Boehner/North - "Dumb and dumber?"

      Let's get this right out in the open; whether you think Bowe Bergdahl is a rescued hero or a deserter who should have been left (I tend toward the latter) the recent fear mongering of  Republican leadership is ludicrous. At the bottom of the ledger, this is 5 guys who have been in jail while new leadership took over in whatever lunatic organization they claim to represent.  5 more out of thousands is a drop in the bucket. Boehner's claim that "We'll pay for this," is simply political rhetoric. Disagree about the actions if you wish, but the truth is that none of the us knows, or will know, all the details of what prompted this action. Far righters are fond of citing the actions of the state of Israel in matters of this nature, but with typically short memories. As Charles Krauthammer, certainly no friend of the current administration, pointed out recently, the Israelis released about 1000 Palestinians, also terrorists, in exchange for one Israeli captive. 5 for 1 seems mild by comparison, doesn't it. If these guys in Guantanamo were so bad, why not try them some time in the last ten years or just execute them?  

     What is sure is that while these (insert whatever status you wish here) were incarcerated, their organizations did not put their aims, aspirations and nefarious plots on hold waiting for them to be released. If that were true, we'd have had a terrorist free hiatus until they were released. In like manner, Al Qaeda didn't vanish with the death of Bin Laden.

     Perhaps the most ludicrous aspect of this manufactured kerfuffle is convicted felon Oliver North, a disgrace to the USMC if ever there was one, claiming to speak with authority on the issue. His demonstrated and convicted situational ethics should disqualify him from taking any public position on matters of honor.