http://i.imgur.com/2yIbR3K.jpg

If this embarrassed Bush, Republicans would be screaming "Lets not play the blame game".

Rescuing POWs was cool before it went mainstream.

not to mention the attacks on Bergdahl's dad for growing a "Taliban-style" beard in solidarity while his son was a POW.

they love the Duck Dynasty idiots' beards though - those are totally cool.

I feel sorry for Shannon. What's it like to go through life with that level of self-delusion...the ability to lie so thoroughly to one's own face?

@5 Considering the Fox & O'Reilly tags in her tweets, she's not doing a lot of introspection or analysis. Just parroting whatever is said to her from the pulpit (TV).

@5: is she lying or just having buyer's remorse?

"I was cool with it when I thought it would just be 2 low-level Taliban, but 5 senior leaders? for one American grunt? OUTRAGEOUS!"

I love McCain's flip flop, too. Shannon is just a talking bobble-head, but McCain is a senator and former POW. You'd think he'd be a little more consistent.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/06/03/…

Let's face it, if President Obama were to end world hunger, or single-handedly halt Global Climate Change, or magically eliminate all nuclear weapons, the GOP would still find something to criticize. It's been their sole strategy since he took office.

Haters gonna hate

POW-MIA
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN*

*offer invalid when not politically advantageous

Is Shannon //(*_~)\\ someone of consequence or just an easy mark in the Twittersphere?

@9: The Onion has been there. http://www.theonion.com/articles/republi…

@4, did you happen to watch the Daily Show last night? I loved Hannity's intentional mispronunciation of his name a guy from Idaho sound foreign.

The sad thing will be when we find out all the allegations were made up by a Republican PR firm.

@17 if this all turned out to be false, that would be the funniest thing ever

The # 1 problem with this bullshit reaction is that they are calling these Taliban members "terrorists". No the Taliban are not terrorists since terrorists are not, by definition, state actors. The Taliban are the group that ran Afghanistan until we overthrew them. They were the government and, thus, state actors.

We DID NOT just release five terrorists. We released five enemy POWs for our own POW which is what you do when you are winding down a war, as we are currently doing.

This is an absolutely nothing story. The people that are now attacking this American soldier are traitors. Nothing more and nothing less.

I say this as someone who despises the Taliban for everything they stand for and for their crimes against humanity, especially for what they did to Afghanistan women after they took power.

What @20 said.

If 5 Guantanamo prisoners nets one American POW I wonder what I can get for my Pete Rose rookie card?

I'm not adept at negotiating with terrorists though. due to lack (zero) of experience.