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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFor those republicans claiming ...
the 5 detainees swapped are Taliban leaders don't know much about movement politics ... these detainees were replaced as leaders long ago and the current crop of leaders are not likely to just say, "Okay! You're back! Here's the keys to the movement!"
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For those republicans claiming ... (Original Post)
1StrongBlackMan
Jun 2014
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FSogol
(45,481 posts)1. Yup, their Taliban Rolodexes have a lot of disconnected numbers.
Even in an advisory role, their data is too old to be useful.
randys1
(16,286 posts)2. And these are NOT Al Qaeda, this is TALIBAN
Taliban will kill Americans if Americans go to Afghanistan, Taliban does not fly planes into buildings in USA, Al Qaeda does that and they are two very different entities.
mercuryblues
(14,531 posts)3. if anything
they will be more likely to kill them to keep their position.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)4. Yep ...
The likely reception would be: a warm hero's reception ... until the detainee indicated an interest in doing anything other than be a hero from long ago.