What is surprising is that for a long time, the view that they were too dangerous to release prevailed. But in order to get Bergdhal back the administration that White House apparently overrode that resistance.
Gergen discusses the surprising decision by the White House to override previous concerns about releasing dangerous detainees.
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I think we're in an unsustainable path. It's compared to being in a car on the edge of a cliff, and middle of the night with it with a rainy and no headlights.
I think the signs are just as Margaret says. They are saying that he is increasingly interested. Strikingly, Anderson, his interest seems to intensify when he sees Biden in trouble.
One more sign that he just doesn't give a damn how he changes our traditions and overrides our norms.
He is a leader there's no question about that. But I think he's a bad leader. I think he's leaving his people into, he's leading the country, especially into a very bad place.
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