Sec. of Defense, Chuck Hagel, Falls on his Sword for Obama's Failure in the Sgt. Bergdahl Prisoner Swap

By Rob Janicki

We knew Hagel was incompetent as a United States Senator and during his Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense, Hagel amply demonstrated his ineptitude and incompetence to even lead a Cub Scout Pack.

As the news of the prisoner swap came to light over the weekend, the Obama administration took a victory lap through the end zone, spiking the ball in self congratulations over releasing the top five most dangerous Taliban terrorists in Gitmo for one American Army deserter.

On Monday, Chuck Hagel was questioned in congressional hearings about who made the decision to trade the five Taliban prisoners for Sgt. Bergdahl.  Hagel acknowledged that the decision was ultimately President Obama's, as any such significant decision should be made by the president.

Nov we are seeing Hagel flip flop on that assertion as the whole prisoner swap has raised public ire and condemnation of the Obama administration.  As is usual, the White House has now distanced itself from responsibility for the decision to swap the five Taliban prisoners for Sgt. Bergdahl.  Instead, the White House has come out and indicated that the swap deal decision was really made by Secretary Hagel.

Sec. Hagel was quick to fall on his figurative sword draped in myriad excuses and obfuscations.  Hagel became the "good soldier" by accepting responsibility for a decision that had to have come from President Obama.  No one is claiming that Hagel didn't concur with Obama's decision.  Obviously Hagel agreed with Obama's decision to the prisoner swap as Obama's sycophant.  Hagel follows Obama so closely that I suspect his nose is brown from his efforts.

One question comes to my mind over and over again.  What happened to the long standing advertised United States policy not to negotiate with terrorists?  Instead, we are inundated over and over again with the newly enunciated principle of never leaving an American soldier on the battlefield.  The Obama administration is now doing a quick shuffle on the issue of negotiating with terrorists in an absolutely convoluted and tortured logic that goes like this.  According to the Obama administration, the United States did not negotiate with terrorists.  Instead, the United States negotiated with Qatar, which in turn negotiated with the Taliban in Pakistan.  Apparently this makes it all good and proper.  Only in an Alice in Wonderland scenario would anyone buy this delusion, but that doesn't stop the Obama administration from trying to peddle this tripe.

The Obama administration actually proffered this silly excuse with the expectation that the public would buy it, which it hasn't and shouldn't.  Meanwhile, the incompetent Obama administration marches on filled with "good soldiers" willing to fall on their figurative swords to cover the next Obama administration blunder, which is probably right around the corner based upon past performances.  In conclusion, I think the Bergdahl scandal will hang around for some time to come no matter how liberals try to spin it.  I'm guessing the DNC will try to change the narrative to the shocking demise of House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor, losing the Virginia Republican Party Primary election to retain his House seat in the next congress beginning in January 2015..

Expect Democrats to jump on this fact to declare that the Republican Party is now in complete chaos and in the throes of being overtaken by the radical rightwing Tea Party faction within the Party.  Further expect that Democrats will once again predict the demise of the Republican Party, pretty much like they have predicted the end of the world, as we know it, through global warming. 

In the end Democrats won't be any more successful in turning the current political narrative to Republican Party chaos, than they have been in convincing people of global warming as a danger to mankind.  However, that won't stop them from trying.