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1 posted on 09/18/2023 12:58:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Kidnap an American...get a billion. What could *possibly* go wrong?
2 posted on 09/18/2023 1:00:27 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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Americans shouldn’t be going to Iran anyways


3 posted on 09/18/2023 1:02:41 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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Methinks that the prisoner swap was a secondary part of the deal. The main reason for the deal was to get Iran the $6 billion. Somebody had to come up with an excuse to get Iran the money, and so, prisoners were added to the deal.


4 posted on 09/18/2023 1:02:58 PM PDT by adorno
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Some experts believe the deal signifies an easing of tensions between Tehran and Washington.


6 posted on 09/18/2023 1:06:54 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: nickcarraway

Instead of screaming “Death to America” 100 times a day, now they only scream it 10 times. Looks like progress is being made.


7 posted on 09/18/2023 1:07:40 PM PDT by I want the USA back (If genitals don't define gender, how does removing them affirm it? )
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In other words, hostage taking is now a proven and prolific industry and a way to increase their revenues which means they will be doing more of it, and not only in Middle Eastern countries. Americans and Euros all over the world now have a target on them, courtesy of our stupid and corrupt “leaders.”


8 posted on 09/18/2023 1:22:47 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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Who got the brokers fee of 10%?


9 posted on 09/18/2023 1:24:52 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: nickcarraway

At least now Iran has the money to pay John Kerry for the Nukes he promised to sell them.


11 posted on 09/18/2023 1:32:43 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: nickcarraway

Now our enemies know how much each American hostage is worth.


12 posted on 09/18/2023 1:42:34 PM PDT by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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The $5.9 billion in cash released to Iran represents money South Korea owed Iran — but had not yet paid — for oil purchased before the U.S. imposed sanctions on such transactions in 2019.

Sounds like Iran should have gotten their money years ago.


13 posted on 09/18/2023 1:44:25 PM PDT by algore
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No specific word yet on the estimated number of Americans who will be injured or die as a result of this ridiculous bribe...


14 posted on 09/18/2023 1:52:40 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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Technically, then, it WAS a ransom.

And with this act Americans travelling abroad were placed in greater danger than ever.

Votes have consequences.


16 posted on 09/18/2023 3:39:35 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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Every one of those “Americans” was born in Iran. /spit


17 posted on 09/18/2023 3:57:59 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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inflation gone mad....one billion per person is a rip off


18 posted on 09/18/2023 4:59:22 PM PDT by Jonny7797
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So, what are the names of the Iranian agents Biden traded to them?


20 posted on 09/18/2023 7:06:22 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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This is weird :
Iran's diplomatic spokesman Nasser Kanani told reporters in Teheran two of the Iranians released "will return to Iran, one will go to a third country where his family lives and the last two will stay" in the US.

25 posted on 09/18/2023 7:22:09 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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Specifically, who were these guys?? Where did they live in the US?? What is their occupation, why were they in Iran?? What were the crimes against Iran? Did they have American wives and were they living in the US or Iran?? So many questions but so few answers.


26 posted on 09/18/2023 7:27:07 PM PDT by elpadre (Ca)
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Will the $6billion affect the supply of Iranian missiles for the Special Military Operation?
(Asking for a friend.)


27 posted on 09/19/2023 1:44:59 AM PDT by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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And the same day they take another “dual-national” hostage (no mention of the other nationality besides Iran):

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-guards-detain-dual-national-organising-unrest-sabotage-tasnim-2023-09-16/


28 posted on 09/19/2023 2:08:19 AM PDT by Drago
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