Posted on 09/13/2023 4:46:41 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby maintained that the U.S. isn’t paying Iran a ransom in the prisoner swap with the country, it’s just allowing Iran access to funds they couldn’t access before for “discreet, targeted purposes.” And said that the Biden administration is still holding Iran accountable for its treatment of its own citizens, attacks on shipping, support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and support of terrorists.
Kirby said, “I think it’s important to remember, this is not U.S. taxpayer dollars, this is not ransom. These were Iranian funds that had been frozen in a South Korean account that they did not have access to. All we’re simply doing is moving this money to Qatar, to Qatari National Bank, so that it can be accessible to them for, again, very discreet, targeted purposes.”
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Well, if you’re not paying a ransom for the Americans, but just giving Iran $6 billion, do you think that makes it look better?
Withholding Iranian money is pretty much BS but if the way you release it is via hostage negotiations guess what you’ll see more of until all of the money is released.
Iran has already said they will use they money however they want. Also, since money is fungible even if they did spend it on orphans, puppies and kittens it would just free up the money they used to spend on those for making nuclear bombs.
Second, does the speaker, author or editor know the difference between discrete and discreet? From Grammerly.com: Discreet means careful or intentionally unobtrusive. Discrete means distinct or unconnected.
Ever since the presidency of Jimmie Carter Iran has known how to play the hostage game with Democrats.
From an earlier thread:
“Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said the $6 billion in funds the U.S. agreed to unfreeze in exchange for five U.S. prisoners will be spent “wherever we need it,” despite the Biden administration saying the funds are restricted to humanitarian use.
When asked in an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt about the funds, Raisi said Iran would have “authority” over how the funds will be spent.
“This money belongs to the Iranian people, the Iranian government, so the Islamic Republic of Iran will decide what to do with this money,” he said, according to an Iranian government translator.“
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4181860/posts
Oops. It was from Grammarly.com. I marred my grammar with bad spelling. https://www.grammarly.com/blog/discreet-discrete/
Walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...
Holding Iran accountable threats has them scared to death.
Well I guess that settles that. I feel so much better now.
“White House: We’re Not Paying Ransom to Iran, Just Giving Them Access to Money, We Still Hold Them Accountable”
I’ll bet that has them shaking in their boots.
Oh yeah, they will spend it only as we say they should.
How asinine. Even the Administration doesn’t believe it.
And John Kerry is right now working on a deal to sell Iran Nukes and get at least half of that money back, minus a fee of course...
Yeah don’t believe your liying eyes.
Strongly worded letter queued up in case it is necessary to convince the media of whatever BS this regime wants to spew.
Nah. More like Baghdad Bob.
Screw them. They took hostages. Keep “their “ money.
Biden is continuing the treason he and obama started the last time.
How Barack Obama supplied Russia the drones it’s using on Ukraine
https://www.floppingaces.net/2023/09/12/how-barack-obama-supplied-russia-the-drones-its-using-on-ukraine/
Paying TRibute
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