about American soldiers.

their side don't you think?

needs to tell them to STFU on this one.

And, yet, the media and this nation will CONTINUE to think of and treat them as the party that most supports the military and continue to convey the talking point that democrats hate our soldiers.

the Pentagon allows right-wing voices to propagandize through its media net but suppresses the left.

A huge pet-peve for me as well.

They just don't. They make a lot of noise about supporting the troops when all they really support is the war. They don't like this war ending, and this is another sign of it.

and is unconstitutional?

The Republicans would no doubt argue that gravity is an imposition on the freedom of any individual who might want to fly without the aid of a mechanical flying machine, just as Obamacare should be repealed because any healthy individual should want the freedom to get sick and die if he chooses.

Get yourself into a good Bible-based church, and you'll realize that it's angels that attract objects to Earth so that we don't try to invade Heaven like Satan did.

. . . and send Berghdal back.

do you think we can get a decent left handed setup man in return?

they'd consider taking one of them

We might get twenty pounds of Mets hot dogs and a bat boy for one of them, though...

If the US is not actively fighting the Taliban, they should return all POWs immediately. And vice versa.

Fuck you Republican hacks. I seriously wish every last one of you would spontaneously combust. What a completely epic piece of shit.

"spontaneously combust"...

which resulted in more death? GFY GOP.

and explanation that the threat would be mitigated--the law specifically states that the defense secretary had to do all that. So, Hagel alone technically broke the law--I'll bet he probably didn't want to let the same assclown Repubs who are screeching now to have had 30 days to publicize and blow the deal and prevent Bergdahl's release for political reasons. McKeon, Inhofe, McCain didn't WANT this guy home--anything to have a cudgel to bash Obama with.

The US had them in custody long enough. Why weren't they prosecuted?
Should US citizens, imprisoned by other countries, receive equivalent treatment?

Have they been charged with anything besides being "bad men". We've had plenty of time to charge and prosecute. Some of the Gitmo prisoners were children when they began their incarceration. Shhhhh...it's a secret.

They will totally fuck themselves with military families if they do.

The Democratic party should hang this on the GOP starting tomorrow.

Go GOP! Keep showing everyone how much you truly support the troops!

Exactly what benefit would the Taliban derive from taking two of our worst senators?

Go ahead Repugs... bite the bate. Go for impeachment and suffer the finest moments any liberal could hope for the GOP... Oblivion.

If there is the tiniest stint of logic among the GOP, they know all they can do is squeal, crash, and burn, will leave it alone and settle for a good cry. But then there are those GOP politicians who don't know shit from apple butter and will walk into a special hole dug for them by their own colleagues.

It's a no win for the GOP no matter what..... that is, outside of supporting the president, and oh how that would be out of character and against their funding racket.

splat!

cares about our troops overseas. Congress must be informed first.

Al Qaeda to keep the American soldier in order to create a kind of "American Held Hostage" scenario designed to embarrass Obama and the Dems. The GOP conspired to keep the hostages in Iran longer for political reasons, there is no reason they would not do the same now.

They're treasonous assholes.

to talk about being held captive all those years.

Section 308 of the the Intelligence AUthorization Act as well as provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act and the Department of Defense appropriations act.

Taken individually and together, they require the President and the Secretary of Defense to notify and/or certify to Congress 30 days in advance of transferring Guantanamo detainees.

The administration does not dispute that they did not follow these provisions. However, the President has consistently taken the position, and has confirmed that position in written signing statements, that the administration regards those requirements as unconstitutional limits on the President's authority and thus are not binding.

for War activity. Does anyone remember that?

No way they would, especially not on camera. Impeachment ? Bring it on, the blowback would be worse than 1998.

If Obama is "for" it . . . Of course, they've created a sticky situation for themselves. How does the Republican Party lose the support of the military? By voting that it's better to abandon a soldier.

Back then trading for hostages was a high priority, and if the President authorized something it was not illegal under any circumstances, in their opinion b

We know how this story is going to end.

The Scorpion and the Frog

A scorpion and a frog meet on the bank of a stream and the
scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on its back. The
frog asks, "How do I know you won't sting me?" The scorpion
says, "Because if I do, I will die too."

The frog is satisfied, and they set out, but in midstream,
the scorpion stings the frog. The frog feels the onset of
paralysis and starts to sink, knowing they both will drown,
but has just enough time to gasp "Why?"

Replies the scorpion: "Its my nature..."

You had to give the HMO 30 days notice before an emergency procedure, or they didn't want to cover you? I do. It was stupid and reeked of Au De Republican.

on CNN this morning. She seemed to be having the time of her life.

is more accepting of most anything just to close the book on our national albatross.

Pallets of money went missing in Iraq, yet this prisoner swap is worse?

WE HAVE OUR SOLDIER BACK!!!

(McKeon is not running again. Isn't Inhofe also a lame duck?)