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Aug 21 2016 12:30am
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Obama administration acknowledged that the release of $400 million in cash to Iran in January was linked to Iran’s release of American prisoners, but rejected notions it was a ransom payment.

“With concerns that Iran may renege on the prisoner release given unnecessary delays regarding persons in Iran who could not be located as well as, to be quite honest, mutual mistrust between Iran and the United States, we, of course, sought to retain maximum leverage until after American citizens were released,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said Thursday at the daily press briefing.

It was the first time that the administration acknowledged linkage between the payment and the prisoner release. On Aug. 4, Mark Toner, another State Department spokesman, said there was no linkage between the prisoner exchange and the payment. “It’s just not true that there’s any linkage,” Toner said at the time.

We now know from the State Department announcement that President Obama lied about the $400 million dollars in cash that was flown to Iran,” Trump said in Charlotte, North Carolina on Thursday night, at a campaign event. “He denied it was for the hostages, but it was. He said we don’t pay ransom, but he did.”




Obama said he never pays ransoms. Trump is right once again. The democrat party is weak as hell.

This post was edited by bena2OO5 on Aug 21 2016 12:31am
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Aug 21 2016 01:04am
yep, obama stole almost $2 billion in cash from american taxpayers. $400 million for ransom and the rest to found ISIS. hillary helped him cover it up so you could say she's kind of the MVP in this. trump is always right. good job, republicans, you got them figured out - very smart.
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Aug 21 2016 01:07am
This already had a thread.
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Aug 21 2016 01:33am
That cash was part of a $1.7 billion settlement the U.S. Government reached with Iran to solve a 1979 arms deal dispute. Paying back an old debt then was a timely gesture when they are cooperating with the nuclear arms deal and releasing prisoners. The US and Iran we not on speaking terms until 2013 when Obama decided to talk to them. Call the timing of the payment ransom if you want to. This was a strategically timed payment, but not extortion. Iran was going to get that money anyways.

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Aug 21 2016 01:37am
Quote (NatureNames @ Aug 21 2016 07:33am)
That cash was part of a $1.7 billion settlement the U.S. Government reached with Iran to solve a 1979 arms deal dispute. Paying back an old debt then was a timely gesture when they are cooperating with the nuclear arms deal and releasing prisoners. The US and Iran we not on speaking terms until 2013 when Obama decided to talk to them. Call the timing of the payment ransom if you want to. This was a strategically timed payment, but not extortion. Iran was going to get that money anyways.


Lol no.

We held out for 30+ years.

hussain paid a cash ransom for the prisoners.

They were specifically told they were not leaving till a plane with cash showed up.

That aside, I do believe he is working with them anyways.

Where did you cut and paste that from?

Even I would have said, "Here's ten bucks. Take it or leave it. "

That was a shitty negotiation and you should feel bad for supporting the payment of ransom for Americans.

The way you deal with that kinda threat is to say "I'm gonna carpet bomb a town every hour on the hour after 24 hours if they are not released.".


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Quote (NekoSama @ Aug 21 2016 01:37am)
Lol no.

We held out for 30+ years.

hussain paid a cash ransom for the prisoners.

They were specifically told they were not leaving till a plane with cash showed up.

That aside, I do believe he is working with them anyways.

Where did you cut and paste that from?


You're gay
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Aug 21 2016 01:41am
Quote (Thor123422 @ Aug 21 2016 07:38am)
You're gay


Not till I get my hands on someone on particular.
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Aug 21 2016 02:12am
Kinda late sport
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Kinda late sport


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Aug 21 2016 06:01am
Funding Iran is the easiest way to deal with the Israel.
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