Hillary Clinton: It 'doesn't matter' if Bowe Bergdahl deserted his unit
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In a video posted Sunday at the Gateway Pundit, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told ABC News' Diane Sawyer it doesn't matter if Bowe Bergdahl deserted his unit.
“If you look at what the factors were going into the decision, of course there are competing interests and values. And one of our values is we bring everybody home off the battlefield the best we can. It doesn't matter how they ended up in a prisoner of war situation,” Clinton said, coming perilously close to her now infamous "what difference does it make" line.
"It doesn't matter?" asked a surprised Sawyer.
"It does not matter," Clinton said. "We bring our people home."
Clinton, Truth Revolt said, used the interview to pump her new book, "Hard Choices," telling Sawyer the decision to swap five top Taliban commanders for a soldier whose platoon mates say is a deserter was a hard decision to make. Two of those swapped for Bergdahl are wanted by the United Nations for war crimes.
"I think [exchanging Bergdahl for 5 Taliban] was a very hard choice, which is why I think my book is so aptly named," she said, when Sawyer asked if Obama "made a deal with the Devil."
Clinton is not the only one deploying the "what difference does it make" defense regarding Bergdahl. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., used Clinton's exact line to defend Obama's failure to obey the law in notifying Congress about the swap.
“It’s made a big deal over nothing. Is it Friday or Saturday? What difference does it make? What difference does it make?” he asked.
He also defended the prisoner swap as a way to get Bergdahl back. Critics of the swap, however, say Obama has put more Americans at risk and handed the Taliban a propaganda victory.
Clinton, ABC said, suggested that questions regarding Bergdahl's disappearance need to be answered, but said the administration was right to focus on bringing him home. The full interview, ABC added, is set to air Monday, June 9, at 9 p.m. Eastern time. The book is set to be released on Tuesday, June 10. Video of her comment can be seen above.
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“If you look at what the factors were going into the decision, of course there are competing interests and values. And one of our values is we bring everybody home off the battlefield the best we can. It doesn't matter how they ended up in a prisoner of war situation,” Clinton said, coming perilously close to her now infamous "what difference does it make" line.
"It doesn't matter?" asked a surprised Sawyer.
"It does not matter," Clinton said. "We bring our people home."
Clinton, Truth Revolt said, used the interview to pump her new book, "Hard Choices," telling Sawyer the decision to swap five top Taliban commanders for a soldier whose platoon mates say is a deserter was a hard decision to make. Two of those swapped for Bergdahl are wanted by the United Nations for war crimes.
"I think [exchanging Bergdahl for 5 Taliban] was a very hard choice, which is why I think my book is so aptly named," she said, when Sawyer asked if Obama "made a deal with the Devil."
Clinton is not the only one deploying the "what difference does it make" defense regarding Bergdahl. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., used Clinton's exact line to defend Obama's failure to obey the law in notifying Congress about the swap.
“It’s made a big deal over nothing. Is it Friday or Saturday? What difference does it make? What difference does it make?” he asked.
He also defended the prisoner swap as a way to get Bergdahl back. Critics of the swap, however, say Obama has put more Americans at risk and handed the Taliban a propaganda victory.
Clinton, ABC said, suggested that questions regarding Bergdahl's disappearance need to be answered, but said the administration was right to focus on bringing him home. The full interview, ABC added, is set to air Monday, June 9, at 9 p.m. Eastern time. The book is set to be released on Tuesday, June 10. Video of her comment can be seen above.
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Hillary Clinton: It 'doesn't matter' if Bowe Bergdahl deserted his unit
In
a video posted Sunday at the Gateway Pundit, former Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton told ABC News' Diane Sawyer it doesn't matter if Bowe
Bergdahl deserted his unit. It doesn't matter how they ended up in a
prisoner of war situation,” Clinton said, coming perilously close to her
now infamous…
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Actually, I agree with her. Many or most people haven't seen what happens in other wars because they are too young. I don't think there were American prisoners at the end of the Iraq war. I think they all were killed or released before it was ended. However, there were many at the end of the Viet Nam War and many at the end of the Korean War and it didn't matter then how Americans left because many were dealing with PTSD which is why they got caught in the first place. So, mental illness caused by PTSD or even existing before PTSD sets in is very very common among all soldiers witnessing their comrades and buddies being blown apart before their eyes or even strangers blown away especially when children or women are killed. So, often soldiers aren't completely sane and might not even know that while still on the battlefield. So, this sort of thing is very common around the world. Hopefully, not playing with a full deck is temporary but sometimes it is permanent.
This is why bringing all our soldiers home is so very important because this is done even more for the families of all soldiers and friends of the soldiers than for any other reason. Otherwise, Presidents and other officials could have problems with U.S. citizens as well. So, from every level at the end of a war these kinds of things are normal. See the movie about Hirohito "Emperor" to make more sense about what I'm saying.
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