Its about your country. Its not about scoring political points. Thats our job and i think trump made a mistake, but it was refreshing to see that. It is about what was a very unexpected ambush, shelby. There was chaos and there was confusion and it is unclear how this even happened. These green berets had gone on patrols and they had no problems. Its a remind tore americans, oh, my goodness, we have u. S. Troops in countries like this. Right. I was talking to Fareed Zakaria last week and he said im going to give the president the benefit of the doubt on not calling the families, or he said on not responding to this publicly because there were some details to be sorted out, but doesnt this also go to the heart of how is the american strategy when it comes to fighting terrorism working, and what is a little bit of a secretive war going on. Thats a big question and President Trump has made it a point to not really outline a clear strategy. He doesnt like when other people know what our st
prior to the hand off. moments later, a blackhawk helicopter with what s believed to be u.s. special operation forces flies into the area. the end of the video shows troops patting bergdahl down during the exchange and eventually loading him into the helicopter and flying off. now, while not officially confirming the tape, the pentagon says, quote, there is no reason to doubt the authenticity of the video. now, back in washington, however, the white house today is holding a closed door meeting with senators about the swap. members of the house intelligence committees including the top democrat on the senate committee are attacking the secrecy behind the deal, secrecy the white house says it had to maintain in order to get the deal done and ensure bergdahl s safe return. this is a dangerous precedent for the reasons we ve cited about the diplomats who are now concerned about having a price tag on their head in dangerous places around the world as well as the soldiers in the