re: George W. Bush released 520 prisoners from Guantanamo bay

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Nobody respond to this stupid shite.

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I see the talking points were finally emailed out. Decateur and Vegas Bengal will be out in full force today.

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I see the talking points were finally emailed out. Decateur and Vegas Bengal will be out in full force today.

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Add SpideyImascientistTuba to the mix and it should be very entertaining. Uninformative and snide, but entertaining, nonetheless.

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George W. Bush released 520 prisoners from Guantanamo bay

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How many were powder kegs like these 5? OK if W would have done this, right?

Just out of curiosity, how many of the 520 released while Bush was President were transferred to the custody of other governments? How many of them were released after a court or tribunal determined they should not be detained? How many were released as a quid pro quo with an organization engaged in hostilities with the United States?

I wonder if the 5 detainees exchanged for Sgt. Bergdahl were the 5 referred to in this article LINK? If so, then the claims of the Obama administration that they could not give Congress the 30 day notice required by law is somewhat dubious since the article was written over 2 years before the exchange. The notice to Congress did not have to be specific, but the administration could have told Congress we were in serious negotiations to release the 5 individuals sought by the Taliban for some consideration the administration considered worthwhile. Even if the administration couldn't meet the 30 day requirement it could have given Congress 1 day's advance notice instead of after the fact notification. I don't know about you, but the fact Obama did not follow the letter, or even the spirit, of the law demonstrates his contempt for our system of government. That to me is the biggest issue surrounding Bergdahl.

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Just out of curiosity, how many of the 520 released while Bush was President were transferred to the custody of other governments? How many of them were released after a court or tribunal determined they should not be detained? How many were released as a quid pro quo with an organization engaged in hostilities with the United States?

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These questions do not help the OP meme. Please take your racist remarks elsewhere. Thank you.

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I know right.
Did you hear that Bush called into the dugout and talked to Paul the night LSU lost to Houston? True story.

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I'm going to be visiting the Bush Library at SMU in a couple weeks. I should buy a t-shirt before that says "It's Bush's Fault" and wear it around.

Some questions;

first, why did W release the 520 prisoners?

second, did W break the law and not inform Congress?

three, was the swop a quid pro quo and if so what did we get in return?

four, were any of the 520 high level "officers" in AQ, the Taliban or another terrorist group?

And in my opinion letting 520 terrorists lose was a bad mistake. I can't remember the circumstances; but I'd guess W caught heat from the right.

But what does that have to do with Obama ignoring the law, and swapping five high ranking terrorists for 1 deserter? Do two wrongs make a right?

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I'm not here to answer questions, I'm here to point out the hypocrisy from the right.

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You need to do the former, before you can prove the latter. Its pretty simple. If your troll wasn't so obvious, you may have had some more success. Try a spinner bait next time. Drives them crazy.

It could possibly be that Bush thought after interigation that those 500 or so were no danger to our troops and citizens. Those 5 that your good buddy let go may have been detained by Bush because maybe, just maybe they are a danger to troops and citizens. And traded for a suspected trader and colaborator.

Hypocrisy? What always blame the republicans for that when you guys use that in your everyday lives?

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I'm not here to answer questions

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you could work for the Obama administration