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BREAKING. Three Americans Kidnapped In Baghdad After US Pays Iran $1.7 BILLION Ransom
Redstate ^ | 1/17/16 | streiff

Posted on 01/17/2016 1:16:36 PM PST by TBBT

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Unconfirmed...

But if true...

Remind me about that now unfashionable old long standing U.S. policy of never negotiating with terrorist/hostage taking bad actors... What was that about again?

1 posted on 01/17/2016 1:16:36 PM PST by TBBT
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Kerrys hiding in the bathroom


2 posted on 01/17/2016 1:17:19 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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He’s going to send over James Taylor.


3 posted on 01/17/2016 1:17:54 PM PST by dfwgator
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Wow, what took the Mullahs so long?


4 posted on 01/17/2016 1:18:00 PM PST by Shady (We are at war again......this time for our lives...)
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News flash - when you subsidize some form of behavior, you get MORE of it.


5 posted on 01/17/2016 1:18:02 PM PST by gaijin
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Imagine if there was a Republican i the White House.


6 posted on 01/17/2016 1:18:35 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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Just as the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously said, "If you want more of something, subsidize it."
7 posted on 01/17/2016 1:18:36 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("The goal of socialism is communism." -- Vladimir Lenin)
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I’ll say Trump is going to once again threaten Iran that if these hostages aren’t released before Trump is sworn in there is going to be hell to pay.


8 posted on 01/17/2016 1:19:08 PM PST by Balding_Eagle ( (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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Congress needs to cut the crap and impeach Obama. He refuses to protect Americans either abroad or at home.


9 posted on 01/17/2016 1:19:12 PM PST by Kenny (RED)
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Gosh, who could have seen that coming?


10 posted on 01/17/2016 1:20:10 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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Dumb effing Democrats will be the end of this nation.


11 posted on 01/17/2016 1:20:55 PM PST by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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Yeah, now that the Mideast knows American hostages means “easy ATM from Obama, it is fair game on anyone.


12 posted on 01/17/2016 1:21:04 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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If you pay the blackmailer, they don’t go away — they just ask for more.


13 posted on 01/17/2016 1:21:26 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (I don't know what Claire Wolfe is thinking but I know what I am thinking.)
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Nobody’s madder than Obama...


14 posted on 01/17/2016 1:23:00 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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Confirmation...

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/292fee031fd04e9a84850abb3eb02dac/us-embassy-says-several-americans-missing-iraq


15 posted on 01/17/2016 1:23:29 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Get Ready)
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never pay ransom


16 posted on 01/17/2016 1:27:54 PM PST by mylife
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And...

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/17/middleeast/iraq-missing-american-contractors/index.html


17 posted on 01/17/2016 1:29:04 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Get Ready)
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Before or after he apologizes?


18 posted on 01/17/2016 1:29:46 PM PST by Rusty0604 (1)
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Assuming these people weren’t military or working for the government in some capacity, I say “Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes.” You know the risks in going there, and the US Government shouldn’t bail you out if you assume those risks.


19 posted on 01/17/2016 1:29:57 PM PST by dfwgator
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It seems that Iran has revalidated a long-standing business model used in that part of the world for a few thousand years: kidnap for ransom.

Says kidnapping happened in Baghdad. Why are they saying Iran is responsible? Is it ISIS or Iran that kidnapped them?


20 posted on 01/17/2016 1:30:22 PM PST by boycott (--)
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