All Aboard the Crazy Train

++Since we can't talk about the EPA's new rules,let's go straight to the controversy over the release of Sgt.Bergdahl.

++Michael Tomasky writes in the Daily Beast that his release is crack for the GOP. 

++Even Wonkette gets in on the action. It seems that a former CIA agent Clare Lopez e-mailed former congressman tea bagger West to say that Bergdahl's father said a few lines from the Quran in Arabic at the White House and that act by itself makes the White House a mosque. Allen West wants to file articles of impeachment, even though he accused Obama of leaving Bergdahl behind.

++Paul Waldman laments the GOP's inability to argue their case and try and persuade anyone. Instead,they act like President Obama released Marvel Comics Heros capable for  ending life as we know it.

++Jason Chaffetz, who had urged the Administration to obtain Bergdahl's release, says "We gave the Taliban their starting team back".

++John McCain ,who also was for the release of Bergdahl, said that Obama released "the toughest of the tough".

++Lindsey Graham said that Obama released "The Taliban Dream Team."

++Ollie North--yes, Ollie North--worries that Obama gave ransom and funds to a terrorist group.

++Earlier this morning,Republicans who had tweeted their congratulations on Bergdahl's release quickly deleted their messages. 

++Talking Points Memo mentions that the last video prior to today's of the release of Bergdahl showed him in a very weakened condition and that this video convinced James Clapper to sign off on the prisoner exchange.

++Intelligence and Pentagon personnel who resisted the exchange were concerned about whether any of the networks the Taliban commanders ran still existed and whether Qatar would take adequate measures to ensure they didn't get back on the battlefield until we left.

++Others pointed out that they had not been charged with any attacks on the US military and had been away for almost 13 years. 

++The New York Times this morning discounted the reports by the GOP-inspired military personnel that Bergdahl's flight had led to the deaths of Americans.

++It should be noted that the Taliban is not listed as a terrorist organization by the United States. Technically,those at GITMO were enemy combatants and would have to be released once the United States ceased military operations.