2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNah...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
stopbush
(24,396 posts)Because once it's explained it's no longer an issue.
Lance Bass esquire
(671 posts)Gave them back THEIR money. No big deal.
vollehosen
(130 posts)They explain what the money is for and why they have nothing to do with the prisoners being released.
Native
(5,943 posts)unblock
(52,317 posts)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.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)...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.
renie408
(9,854 posts)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.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Giving it all back is contingent upon them keeping their word with the agreement.
Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)Oh the horror
renie408
(9,854 posts)anybody look bad. And being patronizing and snotty about it always wins us so much support. Good thinking!
Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)And they compete by *being* clickbait themselves.
Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)timlot
(456 posts)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.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Okay, well, the election is over. Trump won.
Shucks, it was fun while it lasted.
How you expect to make it to November is a mystery.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)...which has gone from chaos in the Trump campaign and now "More Big Name Republicans Endorse Clinton".
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Pathetic and transparent.
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MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)4now
(1,596 posts)or a chicken little.