As Twitchy reported, a recent Washington Post headline suggested that concern over the legality of the exchange of five Taliban leaders for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is a “Republican” thing (even while acknowledging in the article that the government’s actions were illegal).
This morning, Mother Jones’ Kevin Drum took that stupidity and ran with it:
Yep, Republicans Are Even Outraged Over the Release of a POW http://t.co/PAX6OXpXbX
— Kevin Drum (@kdrum) June 2, 2014
According to him:
Republicans these days are so hellbent on finding reasons to be outraged over everything President Obama does, there’s no longer any way to tell whether their outrage over any specific incident is real or manufactured. And in this case, it’s probably not worth trying to find out.
In other words, if “Republicans” are worried about it, it’s nothing worth worrying about. Even if it was against the law.
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/473479914000506880
@kdrum Actually, it sounds like they're outraged over the Admin breaking the law and releasing 5 terrorists.
— Xisus is raisin (@Micky_Finn) June 2, 2014
Drum says it’s “just random partisan fulminating”:
This may be the oddest, intellectually disinterested "rule of thumb" I've ever seen: http://t.co/EhJmanhZUh pic.twitter.com/KMB08Kznva
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) June 2, 2014
And the swap itself? Just “a tiny prisoner exchange.”
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"This is a tiny prisoner exchange" says @kdrum failing to mention the release of 5 dangerous GITMO terrorists.
RE https://t.co/Ae4eBY5J1U— Anthony Abides (@AnthonyAbides) June 2, 2014
It just so happens that in that “tiny” exchange, five dangerous men were released:
You misspelled "Five Dangerous Gitmo Detainees without notifying Congress" @kdrum
— Cindy Cooper (@CindyCoops) June 2, 2014
@kdrum The fact that you politicize this when it's so far beyond politics speaks volumes. Laws were broken. It sets a terrible precedent.
— Leslie (@vamplita) June 2, 2014
@kdrum I hope you're just as smug when one of those 5 terrorists kill more Americans. @instapundit
— ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (@TomCrowe) June 2, 2014
@DLoesch @kdrum Even if he didn't desert, little doubt these 5 terrorists will resume attacking. Now also have great incentive to kidnap.
— Brian Cates //Flynn & Breitbart's Army! (@drawandstrike) June 2, 2014
https://twitter.com/dthurston/status/473480922504114177
CNN’s Jake Tapper reports that soldiers in Bergdahl’s platoon claim that he was not a prisoner of war, but rather a deserter who walked off while on guard duty. At least six soldiers were killed in efforts to find him.
That's pretty disingenuous, @kdrum . I think people are responding to the accusations of vets who served with him http://t.co/zVqVfU5NMh
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 2, 2014
Does Drum dismiss those men as petty “Republicans,” too?
https://twitter.com/bfinstock/status/473482239360401408
https://twitter.com/OrwellForks/status/473482433934147584
https://twitter.com/OrwellForks/status/473482833273839616
Many questions about Bergdahl remain, but for now, at this much is certain:
@kdrum @instapundit Yes, @kdrum is a reliably dishonest hack.
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) June 2, 2014
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