Posted on 08/02/2016 11:59:22 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy
What Donald Trump has proclaimed the worst deal ever made, may just have become worst-er. The shocking truth behind the US-Iran nuclear deal, as WSJ reports, is that John Kerry and the Obama Administration airlifted $1.7bn of cash in 'compromise' payments (read - bribe) to Tehran to ensure the release of 4 captured sailors coincidentally the same weekend as the signing of the nuclear deal.
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Of course, senior U.S. officials denied any link between the payment and the prisoner exchange. They say the way the various strands came together simultaneously was coincidental, not the result of any quid pro quo.
But U.S. officials also acknowledge that Iranian negotiators on the prisoner exchange said they wanted the cash to show they had gained something tangible.
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And now comes the big test of the mainstream media in America - can they stop discussing Trump and Khizr Kahn for long enough to question the deliberate obfuscation of facts in yet another foreign policy snafu by the administration?
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you gotta wonder how long did it take to accumulate and bundle up 400 million in cash?
it’s not like walking into the lobby, cashing a check, and walking out with cash in your billfold.
getting the plane, taking off the tail numbers, rounding up the cash, stacking it up, loading it.
what?
2-3 days.
lotta thought & planning went into the logistics of this scam.
the drug cartels don’t have to go to these lengths to launder money.
this mookabooker, obammy is disgusting.
He’s made the American Feederal Gubmint a pathetic mooselimb loving joke.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.) was on Fox today and said that the reason Iran wanted the ransom in cash was that it makes it easy to hand over the cash to support Hezbollah and their terrorism against Israel
Israel & the Region
Republicans blast $400m Iran ransom, say it encourages kidnappings
White House denies funds paid to Islamic Republic were to secure release of detained US citizens; say it was interest for 30-year-old failed arms deal By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil August 3, 2016, 10:49 pm 1
The US is forbidden from engaging in dollar transactions with Iran, and so the funds were reportedly transferred into foreign currency, packed in crates, and transferred to Iran via Europe.
Prominent Republicans in the House and Senate alike argued Wednesday that the transfer of funds would undermine US security, particularly by encouraging Iran to detain more Americans, in the hopes of securing additional cash.
http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dollars-iran.jpg
It is nothing but a series of bribes and secret agreements that will do nothing to prevent Iran from reaching nuclear capability, yet will provide funding for their sponsorship of terrorism and encourage them to detain more of our citizens. This deal should be ripped to shreds immediately before more damage is done.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/republicans-blast-400m-iran-ransom-say-it-encourages-kidnappings/
2 things. Humiliate our military and the 2nd was the sim cards on those sat phones.
We are supposed to believe this is not pAdt of the same deal? Really?
And one trillion in crisp 100 dollar bills is a stack 632 miles high. It blows the mind to think that Obama had taken our national debt from 9 to 18 trillion in his occupancy of our White House. And that doesn’t include unfunded mandates.
Here is something to contemplate. Obama and Hillary said they could not protect the Benghazi from attack because the Republican House cut back funding....
But they can send a cargo plane load of cash with no problem.
Of course most sentinent people understand that unless the US wanted to they did not have to pay back anything.
Their lies are worn very thin now.
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