This is what happens at the end of wars. (snip) That was true for George Washington, that was true for Abraham Lincoln, that was true for FDR. That's been true of every combat situation, that at some point you make sure that you try to get your folks back? And that's the right thing to do.My argument is not with getting folks back, even if you then courtmartial them as it appears Bergdahl might be. My beef is with Obama's ahistorical view of our past.
By the time Washington became President, all prisoners had long been freed. Neither Lincoln nor FDR lived to see the end of their wars, and thus were not involved in prisoner repatriation.
It is embarrassing when a president shows himself ignorant of the bare outlines of U.S. history. Hat tip to friend Earl for sharing the basic story.
