Back in the early summer, I wrote about how, even as the Iranian regime continued killing American troops, the Obama administration had engaged in shameful negotiations with an Iran-backed terror network (the League of the Righteous) in Iraq — negotiations that resulted in the release of Laith Qazali, one of the terrorists responsible for the murders of five American soldiers in Karbala, in exchange for the remains of two British hostages.
Shortly thereafter, the Obama administration released the “Irbil Five,” commanders from the Iranian IRGC’s elite “Quds Force” who had been captured by our military after coordinating terrorist attacks in Iraq that have killed hundreds of American soldiers and Marines.
Today, New Year’s Eve, while everyone’s attention is understandably on family and friends, we learn (thanks to the ever alert Bill Roggio, reporting on the Standard‘s blog) that the administration has now released Qais Qazali, Laith’s brother, who is the head of the Iran-backed terror network, in addition to a hundred other terrorists. In violation of the long-standing, commonsense policy against capitulating to kidnappers and terrorists because it just encourages more hostage-taking and murder, the terrorists were released in exchange for a British hostage and the remains of his three contract guards (whom the terrorists had murdered).
So, as the mullahs, America’s incorrigible enemies, struggle to hang on, we’re giving them accommodations and legitimacy. And the messages we send? Terrorize us and we’ll negotiate with you.
Hat tip: The Radio Patriot.
A former fetus, the “wordsmith from nantucket” was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1968. Adopted at birth, wordsmith grew up a military brat. He achieved his B.A. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles (graduating in the top 97% of his class), where he also competed rings for the UCLA mens gymnastics team. The events of 9/11 woke him from his political slumber and malaise. Currently a personal trainer and gymnastics coach.
The wordsmith has never been to Nantucket.
What exactly was going on with the “crotch” bomber and airport security?
http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/
@Jane
Whatever’s going on, you won’t find the answers at Cannon’s site.
If I wouldn’t know any better, I’d say that Obama act as though he’s being blackmailed into doing everything possible to assist muslims.
It’s going to be hard to win when you have a president who makes dumb mistakes while fighting the war on terror. He went public about the CIA Agents being killed by the bomber in Afganistan giving out numbers, their rank in CIA, and how they were killed. When at war you play down your intelligence losses and never give out CIA Deaths and how they were killed.
The Iranians laughed in Obama’s face as he tried to impose an end of year deadline for Iran to negotiate on the subject of nukes.
So why does he continue to offer them carrots without any hint of a stick?
Thus far, his foreign policy makes Jimmy Carter’s look strong and competent by comparison.