Posted on 07/16/2015 12:33:26 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
A secret U.S. intelligence assessment predicts that Iran’s government will pump most of an expected $100-billion windfall from the lifting of international sanctions into the country's flagging economy and won't significantly boost funding for terrorist groups and sectarian militias it supports in the Middle East.
Intelligence officials have concluded that even if Tehran increases support for Hezbollah commanders in Lebanon, Houthi rebels in Yemen or President Bashar Assad’s embattled government in Syria, the extra cash is unlikely to tip the balance of power in the world’s most volatile region, according to two U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the intelligence document. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------snip-----------------
Republican lawmakers briefed on the CIA report have seized on the conclusion that Iran could increase support for terrorist groups and expand its military role in Yemen, Syria and other regional hot spots, describing it as a fatal flaw in the Vienna agreement.
“I don’t know what information the Obama administration possesses that indicates this deal will actually prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon or will cause the mullahs to reduce their support for worldwide terrorism, but it sure isn’t the same intelligence we’re seeing in the Intelligence Committee,” Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Tulare), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement. . .
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Yeah, sure. Good spot for that Taylor Swift GIF.
the CIA is in on this, too?!? Shocked!
Oh, look a flying unicorn with rainbow skittles coming out of its butt.
Oh, I feel so much better now—thanks, CIA!!
Lesser evil. No worries. Feet will be held to the fire if we only keep our powder dry and elect Republicans.
One small problem with funding terror groups. They will want a taste of any action you get will make you an offer you can’t refuse. (To use mob lingo)
It is $100 Billion you dolts. They are not buying F16s for their terrorist. Even an insignificant 100 million would be too much.
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The CIA says whatever 0bama / Valerie Jarrett tells them to say.
Expect his Pet Perfumed Princes in the Pentagon to echo it soon.
So a government that has no idea who’s coming over its southern border even though it has laws regulating such things is assuring me it can Iran to a weak deal?
To The Survivors of WWIII,
We were wrong. Sorry.
-Sincerely,
THE CIA
I feel much better. If Iran pumps $51B into its economy and only $49B into terrorism and mass murder, that would be most of the money going into its economy. It's not like $49B goes all that far in funding terrorism, is it?
A third of that is only enough to cover $25k per suicide bomber to about 670,000 killers . . . okay, bad example.
If they use it for advertising to recruit, a third of that is only five times Coca Cola's advertising budget, which would influence . . . so, okay, another bad example.
If they use it to buy elections for corrupt anti-western politicians, a third is only enough to buy fourteen elections the size of Obama's 2012 win over a weak, . . . darn, another bad example.
Iran could do a whole lot with under half of the money Obama is giving them (all three of the above). Fortunately, I believe they won't be using it for terrorism. I expect Iran to send the vast majority of that money to their nuclear weapons program. Why bother killing a few people at a time with suicide vests when you can destroy whole cities. That didn't come out right either. It's really hard to minimize the damage from giving Iran nuclear weapons and the money to make them effective. I don't know how the far left journalists can even pretend this is okay.
Neither the CIA or any other thinking human being believes this.
It’s a shame Obama is forcing the CIA to lie to minimize his guilt.
If it’s a secret, how does the author of this article know about it?
LOL!
LOL! I’m stealing that!
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