(01-14-2020, 03:10 PM)Gabe Wrote:

(01-14-2020, 12:25 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: So they received $151.8B. I’m not sure what you’re getting at. Is the source of a financial windfall to a despotic regime conducive to changed behavior? Especially when our own top diplomat openly conceded that some of that money would be used for terrorism. Terrorist regimes kill, that’s what they do.

The point I originally made, HB, was that the rhetoric around how and why the agreements were made, as well as the source of any funds that ended up in Iran is slanted/distorted. We didn't "give" Iran $150b... or even billionS, despite what Trump has stated as a representation of the "worst deal(s) ever made." $1.8b - We made good on a debt owed for military equipment that we never paid. With regard to the that arrangement and the $150b asset release in exchange of nuclear program restraint - I've already stated that I would have structured them differently, releasing assets/paying debts in intervals based on good findings after appropriate oversight, BECAUSE they've had terrorist ties - giving them a chance to prove they're progressing forward instead of backward. 

I don't disagree with you: Terrorists kill, that's what they do. We deal with that on our own soil as well. 

I guess I'd ask you this: Do you trust what Kerry says any other time? There seems to be a lack of any trust of the "liberal left," (AKA any democrat) in this forum, just from my perception.