While I am happy for Peter Moore and his family, I can’t but question the wisdom in the trade that was made for him. The U.S. Military had to release Qais Qazali, who is the leader of the Asaib al Haq, or League of the Righteous, along with his brother Laith, several Qods Force officers, and more than 100 members of the terror group.
Qais Qazli is not a nice group at all, they are backed and trained by Iran. With the release of Moore we also got the body’s of the contractors that where assigned to protect Moore, these men where executed by the Asaib al Haq. There is still one more man missing but he is believed to be dead.
Is this the type of trade we should be making? What are the odds that we will see more from this group? I would bet pretty high, if they kill 10 more citizens will Moore’s trade be considered a good trade? What if they do worse then just kill 10 people? What happened to we don’t negotiate with Terrorists ? This is a very bad precedent made worse by President Obama wanting to bring the inmates of Gitmo here to the United States. This can not end good.
I am happy that Moore was returned but fear the price we will pay in the long run will pale in comparison.
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