WN: Obama: 'No apologies' for Bergdahl release deal

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(Washington Post / Worthy News)– Defending the way he announced the exchange of imprisoned Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban fighters, President Obama said Thursday that he could not give up the chance to save one more life in the waning days of the Afghanistan war.

"I think it was important for people to understand that this is not some abstraction," Obama said, explaining why Bergdahl’s release was announced at a Rose Garden ceremony last weekend. "This is not a political football. You have a couple of parents whose kid volunteered to fight in a distant land who they hadn't seen in five years and weren't sure whether they'd ever see again."

Speaking at a news conference here, Obama added, "I make absolutely no apologies for making sure that we get back a young man to his parents and that the American people understand that this is somebody's child and that we don't condition whether or not we make the effort to try to get them back."

The fierce response to Bergdahl's release from lawmakers and some members of the military has plunged Obama into an emotional and complicated debate over the burdens of war six months before the planned end of combat operations in Afghanistan. While Obama sees ending the conflict as a critical foreign policy achievement, he is also learning that many in the military are leaving Afghanistan still searching for clarity on what has been accomplished, and whether the fight was worth it.

For Obama, Bergdahl's release was, according to aides, a relatively easy choice that brought home the last American prisoner of war. But some military officials see it differently and are especially furious that the White House greeted the release of someone suspected of desertion with the trappings of celebration. In addition to the Saturday Rose Garden ceremony revealing the swap, national security adviser Susan Rice said on television that Bergdahl had served with “honor and distinction.”

Members of his unit, which had been based in eastern Afghanistan’s mountainous and remote Paktika province, say Bergdahl deserted his post and some blame him for the deaths of soldiers there. The Army is investigating.

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I do not understand why anyone would think that Obama would apologize.  He is a Muslim who hates America and all of our freedoms and liberties.  With this prisoner swap he was able to release six more Muslims who hate America.  It was a "win-win" scenario for him.   Sadly, a lot of people still have their head in the sand when it comes to how Obama truly feels about our country and what he true designs are for it.  If you haven't seen it yet, watch "2016 Obama's America", it will give you a good feel for why he hates this country with the passion that he does.  Although I realize how Obama feels and have since before the first election it still seems unreal that we as Americans elected someone who hates everything we stand for as our president.  As a citizen of Illinois I knew all about his sick views long before he became dictator in chief.  One example, as a state senator here he voted AGAINST the ban on partial-birth abortion.  How anyone could vote for president someone who believes it is okay to take a baby partially out of the mother's womb and kill it is way beyond me.  Add to that the fact that he is a Muslim, hates Israel, was mentored by Communists, and most probably was born in Kenya, along with many other factors I wouldn't and didn't vote for him.  I personally think he needs to be arrested for treason and tried and if found guilty he should be imprisoned for life or executed.  Think about the fact that he let our men die in Benghazi when we had special forces ready to go in and rescue them.  I could go on and on but I'll stop now before my blood pressure gets too high.