Posted on 12/02/2015 10:11:19 AM PST by RoosterRedux
Short version: “We f****d up. Don’t pin this turd on us.”
Trump will dump this deal the first day in office. The whole thing was likely just to rationalize giving up the $150 billion to Iran.
While I originally thought that $150 billion was sourced from US taxpayer dollars, a FReeper had indidicated that the money was Iranian money which had been frozen in banks, I presume US banks.
Can anybody confirm one way or the other?
That is my understanding. Sanctions were put on and assets (at least cash) frozen.
This wasn’t something the U. S. owed them, other than to start letting it flow.
The point still stands though. We should ask for something tangible in return. We and the international community got nothing.
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