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Theyll say whatever they want to stir the waters. people should not be lured in with their propaganda, number one. number two, we are ending our combat role. our combat role in afghanistan is over. were going to have, you know, very few people in that kind of position, on occasion, where -- but i honestly -- i just think thats a lot of baloney, to be truthful with you. to whatever degree it may be true, they will wind up putting themselves at the mersy those people who are very effective. who ar...

Have done, we have any number of avenues to deal with that. >> one of the members of the taliban has already vowed to return to afghanistan, return to the fight and kill americans and the head of the haqqani network who said they were holding him said we have a pretty good idea here. perhaps these guys can go back and kill americans again. >> well, first of all, propaganda is propaganda and they will say whatever they want to stir the waters. people should not be lured in by their propaganda, nu...

Perhaps these guys could go back and kill americans again? >> first of all, propaganda is propaganda. theyll say whatever they want to stir the waters. so people should not be lured in by their propaganda, number one. number two, we are ending our combat role. our combat role in afghanistan is over. were going to have very few people in that kind of position on occasion where -- i honestly, i just think thats a lot of boloney. to be truthful with you. whatever degree it might be true, they will ...

That have already been released from guantanamo bay and the lingering real issue of what will happen to those remaining prisoners, once the combat role is complete, these individual in, perhaps maybe not this five, but eventually you have to clear that prison. >> yeah. thats true. the justification weve used for the last decade is that were at war and during time of war you can detain the enemy for the duration of the conflict and the presidents made it clear. this conflict is coming to an end b...

Enough. its been on our air a couple times. the idea that we would exchange these particular five taliban fighters for bergdahl being somehow shocking. you write this. you say, the exchange of p.o.w.s is a normal part of ending a conflict and part of the laws of war. while the taliban may be a terrorist group they are also americas enemy in the war in afghanistan, just as the communist chinese were in korea. as the white house has labored to explain in recent days the release of five taliban in ...

Military or criminal court here and they would have been sooner or later, with the war winding down let go anyway? >> thats exactly right. . it was probably sometime relatively soon after our combat role in afghanistan ends at the end of this year, we would have had to have released them. we couldnt prosecute them in our courts. they were party only to the conflict in afghanistan. they were taliban, not al qaeda. and our war in afghanistan was ending. we were going to have to let them go. this w...

Called the work of a mad man. and rolling thunder, saluting the men and women who have served this great nation. the annual tradition one american way to say thank you and we are in your debt. again tonight with a presidential thank you delivered in person. president obama and an unannounced trip this memorial day weekend to afghanistan, his fourth visit to that country since taking office years ago and it comes at a time of great importance to our military as we prepare to end our combat ro...

At least as far as they know in any combat role. >> u.s. military officials say lopez saw no combat action and not in iraq. he was there during the withdrawal, the last final -- he was one of those who turned the lights out in iraq for the u.s. military. he saw no combat. we were talking to ptsd specialists who say you dont necessarily have to seek combat to suffer ptsd. it was clear he sought psychiatric help for depression, anxiety and sleeplessness. so he was having problems. but the psychiat...

In texas tell us that in fact there is no indication at this point in time that the shooter was religiously motivated or any sort of an extremist or a muslim extremist according to background from sources there in texas investigating this. we understand army cid is in the lead and nib a supporting role but nothing to indicate that there was any religious motivation behind this shooting. what is interesting is that in that press conference just moments ago we heard that the shooter was in iraq in...

Threat, or raised some kind of red flags to that psychiatrist, that information would be kept between him and his doctor. >> all right. mik, thank you very much. now let me bring in nbc news military analyst and medal of honor recipient for is his actions dur the vietnam war, and also director of the mood disorders program at uh case medical center. doctor, thank you so much for your time. i know that youre currently conducting a study on combat-related ptsd. what weve learned and again, we ca...