Speaking to graduates at West Point, President Obama tooted on his toy horn, “al Qaeda‘s leadership on the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan has been decimated.” Even that slender boast — just on the border regions? — is now vitiated. The five Taliban terrorists released from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will step nimbly into any vacant posts.

Khairullah Khairkhwa, one of the founders of the Taliban, served as governor of Herat province when the Taliban controlled Afghanistan. He is known for ethnic massacres, narcotics trafficking, close ties to Osama bin Laden and supervising terrorist training camps within Herat.