5 Terrorist for 1 Soldier: Worth the American exchange?

5 Top Taliban Leaders released yesterday from Guantanamo Bay under the Obama administration in a exchange for a POW American Sergeant. Taliban Leaders are known currently as the "Gitmo 5" and were released to the Country of Qatar. There has been much argument about the authorization of the Commander in Chief, President Barack Obama, to do this deal due to the need of a 30 day notice that must be given to congress before anyone can be released from the infamous Guantanamo Bay. I can imagine that the parents of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and the Sergeant himself are happy for the deal but was it truly worth it. Although Qatar has assured that these ex-prisoners will be closely monitored for one year, can they truly be trusted to fulfill that promised? If they can then that is only a year of the battle. While we pull out of Afghanistan, we have chosen to release 5 officials that have held executive positions in the terrorist organization. We leave them with 5 people who have been living in a place that has been home to many terrorist from all over the world. They have been there for around 10 years and as they come home we will never know what plans were devised and what hate was accumulated for the United States. Even though I usually support the president, certain moves that he tends to make have raised questions on their motive. Was this simply a political move due to the negative issues such as the V.A.Hospital? It would be ignorant to not think of the negative possibilities of the decision. We can only sit back and wait to see if these releases have negative effect not only in the U.S. but in the world as we know it. Terrorism is a worldwide problem we as Americans may be endangering the world with this decision. Considering the consequences, I do not feel the trade was well worth it. I say this with shame as I have plenty of love ones overseas. Yet, the lives that can be lost due to these additions to such a well-developed and organized organization as The Taliban may be much more than a single person.  

Former Taliban positions of released prisoners known as the "Gitmo 5" are as following: 

Khair Ulla Said Wali Khairkhwa - Interior Minister and direct associate of Osama Bin Laden

Mullah Mohammad Fazl - Chief of Army Staff

Mullah Norullah Noori - Governor of Balkh province in the Taliban

Abdul Haq Wasiq - Deputy Chief of Taliban Intelligence

Mohammad Nabi Omari - Taliban Chief of Communication.

Q.Young
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