The Airport Attack

The Pakistani Taliban attacked the Karachi airport killing more than a dozen people. The Taliban, in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, profess to be believing Muslims, yet they do not hesitate to attack and murder other believing Muslims. This wanton slaughter should be incredibly frightening because if the Taliban kill their brethren without hesitation, think what they would do to those of us that they consider "infidels". That is why releasing the five Afghan Taliban in the exchange for Bergdahl is so reprehensible. You have rewarded nihilist murderers by the trade. The Obama administration has provided a grand incentive for the Taliban to capture more troops and even to kidnap Westerners wherever they may find them, and has given the Taliban what they can rightly herald as a victory. While they are separate events, the Taliban will claim success (with some degree of validity) in both the airport assault and the prisoner exchange.