WaPo: "Bergdahl release arrangement could threaten the safety of Americans"

[Chris_]

Bergdahl release arrangement could threaten the safety of Americans, Republicans say

Amid jubilation Saturday over the release of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from captivity by the Taliban, senior Republicans on Capitol Hill said they were troubled by the means by which it was accomplished, which was a deal to release five Afghan detainees from the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Top Republicans on the Senate and House armed services committees went so far as to accuse President Obama of having broken the law, which requires the administration to notify Congress before any transfers from Guantanamo are carried out.

“Trading five senior Taliban leaders from detention in Guantanamo Bay for Bergdahl’s release may have consequences for the rest of our forces and all Americans. Our terrorist adversaries now have a strong incentive to capture Americans. That incentive will put our forces in Afghanistan and around the world at even greater risk,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. McKeon (R-Calif.) and the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, James M. Inhofe (Okla.), said in a joint statement.

Lawmakers were not notified of the Guantanamo detainees’ transfer until after it occurred.

Washington Post

Rules are rules.  Just because you're in charge doesn't mean you can ignore them.

[DefiantSix]

Of course it threatens the safety of Americans: Dear Leader's wouldn't have read about his regime doing it in the news if it didn't put Americans at some kind of greater risk.

[txradioguy]

Washington Post

Rules are rules.  Just because you're in charge doesn't mean you can ignore them.

You can ignore the rules if you think those five were unjustly detained.

How many soldiers are buried in Section 60 as a direct result of the 5 terrorist scum released yesterday?

[BlondeMoment]

Ah, but Chris, you're forgetting that one of the hallmarks of being a narcissist (or maybe it's sociopath/ psychopath) is that rules don't apply to them.