During an interview with NBC News, President Obama sent a strong message to extremists who might be tempted to take U.S. soldiers captive: Doing so might result in making him release more of their leaders from Gitmo:
In @NBCNews interview, Pres Obama says of the deal for Bergdahl's release: "this is something I would do again."
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) June 6, 2014
EXCLUSIVE: Obama Defends Taliban Swap, Says He'd Do It Again — from interview with @bwilliams: http://t.co/6aXLYS0K5Q
— NBC News PR (@NBCNewsPR) June 6, 2014
Is that something that should really be telegraphed to enemies of the United States?
@NBCNewsPR @chucktodd @BWilliams We have no problem believing he'd do it again, which is the problem
— G® Hū✝söñ (@jess_reign_bass) June 6, 2014
https://twitter.com/makeyourmove33/status/475046864601878528
https://twitter.com/w0nderlander/status/475046856159141888
https://twitter.com/OldNorthState12/status/475047928504274945
https://twitter.com/PostmasterBen/status/475050030974648320
https://twitter.com/pamnsc/status/475048646434885632
https://twitter.com/Budd0427/status/475048742543187968
Obama Doubles Down on Bergdahl, Says He'd Do It Again http://t.co/4KDm6R7514 via @BreitbartConvo Expecting more kidnappings…???
— AyePatriot (@AyePatriot) June 6, 2014
@markknoller @NBCNews that's what The Gitmo guys are saying too!
— Kim (@ecrivain27) June 6, 2014
Is this a matter of Obama unilaterally closing Gitmo, five prisoner releases at a time?
https://twitter.com/NotClauswitz/status/475050306732949505
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