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Oerets 08-18-2016 07:11 PM

Ransom for captives?
 
Or a smart move?



I think it was ingenious and creative to pay kidnappers their own money!

Just saying.........

http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2...m-sot-erin.cnn


Barney

MrPots 08-19-2016 09:01 AM

If the republicans had done it, it would have been genius, but since the democrats did it, it's criminal.

icenine 08-19-2016 09:19 AM

With Trump imploding the opposition will grasp at any straw.

Oerets 08-19-2016 02:41 PM

The funds were going to be paid back anyway. The US saved money by not waiting for the court to render decision.

Trump would of stiff them, kept the money. Going by his past history of business practices. Plenty of people feel the same way, once money is in the pocket the harder it is to give back.

Barney

icenine 08-19-2016 02:50 PM

Obama can't win he was getting sh@t during the negotiations for not getting them out then he gets sh!t for getting them out.

Tom Joad 08-19-2016 05:36 PM

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...ners/88962208/

Quote:

Saeed Abedini, Jason Rezaian, Amir Hekmati and Nosratollah Khosrawi-Roodsari. All four are Iranian-born, dual U.S.-Iranian citizens who were visiting or working in Iran when they were detained.
These aren't even real "Muricans".

Why the Hell did we pay to get them back?

barbara 08-19-2016 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Joad (Post 328628)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...ners/88962208/







These aren't even real "Muricans".



Why the Hell did we pay to get them back?



We didn't pay to get them back.

And, they were United State citizens.... That is why we made arrangements to get them back.

Tom Joad 08-19-2016 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barbara (Post 328629)
We didn't pay to get them back.

We had the money.

Now they have it.

That means we paid them.

barbara 08-19-2016 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Joad (Post 328630)
We had the money.



Now they have it.



That means we paid them.



It was already their money. It wasn't our money.

Read the article....

Tom Joad 08-19-2016 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barbara (Post 328631)
It was already their money. It wasn't our money.

Read the article....

Ever heard of the term "Possession is nine-tenths of the law?"

When it involves two adversarial countries like the US and Iran it's ten-tenths.


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