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Friday, September 30, 2016

There Was Even MORE Ransom Paid to Iran

We learned today that last January, on the same day that the USA delivered a plane-load of cash to Iran in exchange for some American hostages, president Obama also lifted the sanctions against the two very large Iranian banks that were sanctioned for procuring funds for Iran's ballistic missile program.  Under the Iran nuclear deal, those sanctions were supposed to have been lifted only eight years from now provided Iran followed the terms of the deal until then.  Obama lifted the sanctions in secret; there was no public knowledge of this action until now when senator Marco Rubio of Florida learned the details and told the public

Why did Obama secretly lift sanctions on Iran eight years ahead of schedule?  This is not an issue as to whether or not the Iran nuclear deal made sense.  This is much worse.  Obama violated the Iran deal right up front and gave Iran relief from the sanctions without getting anything in return EXCEPT THE RELEASE OF THE HOSTAGES.  It was part of the ransom.  Not only did Obama give Iran billions in cash; he also made policy concessions to the mullahs in exchange for hostages.

This is the worst conduct by a US president that I can remember. 

Remember, since Obama gave this display of weakness to Iran, we have seen Iranian ships interfering with our navy, multiple Iranian missile tests in violation of UN resolutions, Iranian support for terror groups around the globe, and the usual harsh Iranian calls for "death to America".  In other words, Obama gave up everything to get NOTHING.

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