PERRspectives: Ronald Reagan, the President Who Really Negotiated with Terrorists
"Republicans are predictably foaming at the mouth over the news that the Obama administration secured the release of American soldier Bowe Bergdahl exchange for five Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay. Even more predictable, the right-wing rage is unfounded. As Lt. Col. Robert Bateman explained, throughout its history the United States has engaged in prisoner swaps to gain the freedom of its servicemen captured in battle. And as it turns out, the one modern President who actually negotiated with terrorists is the same one conservatives revere most, Ronald Reagan."
