding Russell Westbrook?  Me?  I am a Westbrook guy.  I think he's the kind of hard nosed all star that would have been at home playing in the 80's and 90's. 

[Dos Equis]

That being said, where are you on the Lakers adding Russell Westbrook?  Me?  I am a Westbrook guy.  I think he's the kind of hard nosed all star that would have been at home playing in the 80's and 90's.

I'm pretty stoked.  It took me a minute to process it, but I think it was a great trade.  I agree about him being a throwback.  He is an enormous upgrade over Schroeder (how dumb was that guy?).  If everyone is healthy, they are going to be tough to beat. 

[AbrahamG]

I'm pretty stoked.  It took me a minute to process it, but I think it was a great trade.  I agree about him being a throwback.  He is an enormous upgrade over Schroeder (how dumb was that guy?).  If everyone is healthy, they are going to be tough to beat.

I'd love to see them come back and win it all next year.  My biggest concern is team health.