Blankfort speaks of Bergdahl-Taliban exchange; of media lies re war's origins, WH rejection of Taliban offer of Bin Laden; how Taliban stopped Afghan opium production for $43 million; how $7.5 US bn couldn't stop it after war; of ISIS over-running Mosul and Tikrit; cites P. Cockburn on Syria, Egypt elections; Netanyahu unhappy with US while PA police continue to arrest Hamas supporters in WB: on US, European oil companies deals with Russia; new NATO exercises in Latvia; on Eric Cantor's defeat.