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:
That Bo Bergdahl / Taliban prisoner swap sure is working out swell.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) December 16, 2014
Glad to see the Bowe Bergdahl prisoner exchange deal helped open a dialogue and moderate the Taliban’s behavior. http://t.co/FO9AMYHPV2
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 16, 2014
Bingo.
@iowahawkblog "Lemon Laws" should apply to politicians too
— Tracy (@allbayedup) December 16, 2014
@iowahawkblog I feel like we played a very expensive game of Rock, Paper, Scissors with Jihadist and lost.
— Creeds Cannon (@ThucydidesTried) December 16, 2014
@iowahawkblog The day a self-proclaimed Constitutional Law Professor is supposedly outwitted by mountain men…..hello red flag!
— Creeds Cannon (@ThucydidesTried) December 16, 2014
https://twitter.com/bradshipley/status/544855828826947585
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:
https://twitter.com/noahpollak/status/544840554672971777
And National Review’s Jim Geraghty points out another pesky fact that the MSM will surely overlook — Mitt Romney was right all along:
Hey, remember when everybody said Romney was crazy for opposing negotiating with the Taliban? http://t.co/rzsSzKp50z pic.twitter.com/bl04yrj8WD
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 16, 2014
Romney Was Right to Oppose Negotiating with Child-Killers http://t.co/FO9AMYHPV2 pic.twitter.com/qahUXpEm6x
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 16, 2014
If you can’t trust a face like this… er, never mind. http://t.co/bF2hoRm09T pic.twitter.com/y2EgJspiM8
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 16, 2014
So are we suspending any further negotiations with the Taliban? http://t.co/FO9AMYHPV2
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 16, 2014
Suspending? Why. President Obama didn’t acknowledge the Taliban were behind today’s attack:
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/544860901023969280
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:
Pakistan school attack kills at least 84. Pakistanian Taliban takes credit for attack. http://t.co/n38E31gORR
— Fee S (@Rhoneya) December 16, 2014
A Taliban sympathizer on Facebook says: #PeshawarSchool targeted because it's run by Army & next n line are other #Pakistan army businesses!
— Bashir Ahmad Gwakh (@bashirgwakh) December 16, 2014
A jihadist's attempt to theologically justify #TTP's killing of kids in #PeshawarAttack. Disgusting.#Pakistan pic.twitter.com/IXoM9cdMuu
— Charlie Winter (@charliewinter) December 16, 2014
"We want them to feel our pain" says Taliban of #PakistanSchoolAttack , selected Army school "bec. govt is targeting our families"
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) December 16, 2014
Taliban attempts to justify brutality, disgusting – 'we have asked them not to kill minor children' #PeshawarAttack pic.twitter.com/D4uJij50jQ
— Yalda Hakim (@BBCYaldaHakim) December 16, 2014
Over to you, White House. Do the negotiations with the Taliban continue after today’s horror?
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