re: Oh shite. Trump: "Maybe Obama had something else in mind with all the cash for Iran."

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Now leftist are cheering on Iran.

What a time to be alive

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He concedes the prisoner release was an unspoken part of the deal...

But thinks kickbacks are lunacy.

Yet they happen in every other aspect of politics...
Smh

We know if was for an arms deal. But why didnt obama take the issue to congress before releasing it?

Because any sane person would say, wait a minute, it was due to hostages, that we spent millions trying to rescue, cost the lives of many americans. We also had hostages who suffered pain and lost years, DONT WE DESERVE SOME OF THAT MONEY FOR COMPENSATION? Nah, just give it to them in cash, US cash, with interest.

Blood money, paid for with US blood, and we gave it back with interest. Petting that snake sure worked didnt it?

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It was Iran’s money to begin with

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It wasnt Khohemanis money. That's the issue

Boosiebaddaz doesnt like those facts

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I’ll concede it was their money.

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This is bullshite. The 150 Billion that was unfrozen and the 1.5 Billion in cash that was sent in the middle of the fricking night in CASH was absolutely unrelated.

Plus, even the 150B didn't belong to the mulahs that are in charge now.

You guys get your facts straight.

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it was probably part of the Iranian deal to get inspectors on the ground monitoring Iran's nuclear abilities

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Wait I thought they got to inspect themselves?

THey did get to inspect themselves.

They also got to decide what areas were open for "inspection" and what areas were off limits.

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They also got to decide what areas were open for "inspection" and what areas were off limits.

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and advance notice of when the inspections would happen


Someone would have to be a moron to think the "inspections" were anything but a fig leaf to justify the payoff.

If the deal was worth a shite it would have been a treaty.

and 13 payments of $99,999,999.99 to avoid oversight for payments over $100,000,000

nope, nothing shady about that

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and 13 payments of $99,999,999.99 to avoid oversight for payments over $100,000,000

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Link? I honestly have no clue what you’re referring to. Also I’m not aware of any regulatory threshold at 100,000,000 as US regulatory thresholds are significantly lower (thus structuring payments at $99MM is a fruitless excercise.

There is a cash threshold of greater than $10,000 in currency. There is also a wire record retention requirement starting at $3,000.

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I’ll concede it was their money.

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The millions in interest wan't...soo..

In case anyone is actually interested in the facts behind the funds sent to Iran (which I know most of you aren’t).

Washington Post (interestingly congress has already investigated the funds sent to Iran)

Politifact

Fortune

Again we can argue whether the Iran Deal was a good deal or not, but arguing over the validity of the unfrozen funds just demonstrates a lack of understanding on how sanctions work and how releasing frozen funds is what happens after lifting sanctions programs that required those funds to be frozen in the first place. Also when sanctions are lifted the funds released are not the release of US government or US taxpayer money. It is the release of the previously blockable party’s funds.

This type of funds release occurs any time the US chooses to lift a certain sanctions program, it is just generally with less dramatic effect as few sanctions administered by OFAC are nearly as comprehensive.