Didn’t they pay “tributes” to the Barbary pirates before Jefferson sent in the marines?
who was it that said: “peach through strength”
I think they're getting legalistic over whether a it's a ransom if paid after the hostages are released.
It's part of the New Normal, donchaknow.
Eric Boiling said on The Five Reagan Administration paid $8 Billion for the 52 hostages back in the 80s.
Comments happen at 25:30 mark
https://youtu.be/auK2WB_78QM
No other administration in history lies like this one.
Where have we heard that before?
With Hillary at the helm of the State Department though, it was the other way around:
___(Name of requested favor)_______ is "contingent on" a $400,000 payment to the Clinton foundation . . .
It was a ransom. Just because they want to change the word does not make it any less a RANSOM paid for the release of prisoners.
Kirby said there was no link. Now he says yes. Perhaps he can be arrested now?
It wasn’t ransom. It was a bribe.
Now, now, just because the two things happened at the same time and one was contingent on the other does in no way mean that they were related! Silly you....
The administration is again pointing out that our eyes don’t really see what they’re seeing. The “these are not the droids you’re looking for” strategy seems to have worked this long, why not stick with it?
I just want to know one thing ..will this make a dent on Hitlery Teflon suit?...And is it being report all over the news? I have my doubts but then again I have made it a point to tuneout every news cable ...so don’t know if this scandal is getting out to the populace or swept under the rug!
SO OBAMA LIED THEN, ON VIDEO.
Oh, oh..., well then..., it was okay! /s
This president is a major wanker dumb ass.
Another first for the Democrat Party.
Yes it can.
So are they finally admitting it..that it was a RANSOM..because the hostages have already said that their plane would NOT take off til the money arrived..yeah its called a RANSOM
Let me see if I have this straight:
They told one set of stories which were false.
Now they’re telling completely different stories that contradict the original stories.
However the original stories were not lies, meant to deceive the American people and Congress.
I get it - the original stories are now “inoperative”. Yeah, that’s the ticket...
It wasn’t ransom, it was aid and comfort for the mullahs in Iran.
“If you like your $400 million, you can keep your $400 million.”
No. We fought the Barbary war and the War of 1812 in part due to refusal to pay ransoms.