Walid Phares says that by releasing captured Taliban from Gitmo back to Afghanistan in hopes of creating the groundwork for future negotiations, Obama is making both an illogical and dangerous move that will only show the Taliban that they can manipulate us in the future.
He says that instead of trying to win the war, Obama is trying to end the war and setting up a scenario where the Taliban could easily best us should they not keep up their end of whatever bargain we think we’ve made with them:
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