Mr. Friscus
Governor
A big time lie by our current administration, and the media quickly bails on reporting on it to go after Trump.
However, make no mistake about it, Obama and the administration lied about all of this: It was a Ransom, through and through. Obama is just "choosing" not to call it one, but by any outside definition, considering all of the proof, it's a ransom.
$400 million in foreign cash, flown into Iran under cover of darkness on an unmarked cargo plane was money merely "owed" to the world's #1 sponsor of terrorism.
Let's look at what Obama is saying:
Why are we paying? Supposedly from a "failed arms deal" negotiated with the Shah of Iran over 35 years ago. Obama claims the money is part of nuclear deal reached with Iran, and the first installment of a $1.7 billion settlement at an International Tribunal. Obama claims we are "saving money" by paying this (Obamacare anyone?).
Let's look at what is being purposefully ignored:
A statement by one of the four hostages before being released in January, who said "I just remember the night at the airport sitting for hours and hours there, and I asked police 'Why are you not letting us go?'" The response was "We are waiting for another plane, so if that plane doesn't come, we never let you go".
What was the "other plane" carrying that was so important to the Iranian government that only its arrival would trigger the release of the hostages? And it's failure to land would negate the release? Was it toilet paper?
It's a sad day when the Iranian government is more truthful than the President of the United States.
Meanwhile, for even more context, Obama had been planning this ransom for awhile, and had been surpressing information to make it happen. The administration stonewalled a request from Congress to release figures on the number of Americans and Israelis killed by Iran and its terrorist proxies since the 1979 Iranian revolution. This was obviously done to ease opposition to such a deal with such an awful regime. Meanwhile, Iran is more than likely creating nuclear weapons in secret, and is allowed to enrich uranium today.
Iran clearly saw the $400 million as a ransom. Obama can "choose" not to call it that, just as Hillary Clinton can "choose" not to hear what James Comey said. The point is, if the people who are asking for the ransom think it's a ransom, it's a ransom. Obama is choosing to decieve the people in order to avoid the label, but you'd have to be an idiot to believe him.
However, make no mistake about it, Obama and the administration lied about all of this: It was a Ransom, through and through. Obama is just "choosing" not to call it one, but by any outside definition, considering all of the proof, it's a ransom.
$400 million in foreign cash, flown into Iran under cover of darkness on an unmarked cargo plane was money merely "owed" to the world's #1 sponsor of terrorism.
Let's look at what Obama is saying:
Why are we paying? Supposedly from a "failed arms deal" negotiated with the Shah of Iran over 35 years ago. Obama claims the money is part of nuclear deal reached with Iran, and the first installment of a $1.7 billion settlement at an International Tribunal. Obama claims we are "saving money" by paying this (Obamacare anyone?).
Let's look at what is being purposefully ignored:
A statement by one of the four hostages before being released in January, who said "I just remember the night at the airport sitting for hours and hours there, and I asked police 'Why are you not letting us go?'" The response was "We are waiting for another plane, so if that plane doesn't come, we never let you go".
What was the "other plane" carrying that was so important to the Iranian government that only its arrival would trigger the release of the hostages? And it's failure to land would negate the release? Was it toilet paper?
It's a sad day when the Iranian government is more truthful than the President of the United States.
Meanwhile, for even more context, Obama had been planning this ransom for awhile, and had been surpressing information to make it happen. The administration stonewalled a request from Congress to release figures on the number of Americans and Israelis killed by Iran and its terrorist proxies since the 1979 Iranian revolution. This was obviously done to ease opposition to such a deal with such an awful regime. Meanwhile, Iran is more than likely creating nuclear weapons in secret, and is allowed to enrich uranium today.
Iran clearly saw the $400 million as a ransom. Obama can "choose" not to call it that, just as Hillary Clinton can "choose" not to hear what James Comey said. The point is, if the people who are asking for the ransom think it's a ransom, it's a ransom. Obama is choosing to decieve the people in order to avoid the label, but you'd have to be an idiot to believe him.
