The Taliban told us, United States of America, who they wanted. And we acquiesced to the demands of a terrorist organization. And so that’s why today I have come out and said that, without a doubt, this is an impeachable offense, this represents aiding and abetting the enemy, this is a high crime and misdemeanor and United States House of Representatives should drive articles of impeachment on this president for this incident.”
TPNN EXCLUSIVE — On Tuesday, as the nation remained captivated by the details of the Obama Administration’s release of five terrorists for one Army deserter, TPNN’s Tim Constantine sat down to speak with a man who knows about such things, former Congressman and Army Lieutenant Colonel Allen West.Col. West pulled no punches, blasting Obama’s failed leadership and lamenting that this is the kind of president we get when people vote for “silly bumper sticker slogans.”
“Those of us in the know and in the inner circles have known since 2009, 2010 that Bowe Bergdahl was a deserter,” Col. West claimed. “He’s not a prisoner of war and we know the circumstances; we knew there were nondisclosure agreements that members of his platoon were forced to sign and, as always, the truth is starting to come out now. This whole episode was not about a swap, it was about an out-and-out release of five senior members of the Taliban structure.”
Col. West blasted the Obama Administration for trying to quietly shift focus from the VA scandal and, in doing so, created a new scandal by releasing five terrorists described as the “Terrorist Dream Team” in exchange for a soldier who had deserted his fellow soldiers. Noting that these terrorists were not “low-level” guys, but terrorists with links to Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden, Col. West stated,
“How many Americans may have lost their lives or were wounded or who were sacrificed in trying to secure these five individuals?”
President Obama has claimed that his signing statement on the National Defense Authorization Act means that the provisions outlined therein don’t apply to him. West pointed out,
“Signing statements have been used previously- Reagan did it, H.W. Bush did it, Clinton did it even more than George W. Bush did it- but we cannot have a president who does something like this, that has an incredible ramification and effect upon our national security… We negotiated with a terrorist organization.
Think about this, Tim: the Taliban told us, United States of America, who they wanted. And we acquiesced to the demands of a terrorist organization. And so that’s why today I have come out and said that, without a doubt, this is an impeachable offense, this represents aiding and abetting the enemy, this is a high crime and misdemeanor and United States House of Representatives should drive articles of impeachment on this president for this incident.”
West also noted that the Taliban does not represent a country, but are, instead, a terrorist faction. On the battlefield, West pointed out, those who are not part of a regular military force for a country are not afforded the same status as soldiers of an opposing army, but are rounded up and often executed.
Though National Security Adviser Susan Rice has claimed that Sgt. Bergdahl served with “honor and distinction,” the truth remains that the Obama Administration knew as early as 2010 that Bergdahl was a deserter and possibly an abettor of the Taliban.
“The truth is coming out and it’s going to be a very shameful episode for the United States Army. They’re going to have to charge him with desertion and that’s a very serious crime in a combat zone during the time of war.
This is not AWOL; AWOL is back at a Garrison, back at your home station… They’re going to have to bring up those charges against Bergdahl because the evidence is there. I don’t care what Susan Rice says, who did not comport herself very well once again… For the national security adviser to not know the backstory on Sgt. Bergdahl, there is no way we can trust Susan Rice to advise us on national security.”
“She is a delusional liar, that is all you can say,” West continued.
West outlined the need for a thorough Congressional investigation and reiterated that the House ought to draw up articles of impeachment against the president.
“I think the articles of impeachment are there because the president broke the law. I don’t care about this Article II signing statement; you can’t just pick and choose and say what’s constitutional and what’s not constitutional.
How many scandals are going to engulf the Obama administration before we start to realize that this is a failed administration? This affects our national security; there is a high potential that in the near future Americans are going to die because we gave up these five senior members.”
The Obama Administration has shrugged-off the release of the GITMO terrorists by claiming that U.S. forces could always recapture them, a notion that appeared to set-off Col. West.
“You see, that’s easy for some punk-boy-pajama person sitting up there in Washington, D.C.; but somebody’s son is going to have to go and do it all over again and it should not have happened but, once again- this is the result, this is the consequence of voting for ‘hope and change’ and ‘change we can believe in’ and all the other silly bumper sticker slogans that were out there!” » Full Article
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