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2016-08-08 Government

Kaine Defends Iran Payment: We ‘Paid a Portion of the Claim and We Got Hostages Home'

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-08-08 00:03|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Kaine! Kaine!
Come back home Kaiine!
Fuck you Kaine!

/Brandon Bewildered

Posted by Shipman 2016-08-08 00:19|| 2016-08-08 00:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Great. You negotiate with terrorists and despots, give them money and think you did well. Some leader. More like the head sheep negotiating with the wolves.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2016-08-08 01:40|| 2016-08-08 01:40|| Front Page Top

#3 What exactly was the claim?

Posted by phil_b 2016-08-08 03:30|| 2016-08-08 03:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Hostages? I thought they were some students suspected of criminal activities. Hikers. Or was that some other 'hostage crisis'?

Posted by Bobby 2016-08-08 07:26|| 2016-08-08 07:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Bend over and spread 'em, Kaine.

Posted by Greanter Creater1877 2016-08-08 08:22|| 2016-08-08 08:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Kaine: "I feel like I've been kidnapped."

Well, at least he's not in denial of his status.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-08-08 08:30|| 2016-08-08 08:30|| Front Page Top

#7 "...The only thing new this week, the only thing new is Donald Trump’s claiming to have seen a non-existent video of cash being given to the Iranians..."

actually Iran did make a video of this - Trump probably didn't see it when he made the statement but a video does exist

Posted by lord garth 2016-08-08 09:32|| 2016-08-08 09:32|| Front Page Top

#8 And that is called paying the Dane-geld;
But we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.

Posted by Slusing tse Tung7013 2016-08-08 09:45|| 2016-08-08 09:45|| Front Page Top

#9 How many more "claims" are there?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-08-08 10:32|| 2016-08-08 10:32|| Front Page Top

#10 So it seems that all agree that if this were a ransom payment, it would be inexcusable. And if there were a video of cash being given to the Iranians, that would be bad.

So now all we need to do is wait.

Posted by gorb 2016-08-08 11:23|| 2016-08-08 11:23|| Front Page Top

#11 Very simple, Senator - hostages + cash = ransom

Posted by Bobby 2016-08-08 13:00|| 2016-08-08 13:00|| Front Page Top

#12 Don't pay the ransom. I'll escape.

Posted by Lowspark 2016-08-08 13:15|| 2016-08-08 13:15|| Front Page Top

#13 I understand it's pretty well known that the US government facilitates private ransom payments. And I wouldn't be surprised if a good portion of the money comes from the government. But this sure makes it formal that the US government from now on will be involved. I wouldn't be surprised if both sides knew from the beginning that it would be this way. I can't imagine what Obean could have done to make things worse than he has for every facet of this interaction. And I have a feeling this interaction still has some loose ends that need tying up . . . .

Posted by gorb 2016-08-08 14:51|| 2016-08-08 14:51|| Front Page Top

#14 I thought they were some students suspected of criminal activities. Hikers. Or was that some other 'hostage crisis'?

The hikers were a while back, Bobby. They were eventually returned, as I recall. The ones that were traded as part of President Obama's clever negotiation were mostly dual citizens who

1. had gone there to visit relatives,
2. were journalists sent for their language skillz, or
3. went there to do good works, eg. Christian ministers.

The CIA contractor is still there, I believe, and a new set of hostages has been picked up from the categories above.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-08-08 18:48|| 2016-08-08 18:48|| Front Page Top

#15 One female university professor

One dual-citizen male

Not sure about anyone else

Posted by Pappy 2016-08-08 20:30|| 2016-08-08 20:30|| Front Page Top

#16 Ha! Stupid Iranians didn't know we would have paid the full initial ~~ransom~~ "claim" to secure Obama Legacy.... We sure pulled one over on them! Obama sure is cleaver! /SARC

Posted by CrazyFool 2016-08-08 21:29|| 2016-08-08 21:29|| Front Page Top

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