Posted on 08/22/2016 2:43:50 PM PDT by Beave Meister
The State Department issued a warning on Monday urging U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to Iran, which has made the detention of American a priority.
The latest travel advisory, which emphasizes Irans desire to capture U.S. citizens, comes on the heels of a growing scandal over the Obama administrations decision to pay Iran $400 million in cash on the same day that it freed several U.S. hostages.
The payment has been cast by lawmakers and others as a ransom payment and prompted increasing concern among U.S. officials that Iran is making arresting Americans a priority.
The travel warning is mean to highlight the risk of arrest and detention of U.S. citizens, particularly dual national Iranian-Americans, according to a State Department announcement on Monday. Foreigners, in particular dual nationals of Iran and Western countries including the United States, continue to be detained or prevented from leaving Iran.
U.S. citizens traveling to Iran should very carefully weigh the risks of travel and consider postponing their travel, the warning adds. U.S. citizens residing in Iran should closely follow media reports, monitor local conditions, and evaluate the risks of remaining in the country.
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And the reason we don’t negotiate with terrorists is.....
Pity those who will be taken next. Obama has screwed them over for sure. There is a reason for the policies we had.
Gee I wonder why?
And I suspect they will not be the only ones doing this.
Yeah well at 400 million a pop, it’s not a bad return
Isn’t it nice of our government to warn us of a danger they created?
Off course they have.
Barry Hussein pays 100mil apiece. That quite a bit of hummus.
Darn...there goes my vacation plans.
Funny how folks on the left seem to not understand this, huh?
Just like with riots: the best way to ensure you suffer an endless succession of such incidents is to let them think they’ve got you cowed.
It’s a profitable venture, to say the least...............
I can’t imagine traveling to Iran any time soon, if at all.
I thought these guys were our buds, they are all moderate now. Right.
Yea me too just made plans for a late summer getaway to Tehran.
I’m sure you can also include the opposition party? You know, the ones who go to bat for the American people every day. The ones who run to a camera and say that”This is wrong”. Or, the ones who see our families and decency be restored. You know, the ones who put a stop to this Globalism BS!
The opposition! Can anyone say with a straight face that their Republican Congressman is telling the American people how this Administration is killing a once great Country? It’s not happening. The blame goes everywhere, not just to Dear Leader!
Maybe this is because "Precedent" Affirmative Action man was so ignorant-stupid that he paid $400 million in Ransom.
God! What a stupid man. People, this is why you don't elect someone just because of skin Color. I understand you want to do the "Historic First" thing, but the accomplishment would have been more significant if you hadn't picked a childish simpleton.
Now history will look as the first "Black" President as an incompetent and fit throwing idiot instead of someone who could have been respected.
Ah bullshirt.
They’ve been blackmailing Obama and this is all to coverup the blackmail.
Thanks Democrats.
That didn’t take long. Watch as more of our true enemies follow suit. Obama’s legacy.
At $400M a pop. why not? Time is running short.
I don’t believe O is incompetent or stupid. Look at how far he has “advanced” America toward his Communist Ideal.
Through “bad” trade deals and ransom money, he and his muslim comrades are just diverting as much money as possible to Islamic countries and terrorist causes.
They know exactly what they are doing, and have been amazingly successful at it for many years. The transformation is just about complete now.
There's a guy I work with over there right now, visiting his parents.
Due back Sept 1.
We'll see.
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