Tags
betrayal, Bowe Bergdahl, corruption, Gitmo, Hagel, Hillary Clinton, prisoner release, Rep. Mac Thornberry, Taliban, taliban five, threats
[Townhall.com]
by: Guy Benson | June 12, 2014
I say “admits” because the Secretary of Defense did a lot of tap dancing to avoid stating the obvious during his testimony yesterday: That these Taliban commanders were, in fact, at war with America. Under questioning from Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Hagel engaged in intensive hair-splitting on everything from the exact terminology surrounding Bowe Bergdahl’s captivity, to the technical definition of negotiating with terrorists, to whether or not the ‘Taliban Five’ directly took part in attacks against Americans. The key bit comes near the end of this clip:
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