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President Obama Violated the Law with His Ransom Payment to Iran
National Review ^
| 08/06/16
| Andrew C. McCarthy Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/438744/iran-ransom-payment-
Posted on 08/08/2016 12:33:45 PM PDT by Enlightened1
The president hoped to camouflage what he knew to be against the law in his dealings with Iran.
Did it ever occur to President Obama to ask why he couldn’t just cut a check to the Iranian regime? Outrage broke out this week over the revelation that Obama arranged to ship the mullahs piles of cash, worth $400 million and converted into foreign denominations, reportedly in an unmarked cargo plane. The hotly debated question was whether the payment, which the administration attributes to a 37-year-old arms deal, was actually a ransom paid for the release of American hostages Tehran had abducted.
The reason American policy has always prohibited paying ransoms to terrorists and other abductors is that it only encourages them to take more hostages. And, as night follows day, Iran has abducted more Americans since Obama paid the cash. No matter how energetically the president tries to lawyer the ransom issue, if it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck . . .
More worth examining is why the transaction took the bizarre form that it did. To cut to the chase, I believe it was to camouflage — unsuccessfully — the commission of felony law violations.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhomiddleeast; bhostatedept; clintonrico; illegal; iran; irannukerico; iranrico; kerryrico; obama4iran; obamarico; ransom; soskerry; terrorists; treason; treasonrico
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To: Diogenesis
Note that the “Stop” sign is pointed toward us. The other side of such signs normally say “Go.” Hence, the little UN squirt is actually giving the “Go” signal to Iran re: Nukes.
Very apropos.
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08/08/2016 2:47:19 PM PDT
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piytar
(http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
To: treetopsandroofs
Only a third of the American population voted for Zero. That’s way too many.
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posted on
08/08/2016 3:48:57 PM PDT
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Fester Chugabrew
(Diversity is Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sharing the same jail cell.)
To: Enlightened1
We shall see.
Will you concede once Clinton steals the election?
If Trump wins what will he do? What can he do?
The only hope he has is if he walks in and calls for the cameras and exposes everyone in the ruling elite class which I doubt he can do since the ruling elites and the media are so indebted to each other. Trump will spend four years trying to untangle every lie they will keep reporting about him.
Face it nothing short of a uncivil war will change anything.
Trump endorsed Ryan, explain that to me?
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When we start reclaiming some of our lost liberties then and only then will we be “winning”. You are counting your chickens before the foxes have been removed from the hen house.
To: Conservative Gato
Prayer is our only hope because humanly speaking it is over for this country whether you and I can face that fact or not. The liabilities far out weigh the assets.
The pinko’s are completely in control in the ruling elite and the media.
Hillary’s complete ownership of the FBI is all the proof we need.
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To: Romans Nine
So, turn it over to God and just walk away
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08/08/2016 4:49:18 PM PDT
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bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP ....Opabinia can teach us a lot)
To: bert
Explain to me how I “turn it over to God” and tell me why I should walk away?
I prefer chapter and verse in context.
I will continue to post the reality of the situation unpleasant as it may be.
To: bert; Romans Nine
So, turn it over to God and just walk away lock and load
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08/09/2016 9:49:58 AM PDT
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dware
(TRUMP/PENCE 2016!)
To: dware
Yes. I agree.
Use the “means” he has blessed us with.
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