It looks like the State Department is having a hard time explaining away the Obama administration’s payment of $400 million to Iran in exchange for the release of 4 captured Americans.
Of course, they deny that it was paid in order to secure the release of the hostages: they insist that the transfer of the money was merely the end result of a 40 year old deal meant to be made between the US and the Shah of Iran that got held up when he was overthrown and the Ayatollah took over.
It was precisely this point that State Department spokesperson John Kirby tried to sell on Fox News, but to little avail. It didn’t help that he referred to the payment not as a “ransom” but as “leverage” in order to get the Iranians to release the prisoners, basically undermining his and the entire administration’s narrative surrounding the incident.
Watch Kirby’s Fox News interview on the next page:
It all depends on what:”Is is!”
Lies and BS as usual!
Yes, explain that to us “stupid” Americans! I am so sick of politicians talking down to us like we were in kindergarten. It is time to clean house and elect people that respect their employers!
You can call it a Christmas present, the tooth fairy. Or whatever, it is still ransom and posotus and the other pos’ around him betrayed us.
I’m selling a historic bridge in Brooklyn at a fire sale price……
Golden rule number one we the US of A do not negotiate with countries that support terrorist. We do not pay ransoms to terroristic countries. Why? Because that gives them the green light to do it more.
LMAO!
LMFAO!
They tried to get around it by sending 400 million in foreign money. Hello! Anyone smell the fish yet?
LOL … You’re the Puppet IDIOT … NOT US …. We KNOW what ransom means … and it’s not how you SPIN it!