(01-13-2020, 08:24 PM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(01-10-2020, 10:35 AM)Gabe Wrote: There's a blurry line in saying that the $400m that we previously owed Iran was used specifically to maim and kill US military members. Serious question to consider: Would they have done what they did without the $400m IOU plus 45 years' interest?

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"$400m IOU plus 45 years' interest" - Let's not equivocate, that number is actually $150,000,000,000. The money was kept from them in sanctions because they're bad people doing bad things. Regardless, giving them that huge amount of money (which our government kept secret from us for 8 months) is like asking for a pledge of honor from a panhandling drug addict that he will spend all the money you give him on food. But don't take my word for it. Let the lead DNC information agency lay it out.

Tongue-in-cheek response: Isn't CNN fake MSM news? Shocker - I trust DNC leadership about as far as I can toss em. 

You can disagree with how these agreements were made (like I have stated) or dislike that it was the Obama administration that was in charge when they were made, but make no mistake: $1.8b in owed funds from the US and $150b in released assets are two. separate. things. $150b was never transferred from the US treasury to Iran.

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