Posted on 10/11/2023 10:49:29 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
President Joe Biden’s administration announced on Tuesday there were no plans to claw back and re-freeze $6 billion in Iranian assets after Tehran-backed Hamas launched the deadliest attack against the country of Israel in decades.
In an interview with Fox News, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said there are no plans to re-freeze those assets, which were released about a month ago.
“The $6 billion, that the Qataris are holding that was unfrozen in order to get three hostages back.” Fox News’ Martha MacCallum said, asking: “Is that money now going to be refrozen?”
“I don’t want to get ahead of the policy decisions going forward here,” Kirby replied. “As I said last time, you and I talked about this, that money can be refrozen… We won’t hesitate to make that decision if we feel we need to. But I’m not going to get ahead of a policy decision that hasn’t been made yet.”
Some Republicans are already calling on the White House and Biden to re-freeze those assets immediately following the Hamas attack that has left more than 1,000 Israelis and 11 Americans dead.
“The Biden administration is refusing to acknowledge Iran’s role in the unprovoked terrorist attacks on Israel. But Hamas and Hezbollah members say not only did Iran help plan for months, they gave the official green light in Beirut last week,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) wrote on X.
“The United States should not be sending a single penny to Iran — let alone $6 billion. I am immediately calling on Biden to reverse course and cancel the ransom agreement,” she added.
U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania agreed.
“The Biden Administration insists ‘not a penny’ of the $6 billion they promised to Iran has yet to be received by Iran. Given the Hamas attack on Israel, I call on President Biden to block release of the money, and as Senator, I would immediately introduce legislation to put a hold on these funds. Don’t give Iran a penny,” he tweeted.
Former President Donald Trump, who is the leading 2024 GOP nominee, also weighed in.
“This war happened for three reasons: the allowing by the Biden administration of Iran to sell massive amounts of oil and making $60 billion dollars; the United States giving Iran $6 billion dollars ransom; and our country’s perceived weakness with an incompetent and corrupt leader, Joe Biden, who’s laughed at all over the world,” he said.
“Joe Biden betrayed Israel. As president, I will once again stand strongly with the state of Israel,” Trump added. He continued, “We will cut off the money to Palestinian terrorists on day one. And we will re-impose the travel ban on terror-afflicted countries so that the bloodshed and killing we saw this week will never reach American soil.”
They mean Obama’s Gang at the White House
Biden is soooooo compromised. All the countries that have the goods on that b$stard have all the leverage to make him dance to their music. And Obama has the goods on him too, so he’ll do what’s in the best interests of Iran and other muzzie countries.
You are funny.
Per Mark Levin, he was failing to enforce sanctions on Iran, so they were selling oil willy-nilly all over the world. So these six billion are really no matter. At this point, what difference does it make.
House will do a resolution and so will the Senate, denouncing terrorism and all. But will they even attempt a bill and after a veto an override of Brandon to re-freeze that cash? No. It’s all just gestures. Not a paper tiger, per se, but the tiger keeps its teeth in a glass of denture cleansing fluid.
Advice: don't bet too heavily on that.
He is an evil man with an evil administration.
The Biden administration is refusing to acknowledge Iran’s role in the unprovoked terrorist attacks.
It’s what Biden calls a team player.
Didn’t expect anything else. This guy and hit butties are on the wrong side of everything.
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