Why is this being touted as some kind of blockbuster story now when the events were disclosed and addressed almost 7 months ago?
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Desperation perhaps?
Why is this being touted as some kind of blockbuster story now when the events were disclosed and addressed almost 7 months ago?
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Desperation perhaps?
Because a moron running for President convinced himself that it was just happening and other morons hang on his every utterance.
This has been talked to death in the last couple days. It wasn't a ransom, American currency wasn't involved and even Republicans are satisfied with the facts of the case.
The only people who are worked up about this are the particularly gullible, the particularly hysterical, and substance *******, inbred twits like BC.
Says the bastard Joisey trash that fantasizes about serving in the Army.
Dollars to donuts you are on public assistance.
Get a real job motherfucker.
It is true the payment was announced 7 months ago as earlier described in pool_hustler's post. This was not U.S. taxpayer money....it was frozen Iranian money. However, the coincidental timing of the release of the hostages makes it appear to be a ransom payment. It certainly raised my eyebrows when I first heard about it but, after researching it, we were in the process of being ****** by The Hague to return the assets anyway so it appears to be legitimate. I would, however, be prone to believe that the Iranians were keeping the hostages' release as an insurance policy to make sure they would get the payment without any hiccups. So, even though it technically was not a ransom payment at all, it certainly would seem like one at first glance.
And that's EXACTLY what it is. Every American on foreign soil is less safe because of **** like this.
Fuck Obama and every dumb fuck that tries to cover for him.
Lying motherfuckers.
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How much did lord god Regan give the Iranians during Iran/contra????
Didn't the Iranians pay us then? For Israeli TOW launchers that we rendered ineffective. So the joke was on them instead of the other way around.
This cash is going straight to the likes of Hezbollah and Hamas and people are going to die.
Subliminal fat shaming, I like it. I'd give a few dollars for some Shipley Do-Nuts right about now. Jagger, can I get a Texas sized Hell Yeah for Shipley Do-Nuts?
Jon, this is actually the result of a long-running claims process that had been at The Hague.
In 1979, there was obviously an Iranian revolution that abruptly severed relations between our two countries. And prior to that revolution, the U.S. government had entered into an agreement with the then-Iranian government to transfer about $400 million in military equipment to the Iranian government. Once the revolution took place, obviously that equipment was not transferred, but we also didn't return Iran's money either.
So that money essentially was held in what could, I think -- essentially in an escrow account. And for more than 30 years now, the Iranians have been using this claims process at The Hague to try to recover that $400 million.This resolution that we agreed to was to return the $400 million and also to pay about $1 billion in interest.
Now, the reason that this ends up being a very good deal for taxpayers is that our exposure, when it came to paying interest, could have been much higher. The Iranians were actually seeking $7 billion to $8 billion in interest payments. And I think that's an indication of how the interests of taxpayers were very well served by reaching this settlement.