(01-09-2020, 04:13 PM)rollerjag Wrote:

(01-08-2020, 03:51 PM)Gabe Wrote: Considering Trump referenced it yet again this morning and it's been a constant talking point of the right since he came into office, I'd like to point out two inaccuracies: 

• No $150b payout ever occurred. Iran's previously frozen assets were released as part of the multinational agreement signed in 2015 as a result of Iran committing to restrain their nuclear development program. It was theirs to begin with. 
  
• $400m was transferred from the US Treasury (with the understanding that another $1.4b in interest would be paid later) as an IOU from the 1970s - one where we never made good on paying for military equipment because of Iran's instability at the time. 
  

Regardless, I have no doubt they're now using those funds to develop weapons.

Not surprised this was ignored by our resident Trumpettes. Trump cannot make a speech without lying, and it often has something to do with Obama.

If the Left has TDS, Trump certainly has ODS.

There is a big difference and a problem between "releasing frozen assets" and delivering pallets of cash in foreign currency in secret.  Iran may have "committed to restrain from nuclear development" according to their words at the time, but their actions indicate otherwise.

I kind of anticipate another "Stuxnet" kind of thing happening real soon.

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