it. so he clearly bypassed in a big way the intelligence community in order to green light it himself. this is not the first time, according to others, that the president has ig in order advice from top military brass. jack cain on this network says that the president has routinely not listened to top military brass when making big intelligence decisions like this. listen to the general. here s the issue. general mcchrystal, general petraeus, general alston, general allen now general dunford have made rmtses to this administration war policy issues and the president has rejected summarily every single one of them with force levels, residual forces, et cetera. it doesn t surprise me on an issue as ten shut as this is. generals as close to the fight in the theater recommendation we should not make this trade and provided
respected. oo a oo it is a very tricky situation. i want to get to the guys who were released. even our former defense secretary leon panetta was against this not to release these soldiers these taliban soldiers given the ongoing war and i assumeled it would never happen. well, that doesn t surprise me. i have been around leon panetta for a number of years. he s an abc slults straight shooter. here s the issue. general mcchrystal and general petraeus and general alston and general allen have all made recommendations to this administration on war policy issues in iraq and afghanistan. the president has rejected summarily every single one of them during the residual forces, et cetera. it doesn t surprise me on an