HX - Payment to Iran by Harpooner (San Diego ,Random)

Harpooner

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Payment to Iran
Jul 22 2018 10:04PM more by Harpooner
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A recent blog mentioned that Obama “gave” Iran a bunch of money and that the amount of money he gave to Iran just happened to be the amount our deficit rose. Since the OP stated she liked facts and critical thinking, here are the facts:

In 2016 the US government made a payment of $400 million to Iran. Shortly thereafter, it made another payment of $1.3 billion to Iran. That year, the US deficit increased by about $140 billion to reach $584 billion.

The payments to Iran had nothing to do with the deficit increase, which was essentially due to a massive tax deal.

Why did the US give $1.7 billion to Iran? I because it was Iran’s money, which the Shah of Iran provided to the US to purchase military equipment. The equipment was never sent to Iran. After the Khomeni revolution and the seizing of US hostages in 1979, the US froze Iranian assets, including the funds that were supposed to be used for military hardware.

The $1.7 billion, which was the original amount plus almost 40 years of interest, was refunded to Iran after a settlement was reached between the two countries.

So Obama never “gave” the Iranians anything. It was their money all along.

Here is a link to an article that explains the details:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/03/01/was-obamas-1-7-billion-cash-deal-with-iran-prohibited-by-u-s-law/

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socaliam

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Jul 22 2018 10:47PM

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The 400 mil was in pallets of cash.

He should have given them a big "Fuck you" cake.

notsofast

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Jul 24 2018 04:56PM

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The most interesting thing about this blog is the randomness of jade hitting us up for points on it.

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Jul 24 2018 05:05PM

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Well if America can give Iran 1.7 billion dollars someone should be able to toss her a few FXP

teeitup

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Jul 24 2018 05:10PM

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And me too?

Magick

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Jul 24 2018 05:12PM

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I'll give her points if her retarded ass fixes all the TOS on her profile

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Jul 24 2018 05:44PM

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well damn

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Jul 24 2018 05:46PM

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I like tier criked noses

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Jul 24 2018 06:02PM

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Obama was still a faggot for that move as any POTUS would be. But people freak if he wasn't considered perfect lol.

Good communicator and good dude - could use a Moderate version of him who enforces better in all aspects and realized gov't can't afford to pander to every fucking whining group there is.

Remember - people still think JFK was worth a shit and that is

Bobby was at least decent/moral and tried to actually get shit done.

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Jul 24 2018 06:04PM

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Didn't Trump just tell the Iranians to fuck off yesterday.

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Jul 24 2018 08:25PM

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You know heydick?

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