Deception

Sometimes politicians throw a curve ball -- just to mix things up.

I can see Obama has some real left wing tendencies and he seems to have a good heart, but in one fell swoop he has undermined years of an American political standpoint on terrorism.

1st rule - "We don't deal with terrorists"

There's something to admire in his desire to see an American soldier return home after five years of being imprisoned by the Taliban. On taking interviews with his own servicemen it later comes out that he was a deserter that worse still, ended up getting other soldiers killed in rescue missions.

So with all that aside and just thinking with the goodness in our hearts about saving a soldier serving his country, Obama broke the commandment that Bush seemed to hammer into us back when he held the reins.

Does the Taliban now realise it can leverage it's political message like never before in that people are actually paying attention to their outrageous demands. Four of their leaders now sent back to them with bitter memories of Guantanamo fresh in their minds.

I hope the USA is ready for any repercussions that trade off may bring. It seems like the least thought through decision Obama could make, one based on human emotion and no logical or sound reasoning at all.

At the very least I would have liked to have seen some military/espionage tactics at play here. Release four Terrorist leaders on inconspicuous grounds stuffed so full of tracking devices that they would think night time is longer due to the amount of satellites hovering above them in the atmosphere. Perhaps in a couple of months we'll even hear about a massacre in a Taliban training camp at the hands of the Navy Seals.

I truly hope for Obama's sake these "leaders" are too washed up and old to be of any use to anyone over there because this latest f@@@ up decision is about as mind boggling as the Super Mario Bro's Chess Set having Luigi as the Queen.

Good Intentions vs Good Policy?

~Fraser