As the world attempts to digest the horror of what just happened in Pakistan this morning when Taliban terrorists attacked a military school and killed over 100 children, there’s one thing we need to remember:
Bingo.
But this isn’t what many pundits had to say when defending the president and his team for negotiating the deal to swap Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five senior Taliban detainees in the first place. You see, it was supposed to be good news for everyone involved:
Michael Crowley, Time: Obama Didn’t Negotiate With ‘Terrorists’ for Bergdahl
Fred Kaplan, Slate: What People Don’t Understand About the Bergdahl Deal
CNN: Obama: ‘I make absolutely no apologies’ for Bergdahl swap
John Knefel, Rolling Stone: Four Myths About the Bowe Bergdahl Swap That Must Be Destroyed
Anybody else see a pattern developing? We do:
And National Review’s Jim Geraghty points out another pesky fact that the MSM will surely overlook — Mitt Romney was right all along:
Suspending? Why. President Obama didn’t acknowledge the Taliban were behind today’s attack:
Let’s help the White House out here, as the Taliban have already claimed credit for the attack and Taliban supporters are justifying it on Twitter:
Over to you, White House. Do the negotiations with the Taliban continue after today’s horror?
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Twitchy coverage of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl
