Fmr. Navy SEAL: Bergdahl Set Precedent for ‘Slippery Slope’ To Trade Prisoners

Former Navy Seal: Bergdahl Set Precedent For ‘Slippery Slope’ To Trade Prisoners With IS (Washington Free Beacon)

In a stunning turn of events, Jordan’s government has indicated it is willing to swap an imprisoned female terrorist for one of the country’s own fighter pilots captured by the Islamic State after he crashed.

A debate is now ensuing on whether the United States started a precedent of cutting deals with terrorist organizations when they traded the “Taliban Five” for Bowe Bergdahl last summer.

“We traded five senior ranking Taliban commanders for Bergdahl, and now we’ve kind of set this precedent,” former Navy SEAL Dan O’Shea said. “The U.S. has a hard time to tell other countries to stick by our no concessions policy when we violated a policy in place for many, many years. So I see this as a challenging development and another slippery slide on the dangerous slope of making acquiescence to the demands of terrorist groups. You can expect more of this to follow.”