Good day all. This came out yesterday and blew up all over the Internet. Obama sent Iran $400 billion dollars in cash, apparently for the release of several Americans being held there. Basically, Obama paid our enemies ransom.
This goes against United States policy going back, oh about 200 years, but that SCoaMF Obama doesn’t care about any of that. This ransom payment is not going over well with generally anyone. Here are the details from Fox News:
The U.S. government airlifted the equivalent of $400 million to Iran this past January, which occurred as four detained Americans were released by Tehran, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The cash transfer was the first installment paid in a $1.7 billion settlement the Obama administration reached with Iran to resolve a failed 1979 arms deal dating from just before the Iranian Revolution.
Really? Wasn’t that deal made with the Shah of Iran? Wasn’t he deposed with the help of another incompetent moron of a president? And what about the reparations to the United States for little things like seizing American property, and don’t forget the theft of one United States Embassy.
State Department spokesman John Kirby denied the cash transfer was done to secure the release of the four Americans — Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian; Amir Hekmati, a former U.S. Marine; Christian pastor Saeed Abedini and Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari, whose case had not been publicized before the release.
“The negotiations over the [arms deal] settlement … were completely separate from the discussions about returning our American citizens home,” Kirby said in a statement. “Not only were the two negotiations separate, they were conducted by different teams on each side.”
“The funds that were transferred to Iran were related solely to the settlement of a long-standing claim at the U.S.-Iran Claims Tribunal at The Hague,” Kirby’s statement concluded.
The Journal also reported that President Barack Obama did not disclose the $400 million cash payment when he announced Jan. 17 that the arms deal dispute had been resolved. The administration has not disclosed how the $1.7 billion was paid, except to say it was not paid in dollars.
Well, there’s a surprise. Obama not telling anyone the truth?
Since the cash was airlifted, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has arrested two more Iranian-Americans. Tehran has also detained dual-nationals from France, Canada and the U.K. in recent months.
Looks like they’re looking for another planeload of cash.
“Paying ransom to kidnappers puts Americans even more at risk,” Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., said ina statement. “While Americans were relieved by Iran’s overdue release of illegally imprisoned American hostages, the White House’s policy of appeasement has led Iran to illegally seize more American hostages.”
Appeasement is Obama’s favorite way of dealing with hostile nations and groups. This isn’t the first time he’s pulled this. Remember that wonderful trade a couple of years ago? We traded 5 murdering Taliban terrorists for one U.S. Army deserter. Thanks to Obama and his two Secretary’s of State, Cankles Clinton and Ketchup Boy Kerry, we’re going to be spending decades cleaning up the mess.
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