there’s no reasonable debate on this question. money is fungible; even if $0 of the ransom was spent directly on building the missiles that were fired at us, it paid for other things that thereby freed up the dollars that were spent building the missiles that were fired at us.
Then-Pres Obama is briefed by US govt employee, Iranian, Sahar Nowrouzzadeh, Director for Iran, NSC,
before taping a WH message to the Iranian people in the Blue Room of the White House, March 18, 2016.
(Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)