Wed Aug 3, 2016, 05:05 PM

renie408 (9,854 posts)

Nah...this is NOTHING....

It's just Trump talking about this...right?

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/03/politics/us-sends-plane-iran-400-million-cash/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/08/03/report-400m-flown-iran-us-prisoners-freed/87992898/

http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-sent-cash-to-iran-as-americans-were-freed-1470181874

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/world/middleeast/400-million-cash-payment-to-iran-fuels-latest-campaign-dispute.html

https://twitter.com/search?q=$400+million+to+iran&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Esearch

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Nah...this is NOTHING.... (Original post)	renie408	Aug 2016	OP
That's right.	stopbush	Aug 2016	#1
It's a nothing story.	Lance Bass esquire	Aug 2016	#2
Did you read the articles?	vollehosen	Aug 2016	#3
Bloomberg's MSNBC show said this was a decades old deal, & Iran just wanted to tie up loose ends.	Native	Aug 2016	#23
another right-wing outrage that sounds bad and they'll try to tie it to hillary.	unblock	Aug 2016	#4
It's a deflection from DT's current problems, which are yuuge. That money was seized in the 1980s...	Hekate	Aug 2016	#5
I know. You might try telling CNN that.	renie408	Aug 2016	#7
Well, they do have a Comments line and you can write to them to let them know we know the truth	Hekate	Aug 2016	#22
Even better, it's actually $1.7 billion they are owed	MohRokTah	Aug 2016	#16
The US took $400 million from iran in the 70s and then they gave it back	Doctor Jack	Aug 2016	#6
Yes, this is ridiculous because the MSM has never had a dog in the fight of making	renie408	Aug 2016	#8
the MSM has always wanted eyes. And now they compete with clickbait.	Schema Thing	Aug 2016	#10
Ohhh Nooo!!!	Grassy Knoll	Aug 2016	#9
This is Obama's doing. Hillary has been out of the administration 4 years now.	timlot	Aug 2016	#11
Because this needed another thread	jberryhill	Aug 2016	#12
No mention on first 40 minutes of CNN's first evening program	jberryhill	Aug 2016	#13
Spamming with this now, Concerny?	alcibiades_mystery	Aug 2016	#14
Post removed	Post removed	Aug 2016	#17
This message was self-deleted by its author	alcibiades_mystery	Aug 2016	#20
Your concern concerning this concern is concerning. eom	MohRokTah	Aug 2016	#15
I'm concerned that you're concerned about the OP's concern.	NurseJackie	Aug 2016	#18
Now I'm even more concerned. eom	MohRokTah	Aug 2016	#19
I am sure you are not a concern troll	4now	Aug 2016	#21

Response to renie408 (Original post)

Wed Aug 3, 2016, 05:07 PM

stopbush (24,131 posts)

1. That's right.

Because once it's explained it's no longer an issue.

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Wed Aug 3, 2016, 05:07 PM

Lance Bass esquire (671 posts)

2. It's a nothing story.

Gave them back THEIR money. No big deal.

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Response to renie408 (Original post)

Wed Aug 3, 2016, 05:08 PM

vollehosen (130 posts)

3. Did you read the articles?

They explain what the money is for and why they have nothing to do with the prisoners being released.

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Response to vollehosen (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 3, 2016, 06:30 PM

Native (5,510 posts)

23. Bloomberg's MSNBC show said this was a decades old deal, & Iran just wanted to tie up loose ends.

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Response to renie408 (Original post)

Wed Aug 3, 2016, 05:10 PM

unblock (51,287 posts)

4. another right-wing outrage that sounds bad and they'll try to tie it to hillary.

but on further thought, it's not really bad and it can't really be tied to hillary anyway.

typical of the right-wing faux scandal machine.

their policy ideas suck, so all they have is non-stop distractions.

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Wed Aug 3, 2016, 05:11 PM

Hekate (82,863 posts)

5. It's a deflection from DT's current problems, which are yuuge. That money was seized in the 1980s...

...and always belonged to the Iranians.

Once the deal was negotiated and signed, the US got to inspect Iran's nuclear facilities, the US got its prisoners back, and Iran got its long-held money back.

There. Was. No. Ransom.

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Response to Hekate (Reply #5)

Wed Aug 3, 2016, 05:17 PM

renie408 (9,854 posts)

7. I know. You might try telling CNN that.

But so far, NOBODY has corrected them. And the explanation given at the presser where Michelle Kosinski asked why the US was paying a $400 million ransom to a state sponsor of terrorism was a little long winded and wonk-y.

Look, it is what it is. Hopefully, Donald will actually EAT a baby at the next rally and the media will be off on that.

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Response to renie408 (Reply #7)

Wed Aug 3, 2016, 06:23 PM

Hekate (82,863 posts)

22. Well, they do have a Comments line and you can write to them to let them know we know the truth

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Response to Hekate (Reply #5)

Wed Aug 3, 2016, 05:50 PM

MohRokTah (15,429 posts)

16. Even better, it's actually $1.7 billion they are owed

Giving it all back is contingent upon them keeping their word with the agreement.

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Wed Aug 3, 2016, 05:12 PM

Doctor Jack (3,072 posts)

6. The US took $400 million from iran in the 70s and then they gave it back

Oh the horror

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Response to Doctor Jack (Reply #6)

Wed Aug 3, 2016, 05:18 PM

renie408 (9,854 posts)

8. Yes, this is ridiculous because the MSM has never had a dog in the fight of making

anybody look bad. And being patronizing and snotty about it always wins us so much support. Good thinking!

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Response to renie408 (Reply #8)

Wed Aug 3, 2016, 05:24 PM

Schema Thing (10,283 posts)

10. the MSM has always wanted eyes. And now they compete with clickbait.

And they compete by *being* clickbait themselves.

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Wed Aug 3, 2016, 05:22 PM

Grassy Knoll (10,118 posts)

9. Ohhh Nooo!!!

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Response to renie408 (Original post)

Wed Aug 3, 2016, 05:25 PM

timlot (456 posts)

11. This is Obama's doing. Hillary has been out of the administration 4 years now.

Hard to attach her to this. She disagrees with Obama on TPP, she would have went into Syria after they crossed Obama's red line and used chemical weapons. She can show she is her own woman and distance herself to appeal to those who don't want an "Obama 3rd term". I'll add Even though it's Iran's money and all that. The way it went down is sketchy.

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Wed Aug 3, 2016, 05:27 PM

jberryhill (62,444 posts)