Understand that Obama intends to extract promises from the Taliban for peace and the end of hostilities - how difficult will that be? Seriously. He intends to release five Muslim murderers as a show of trust. Idiot. The man is an absolute idiot. Some believe that peace is the time when the enemy stops to reload. You can't make peace with bullies and evil people but the idealists and ignorant do not understand how this can be . . . . so they waste lives and threaten our security, all for a idealistic pipe dream. You have any idea how many times an old guy such as me, has seen this idiocy played out?
The United States is debating whether to transfer Mohammed Fazl, a senior Taliban official suspected of various human rights violations, into Afghan custody, in an effort to improve relations with the country, according to Reuters.
Fazl, held in Guantanamo Bay since 2002, is believed to be responsible for the killing of thousands of Afghani Shi'ite Muslims between 1998 and 2001. In addition, a report released by WikiLeaks said Fazl was on scene when CIA operative Johnny Micheal Spann was killed, making him the first American who died in the Afghan War, though it is not known if he played a part.
A senior administration official told Reuters that the Afghanistan government and the Taliban representatives asked for the release of Fazl, along with four other Taliban members from Guantanamo Bay, as far back as 2005. However, that official said that this effort, which has been in the works for 10 months, has reached a "make or break" point. The Obama administration is working on "confidence-building measures" between them and Hamid Karzai's administration, which would include not just the transfer of prisoners, but also the building of a Taliban liaison office in Afghanistan.
However, not everyone in the government is fond of this plan.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) told Reuters that even once the detainees were transferred they would "likely continue to pose a threat to the United States." One U.S. intelligence official told Reuters on the condition of anonymity that "The hair on the back of my neck went up when they walked in with this a month ago, and there's been very, very strong letters fired off to the administration."
The senior administration official confirmed that letters were received, but wouldn't characterize the tone of them, saying "What is clear is the President's order to us to continue to discuss these important matters with Congress." He stressed that the detainees would not be set free, but would remain in custody, though what form isn't clear.
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