While President Obama seems eager to secure the release of infantryman and accused traitor Bowe Bergdahl, even exchanging important terrorists and cash in the operation, he’s apparently ignoring the case of Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi. Thursday John Harrington of Shield Tactical and supporters began a 1,300 mile ride from Shiner, Texas to Tijuana, Mexico. They plan to protest for the release of Tahmooressi and are gaining support along their journey.
Breitbart Texas previously reported that Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi was imprisoned in Mexico after making a wrong turn across the border for possessing illegal weapons. Tahmooressi was carrying three guns, all of which were legal in the U.S., but illegal in Mexico. He has been held in a Tijuana prison for almost three months and faces charges could keep him in Mexico for the next six to 21 years.A WhiteHouse.org petition taken out on Tahmooressi’s behalf garnered over 123,000 signatures last month. While the White House claims that any petition signed by 100,000 people guarantees a response from the President, the Obama Administration has stayed silent on the issue.
Unhappy with the President’s delay, John Harrington of Shield Tactical, along with several supporters, jumped on their motorcycles and decided to try and take matters into their own hands. Harrington cited the trade of five senior Taliban officers for the release of Bowe Bergdahl that finally inspired them to act. In an interview with GMN, Harrington compared the jailed Marine to the Bergdahl, and criticized the Obama administration for being inconsistent on their commitment to not leaving men in uniform behind.
“His only crime that I can see is that he’s not a traitor. He didn’t abandon his post,” Harrington said. Adding “he (Obama) doesn’t leave anyone behind, right. He doesn’t leave traitors behind. He left four behind in Benghazi, he’s leaving our man behind here.” While many in the media have compared Tahmoressi to Bergdahl, Robin Abcarian of the LA Times argued supporters aren’t “doing Tahmooressi any favors by pushing that narrative.” She said that while unfortunate, Tahmooressi’s arrest was justified by Mexican law; claiming if the U.S. hopes to get Tahmoressi back, they will have to do it through diplomacy.
Source: Breitbart
Linda burns maybe you will one killed by those turned loose on us
Yahoo.. got take some Texans to wake up a Mexican government. Good luck and thanks to all of your guys and gals, your true to your country, with a helluva lot of Pride, and a whole lot of determination. Go Team!!
I believe greatly that this is the right thing to do…go get em’ boys!
Oh horse $#%&!@*! The guy made a $#%&!@*in mistake and mexico is holding him hostage in an attempt to covertly bribe the US gov’t for his release. And after bergdahl i see absolutely no reason why NOTHING has been done to secure his release, and there had been no response whatsoever from the administration?! Typical obama admin doctrine…”if i dont wanna do it im not gonna, no matter the will or what is in the best interests of the American people…” At least offer an explanation to the people concerned about why you feel it is justifiable to do nothing in this case, but do something in the bergdahl case-hell id be satisfied if you left bergdahl out of it altogether if you would just offer SOME REASON why you arent going to help this Marine!???!
May God go with y’all as the president says “leave no soldier behind” I guess he just forgot this one. Sure….
He illegally released five murdering scumbags Thelma Ratley please get a full feel for is idiocy and Linda Burns along with him
Let’s trade Obama for him
When people get on here to comment they really should do the research before hand. If u need to get on here with your opinion please know the situation first.
Be careful guys….We don’t want you in the next cell over
The new Cliven Bundy, the Right gets all lathered up about this “Hero” and then finds out later that He had used the same Border Crossing 3 times before His “Honest Mistake”…