on the iran deal

[OldDog]

Obama's ransom payment to Iran:

The U.S. and Iran entered into secret negotiations to secure the release of Americans imprisoned in Iran in November 2014. . .The discussions. . .initially focused solely on a formula whereby Iran would swap the Americans detained in Tehran for Iranian nationals held in U.S. jails. . . .

But around Christmas, the discussions dovetailed with. . .the old arms deal. The Iranians were demanding the return of $400 million [and] also wanted billions of dollars as interest accrued since then. . . .

A report by an Iranian news site close to the Revolutionary Guard, the Tasnim agency, said the cash arrived in Tehran’s Mehrabad airport on the same day the [hostages] departed. Revolutionary Guard commanders boasted at the time that the Americans had succumbed to Iranian pressure. “Taking this much money back was in return for the release of the American spies,” said Gen. Mohammad Reza Naghdi, commander of the Guard’s Basij militia, on state media.

Since the cash shipment. . .the Revolutionary Guard has arrested two more Iranian-Americans. Tehran has also detained dual-nationals from France, Canada and the U.K. in recent months. . . .

Friends and family of [one of the hostages] believe the Iranians are seeking to increase their leverage to force another prisoner exchange or cash payment in the final six months of the Obama administration. . .Iranian officials have demanded in recent weeks the U.S. return $2 billion in Iranian funds that were frozen in New York in 2009. The Supreme Court recently ruled that the money should be given to victims of Iranian-sponsored terror attacks.


http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-sent...eed-1470181874

Hooray for smart diplomacy!

[Pants II]

Hooray for Dhimmicrat Obama!

[geeker2]

We sure could have used that $400 MM to clean up the homeless mess in San Diego...many of then Vets.

[OldDog]

Hey! Khizr Kahn! (Squirrel!)

[OldDog]

THIS IS CNN



8 stories on Trump, but zip on Obama secretly sending Iran $400 million for hostages.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Cue a nonsense post by Danzig about how horrible Trump will be, and why the "money men" make all the rules - completely ignoring the fact that the Donor Class owns the media thus programs her thoughts for her.

This is beyond unconscionable. We have sent Americans into harms way in Syria

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/...icans-to-syria

knowing full well we are paying a country 100's of millions of dollars that we know are being funneled to the enemy that our commandos (by way of training opposition forces) are trying to defeat.

And this won't get a whiff of MSM coverage.

Boy, have we come a long way from Iran-Contra...

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

Cue a nonsense post by Danzig about how horrible Trump will be, and why the "money men" make all the rules - completely ignoring the fact that the Donor Class owns the media thus programs her thoughts for her.

This is beyond unconscionable. We have sent Americans into harms way in Syria

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/...icans-to-syria

knowing full well we are paying a country 100's of millions of dollars that we know are being funneled to the enemy that our commandos (by way of training opposition forces) are trying to defeat.

And this won't get a whiff of MSM coverage.

Boy, have we come a long way from Iran-Contra...

So true. We're so far gone, probably too far gone to ever recover, especially if shillery business-as-usual wins in November.