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Hillary Clinton on five free Taliban jihadis: “These five guys are not a threat to the United States”

Jun 11, 2014 4:53 pm By Robert Spencer

Past and present Obama Administration officials lie to the American people with such alacrity that it is clear that they’re secure in the knowledge that the mainstream media will cover for them no matter what. No lie is too extreme or outrageous — they know that they will never be genuinely called to account, never made to answer for what they’ve said or done in the past, except to be accorded generous opportunities to explain away uncomfortable facts or statements, and never subjected to the slightest negative questioning.

“Hillary Clinton: Taliban Five Not a Threat to U.S” Washington Free Beacon, June 11, 2014:

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the five Taliban commanders who were released in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl “are not a threat to the United States” during her NBC interview shown Wednesday morning on Today….

Full exchange:

CYNTHIA MCFADDEN: Clinton writes in her book, the U.S. was involved in negotiations with the Taliban while she was Secretary of State, and even then, getting Bowe Bergdahl back was part of the equation. I think an awful lot of people think that we’re less safe today than we were a week ago because these five guys are out.

HILLARY CLINTON: These five guys are not a threat to the United States. They are a threat to the safety and security of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It’s up to those two countries to make the decision once and for all that these are threats to them. So I think we may be kind of missing the bigger picture here. We want to get an American home, whether they fell off the ship because they were drunk or they were pushed or they jumped, we try to rescue everybody.

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  1. inMAGICn says

    Jun 11, 2014 at 5:02 pm

    Falling off a ship under any circumstance is not desertion. When the ship swings back to pick up the one gone overboard, the reason for falling off is usually unknown.

    • rev g says

      Jun 11, 2014 at 6:15 pm

      You are very unlikely to be running off to join the Taliban when you fall off of a ship….lol!

  2. mariam rove says

    Jun 11, 2014 at 5:08 pm

    they are, Add a 6th and the 7th to the list. Hillary and Obama. m

    • John C. Barile says

      Jun 12, 2014 at 11:50 am

      The Gang of Five Plus Two.

  3. WTD says

    Jun 11, 2014 at 5:09 pm

    Perhaps Mdme Secretary thought the same of those GITMO guests which were released in2009… One of which is the current ‘poster boy’ of Al Qaeda, er, ISIS…as revealed in this UK Telegraph report The fall of the Iraqi city of Mosul to the al-Qaeda offshoot ISIS has shown the power of its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi – a former US detainee

  4. Bezelel says

    Jun 11, 2014 at 5:16 pm

    Could she mean, they’re not a threat to her?

  5. Arjay says

    Jun 11, 2014 at 5:30 pm

    It is because of statements like this and her corresponding actions which proves again and again this incompetent fool should never, ever hold any elected or appointed government office.

    If this nation survives the administration of this Muslim President… will we have to then endure a Clinton presidency?

  6. jewdog says

    Jun 11, 2014 at 5:43 pm

    If these five, who are considered about the worst there are at Gitmo, are no threat, then we should close down Gitmo and free everyone there. I was just wondering – why was it that we put people in Gitmo in the first place?
    If we are willing to free the most dangerous terrorists for any American, even one aiding the Taliban, then why are we fighting the Taliban if even their handmaids are valued the same as any other soldier?
    If Hillary becomes President we will be led by someone who will have nothing useful to say about Islam or its impact on America and its security. We will just have four more years of vacuous platitudes.

    • Alarmed Pig Farmer says

      Jun 11, 2014 at 6:38 pm

      We will just have four more years of vacuous platitudes.

      Whoa, Dog: Prez Barack Hussein has delivered more than just platitudes, he toppled Mubarak and gave money to the MoBroHood, and gave them operational support. He also delivered the goods to Al Qaeda in Syria.

      And I think you’ve gone negatronic on Hillary. For her part, she chose and kept as her chief aide a person with deep MoBroHood ties, and signed not one but two draft resolutions from the OIC to make it a felony crime for anybody to criticize a religion.

      So Hillary, our next president based on her sexual plumbing, has as much can-do as her future predecessor, Barack, who became president based on his race. And he’s only half black; he’s half Caucasian on the other side. Imagine what a fully female globo-socialist Jihad sympathizer can get done from the Oval Office.

      • jewdog says

        Jun 11, 2014 at 7:17 pm

        The Left uses the same sort of argument about Islam that they did with Communism: Why fight it when we’re just as bad? It’s the bland leading the bland, or, as Hillary would put it, “What does it matter?”

  7. bobm says

    Jun 11, 2014 at 6:07 pm

    as the old saying; bad company corrupts; (muslims in whitehouse)… as per lying?… islam is a lie from the beginning.

  8. Henry says

    Jun 11, 2014 at 6:26 pm

    ” We want to get an American home, whether they fell off the ship because they were drunk or they were pushed or they jumped, we try to rescue everybody.”

    What an outrageous hypocrite you are Hillary.

  9. Wellington says

    Jun 11, 2014 at 6:37 pm

    Good to keep in mind, as Dennis Prager has observed many times, being a modern liberal means never having to say you’re sorry.

    Think about it. Hillary Clinton has done nothing right or nothing at all one time after another—–Whitewater, Castle Grande, healthcare reform when her hubby was President, just horrible advice to him respecting how to deal with Paula Jones and Bill’s “other women,” an almost complete do-nothing Senator, a pathetic Secretary of State (e.g., Benghazi; Boko Haram) and now this stupid statement. And yet there are many many millions who would vote for her for President even though she has never admitted, ever, her many wrongdoings. Well, as Prager has said, being a modern liberal means….

    But worse than her, far worse, are all the fools out there who actually would vote for her for the chief office in the land. As with Obama, the ultimate problem is not with the specific incompetent but with all the rubes, the millions and millions of them, who endorse the specific incompetent time and time again.

    • Islamisdeath says

      Jun 11, 2014 at 6:47 pm

      They will vote for her just because she has a vagina. Stupid stupid stupid left wing females will finish this country off while rejoicing.

      • Medina says

        Jun 11, 2014 at 10:42 pm

        I can think of some females who could not be elected because of their sex, but they aren’t Democrats puffed up by the media. Hillary’s ambition passed her IQ about 100 points ago.

        American voters, save a precinct here and there, are largely unaware and willingly so. As a nation we have brought all this on.

    • Alarmed Pig Farmer says

      Jun 11, 2014 at 8:33 pm

      As Thomas Sowell pointed out in his column today, we’ve become a nation that votes for symbols instead of for policy. It’s the primacy of form over function. She has name recognition and the sexual plumbing of a woman, so she’s in.

      Check that… sorry if I offended anybody, she has the *genderic* plumbing of a woman. She is a grammatical being, awaiting conjugation… but wait a minute, conjugal reminds me of prisoner wife visits, which is always dirty affair, I assume… whatever, she has a womb and a cervix and a… she will be our next president. Let’s not enumerate the sex parts.

      • susanp says

        Jun 12, 2014 at 12:43 am

        “whatever, she has a womb and a cervix and a… she will be our next president. Let’s not enumerate the sex parts.”

        She might look like a woman and still possess all the requisite ‘parts’ but there is nothing feminine about her and she will not be our next president! Hillary’s only qualification for political success is her role as the ‘good wife’ and that is the epitome of irony, considering her feminist credentials. Hillary is an old, washed-up hag who has accomplished nothing on her own merits, and would be an unknown nobody if she hadn’t married Bill Clinton. She looks like a female and muslims look like human beings, but looks can be deceptive. I cannot accept that America is so far gone that she could be elected president.

        • EYESOPEN says

          Jun 13, 2014 at 6:27 am

          Susanp said: “I cannot accept that America is so far gone that she could be elected president.”

          Well, back in 2008 and again in 2012, I didn’t think America was that far gone to have elected the lying Usurper-in-Chief that now infests our White House – not just once, but TWICE, especially when they had four years in which to decide that he was hell bent on destroying the U.S. I’m afraid I have very little “faith” in the American voting public these days.

  10. mark says

    Jun 11, 2014 at 6:38 pm

    What reasoning power by the woman who wants to be president out of love for self! These five are a threat to their friends, but not to their enemies. This is what her comment amounts to. What a lying old woman! What a disgrace if she ever gets to rule with her Marxist-feminist fist! She’s too sick to make it through a campaign, though, in my opinion. Watch for someone coming up the ladder to throw her to the side.

  11. zulu says

    Jun 11, 2014 at 7:36 pm

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  12. John Spielman says

    Jun 11, 2014 at 7:42 pm

    Hillary Clinton “we TRY and rescue EVERYBODY” ….except if you happen to be the US ambassador to Libya and 3 body guards!

    • EYESOPEN says

      Jun 13, 2014 at 6:40 am

      Correction: A U.S. Ambassador to Libya, an aide, and two very courageous and dedicated former Navy SEALS: Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods.

      Never forget their names, as they were never a part of Chris Steven’s staff. They saw a U.S. ambassador under attack and did what any brave member of a SOF would do: head in the direction of the firefight to save lives if possible and to kill as many of the enemy as possible. It wasn’t simply the U.S. ambassador and his computer expert who were betrayed, but two very courageous military men who NEVER forgot the oath they swore: to protect and defend the U.S., its people and the Constitution. Remember that they “lit up” the position of the enemy, thereby giving away their own positions, sure that the “powers that be” in the U.S. government and the military would not leave them to die. Unfortunately, they were wrong.

  13. Angemon says

    Jun 11, 2014 at 7:49 pm

    “We want to get an American home, whether they fell off the ship because they were drunk or they were pushed”

    Somehow, i doubt Bergdahl was drunk when he left to join the enemy. His religion wouldn’t allow it.

    “or they jumped, we try to rescue everybody.”

    If they jump why not just let them drown? Unless you’re afraid that they’re making a swim for the enemy vessel to provide them with information that would endanger your ship, in which case you point your guns at them and make sure they never make it there. It’s called “common sense”. Seriously, what was the last war won by someone who claimed not to be fighting in war against the people attacking them?

  14. Raymond Hietapakka says

    Jun 11, 2014 at 7:53 pm

    The Big Zero, Billilah and Hillariah Rotten Khlintoon Al-Arkansawia all work for the House of Saud, not for the citizens of U.S.A. Impeach, Convict, and Bring Back The Gibbet.

  15. gerard says

    Jun 11, 2014 at 8:02 pm

    These “five guys” are cold-blooded Jihadists without soul or conscience. But hey, “what difference does it make”?
    When this snake assumes power we will long for the balmy days of Obama.
    What I can’t understand is, when they have achieved their goal of destroying USA, where will they go? What will they do? How will they survive?

  16. epistemology says

    Jun 11, 2014 at 8:11 pm

    These five clowns aren’t a threat to the U.S. same as Boko Haram don’t threaten Nigerians (especially girls), Al Shabab ain’t dangerous in East Africa and Al Quaeda don’t menace the rest of the civilised world.

    Seriously, these guys after having been released from Gitmo are no ticking bombs. They’re ticking bomb factories. Unfortunately you’ll remember my words.

    • sidney penny says

      Jun 11, 2014 at 9:10 pm

      sorry you missed one.

      Pakistan is not a threat to anyone,not to Afghanistan or to India.They are our allies, let us give them more money.We have been doing it for a long time.They are with us.They love us.The ISI (intelligence service)loves us.They love our money and the arms we give them.

  17. Loves God says

    Jun 11, 2014 at 8:13 pm

    “Hillary Clinton: Taliban Five Not a Threat to U.S”

    For a long time, many people thought the same of Osama Bin Lauden as well. He lived far away and didn’t impact their daily lives … so why worry about someone like that?

  18. gfmucci says

    Jun 11, 2014 at 9:08 pm

    “What difference at this point would it really make if they planned and carried out another 9-11, or worse” I can hear her saying after the fact.

  19. voegelinian says

    Jun 12, 2014 at 12:16 am

    Hillary may be channeling Bill here in his weaselly language. The 5 jihadis may not be a danger “to the United States” proper — but they most certainly will be a danger to American men and women in Afghanistan.

  20. Larry A Singleton says

    Jun 12, 2014 at 4:10 am

    Obama Corruption 6-2-14

    “Under my plan of a cap and trade system electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket”.

    Obama Surrounds Himself with the Most Extreme Appointees in American History by Steve Baldwin (The Western Center for Journalism)
    http://www.westernjournalism.com/exclusive-investigative-reports/obama-surrounds-himself-with-the-most-extreme-appointees-in-american-history/

    The Cairo Speech by Anne Bayefsky (Ass Kicking)
    http://www.nationalreview.com/node/182912/print

    Daylight: The Story of Obama and Israel (Israel Video Network)
    http://www.israelvideonetwork.com/the-1-movie-that-unmasks-obama-and-his-attitude-to-israel-nearly-12-mil-views

    Daylight: The Story of Obama and Israel (You Tube)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wbH5KVPrPo#t=400

    Absolutely Uncertain (You Tube video by “Irina”)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgvMGLdc908&list=PLC2A32D103123C08E#t=73
    18-minute mini-documentary follows the journey of Irina, a 23-year-old liberal, Jewish New Yorker who voted for Obama in 2008

    Egypt: “Why Not Us?” by Michael Armanious
    http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4062/egypt-why-not-us

    Obama in Bed With Muslim Brotherhood:

    Why is Obama in Bed With the Muslim Brotherhood? by Ted Belman (American Thinker)
    http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/why_is_obama_in_bed_with_the_muslim_brotherhood.html

    Abedin Family Journal Promoted Muslim Brotherhood Views by Andrew G. Bostom (Family Security Matters)
    http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/the-journal-huma-abedin-and-her-family-edited-adopted-the-goals-and-ideas-of-the-muslim-brotherhood

    The Abedin Family’s Pro-Jihadist Journal by Andrew G. Bostom

    A Red Carpet for Radicals at the White House by Steve Emerson and John Rossomando (Investigative Project)
    http://www.investigativeproject.org/3777/a-red-carpet-for-radicals-at-the-white-house

    Administration Welcomed Wolves Into the Sheepforld by Diana West (Townhall)
    http://townhall.com/columnists/dianawest/2012/10/12/administration_welcomed_wolves_into_the_sheepfold/page/full

    The Implications of Obama’s Foreign Policy Team for the Middle East (Lecture) by Jonathan S. Tobin (Middle East Forum)
    http://www.meforum.org/3481/obama-foreign-policy-team-middle-east

    Muslim Brotherhood “Perception Management Team” to Washington DC by Clare M. Lopez (The Clarion Project)
    http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/muslim-brotherhoods-perception-management-team-washington-dc

    Ten Part “Muslim Brotherhood in America” by Frank Gaffney (Center for Security Policy)
    http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/the-muslim-brotherhood-in-america/

    A Troubling Influence: An Islamic 5th Column Penetrates the White House. With an Introduction: Why We are Publishing this Article by David Horowitz (Frontpage Magazine)
    http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=15084

    The Islamist-and Their Enablers- Assault on the Right: The Case Against Grover Norquist and Suhail Khan (Introduction and pdf) (Center for Security Policy)
    http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2014/02/11/the-islamists-and-their-enablers-assault-on-the-right-the-case-against-grover-norquist-and-suhail-khan-2/

    A Disturbing Event: the American Conservative Union Embraces an Islamist by Raymond Ibrahim (Frontpage Magazine)
    http://www.frontpagemag.com/2012/raymond-ibrahim/a-disturbing-event-the-american-conservative-union-embraces-an-islamist/

    Whose sarin? By Seymour M. Hersh (London Review of Books)
    http://www.voltairenet.org/article182160.html
    Related:
    NATO’s War on Syria Just Got Dirtier: West scrambles to cover up Syria false flag revelations as Pulitzer Prize-winner & Syria’s Electronic Army expose all (Land Destroyer Blog)
    http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2013/12/natos-war-on-syria-just-got-dirtier.html

    National Intel Misled Congress About Brotherhood Contacts

  21. cookiebaker says

    Jun 12, 2014 at 8:44 am

    Alas, what short term memories the press has.Was it not her “husband” that said to Strobe Talbot, “why did those army guys risk their lives ,going back after a dead soldier?”
    Somalia and the USS Cole, both Clinton debacles sent a sick message to the world, we will not fight back with all our might.
    After all: Bill “loathed the Army”.So, did this “blue plate special” twofer ,feel the same?

  22. Salah says

    Jun 12, 2014 at 12:24 pm

    “they know that they will never be genuinely called to account”

    And *THAT* is the real problem with peoples in the West.
    When Enough is Enough, even Muslims call their leaders to account.

    http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-end-of-muslim-brotherhood.html

  23. Jay Boo says

    Jun 13, 2014 at 9:45 am

    Hillary Clinton (should be in jail)
    NO NEED TO MAKE A FEDERAL CASE OF THIS
    —— Shameless hypocrisy
    The shoe thrower with bad aim “is no threat against the US”
    The woman accused of throwing a shoe at Hillary Clinton faces one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct. She was booked and released from the Clark County Detention Center and is scheduled to head to court on June 24, according to the district attorney’s office.
    However, the feds want her “transferred” to a (federal facility) to do a mental health evaluation.
    In other words, they want to interrogate her in order to build a federal case against her.
    The woman accused of throwing a shoe at Hillary Clinton could get her up to two years in federal prison.
    Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton’s willful neglect and indifference assisted in the murder and cover up of four Americans in Benghazi is doing book tours and talking about running for president.

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