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Old 08-18-2016, 07:11 PM
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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


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Old 08-19-2016, 09:01 AM
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If the republicans had done it, it would have been genius, but since the democrats did it, it's criminal.
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Old 08-19-2016, 09:19 AM
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With Trump imploding the opposition will grasp at any straw.
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Old 08-19-2016, 02:41 PM
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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.

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

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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?
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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.
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We didn't pay to get them back.
We had the money.

Now they have it.

That means we paid them.
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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....
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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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