Obama paid $400M cash for Navy sailors

[CHLChris]

This blew my brain!

U.S. Sent Cash to Iran as Americans Were Freed (http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-sent-cash-to-iran-as-americans-were-freed-1470181874)

I don't care that they say there was no connection, this is crap! And it is almost nowhere besides the Journal.

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[Oregonhunter5]

So do we think it worked to get our boys home?
Maybe we could of ran some seals in there instead. Might of been a dangerous choice though.

 

[Ura-Ki]

What ever happend to "Will not negotiate with terrorists" part of the deal? Did 'Merica just loose it's bawls?

 

[Member 5605]

MsM:
Report: US airlifted $400 million to Iran as detained Americans were released Report: US airlifted $400 million to Iran as detained Americans were released | Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/08/02/report-us-airlifted-400-million-to-iran-as-detained-americans-were-released.html)

Not just abc/xyz news reporting it. That's a good thing right..

 

[waglockfan]

WTF is wrong with the "leadership" of this country?

 

[Ura-Ki]

What Leadership? We haven't had real leadership for years now, it's been on cruise control ever since Regan!

 

[mrblond]

Should have let them just keep Kerry, I am sure his wife could pay his ransome.

 

[Sgt Nambu]

I'm down with the Seals extracting them.

Right before carpet bombing them back to the Stone Age! That would be about, what, 50-60 years ago!

 

[Ura-Ki]

I know, lets Placate Iran because it has nukes and has a history of threatening it's neighbors! Oh, wait, they have nukes because we let them, we funded them, we compromised with them and sold out said neighbor, and when these azzhol's decide to stick it to us, we bend over and take it to the tune of 400 million Hard Cash so they don't attack said neighbor, who we f-ed over!!!

 

[Spray-n-pray]

How about dropping $400M worth of ordnance on them instead. We're still out the money but it sends a way different message.

 

[Member 5605]

I'm down with the Seals extracting them.

Right before carpet bombing them back to the Stone Age! That would be about, what, 50-60 years ago!

Don't forget they were normal somewhere in the 60's and 70's....

 

[clearconscience]

You all forget obama is from chicago that's how politics work in corrupt areas. You just have to grease the wheels to get what you want.

He's just a coward without a care how he spends tax dollars.

 

[Norm0931]

I still don't understand HOW they got captured in the first place. It's not like they were completely disarmed. They had medium and heavy weapons on those boats and ammo for them. As a Marine, it's unfathomable to me how they just let themselves be captured.

 

[transittech]

"The negotiations over the [arms deal] settlement ... were completely separate from the discussions about returning our American citizens home," Kirby said in a statement. "Not only were the two negotiations separate, they were conducted by different teams on each side."

Yup, they just happened to coincide. Anybody want to buy a bridge?

 

[nwslopoke]

What, because it's what we've done since Iran/Contra? Just every once and a while an actual journalist does their homework and exposes it.

The worst part is there are still westerners still captive. So we'll, as in the US (NATO & UN won't do anything), either pay, keep taking their BS or go full on Curtis Emerson LeMay on them (which no one has the balls for in 50 years). Everything comes at a cost. I don't really want to go to war because too many Americans can't stay out of the middle east (non military related of course). I had a roommate who lived for a time in Beruit. Their father worked for a US company in the late 70s early 80s.

 

[Martini_Up]

When you owe $20,000,000,000,000 you won't even take the time to stop in the street to pick up $400,000,000

 

[CHLChris]

...which is how we got to $20T in debt. Wealthy people (truly wealthy people, who worked for their money) often spend their money in the same thrifty manner as when they were not yet rich...which is how they got wealthy.

 

[thorborg]

What ever happend to "Will not negotiate with terrorists" part of the deal? Did 'Merica just loose it's bawls?

likely back scratchin wheelin and dealin betweens comarads in arms.

 

[Spray-n-pray]

I still don't understand HOW they got captured in the first place. It's not like they were completely disarmed. They had medium and heavy weapons on those boats and ammo for them. As a Marine, it's unfathomable to me how they just let themselves be captured.

Just following orders...

 

[mjbskwim]

I still don't understand HOW they got captured in the first place. It's not like they were completely disarmed. They had medium and heavy weapons on those boats and ammo for them. As a Marine, it's unfathomable to me how they just let themselves be captured.

Poor choices for 'rules of engagement' ?
Apparently they suck real bad now