The Five Gitmo Prisoners Obama Traded For Bergdahl Have Found Work With The Taliban

5 freed from Gitmo in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have joined insurgents in Qatar, the Taliban says. https://t.co/dNPB2OtJ50 pic.twitter.com/TNkbhw39iS

— Military Times (@MilitaryTimes) October 30, 2018

KABUL, Afghanistan — Five members of the Afghan Taliban who were freed from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in exchange for captured American Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have joined the insurgent group’s political office in Qatar, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Tuesday.

Oh– just looooooovely.

They will now be among Taliban representatives negotiating for peace in Afghanistan, a sign some negotiators in Kabul say indicates the Taliban’s desire for a peace pact.

Others fear the five, all of whom were close to the insurgent group’s founder and hard-line leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, bring with them the same ultra-conservative interpretation of Islam that characterized the group’s five-year rule that ended in 2001 with the U.S.-led invasion.

Never saw that coming …..

— Michael Sobiesiak (@CCWmichael) October 30, 2018

Obama built that.

— jerZboyMediaUSA (@jerZboyUSA) October 30, 2018

I. Am. Shocked. SHOCKED, I TELL YOU.

— Nate Madden (@NateMaddenCRTV) October 30, 2018

Thanks Obama

— Frank Serra (@FrankSerra3) October 30, 2018

Surprise surprise surprise! Who would have seen that coming!

— Fred (@byteme1944) October 30, 2018

Imagine my surprise!!

Wait….you can’t! I’m not!!

We all knew it was a matter of time!!

— 🇺🇸 Deb–Unapologetic Plastic Straw User (@debster7301) October 30, 2018

Just greaaaaaat. Awesome job Barry. Really.

h/t Military Times