What’s going on?

When the Obama Administration opted to swap five senior Taliban prisoners for a captured U.S. Army Pfc., Bowe Bergdahl, they knew about several members of his platoon stating flat out that he just walked away from his post and was basically a deserter. The Taliban prisoners included former drug lords (opium) and leaders that oversaw mass murders of Shiites in 2000 and 2001. These were some very bad people. The official word on these former prisoners is they pose little if any threat to the United States. That may be perfectly true, but where is the political advantage for doing the swap now? I have been critical of this administration since day one, but never because they were stupid. So, if this is a smoke screen, what is happening to require this huge sleight of hand trick?

 

If there is a problem it has to be with Hillary, because any problem President Obama has might damage his legacy, but this far into his second term he can coast the rest of the way through. So, is Hillary’s health an issue? Did she actually have a stroke when it was claimed she had fallen? The ‘Left’ is quick to point out the slim-pickings from the Republican Presidential candidates pool, but if Hillary is a no go in 2016, then the Democratic cupboard is bare. We may never know why this swap happened; and after both sides spin the stories, we won’t remember or care. Surely they (either side) are not practicing to be cable television writers after their time in Washington is done. Doesn’t this situation remind you of a badly written “Homeland” episode?