The State Department on Monday would not rule out giving Iran up to
$50 billion as a so-called "signing bonus" for agreeing to a nuclear
deal later this year, according to comments made to journalists
following reports that the Obama administration had formulated a plan to
release tens of billions of frozen Iranian funds.
Experts have said this multi-billion dollar "signing bonus" option, which was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, could be the largest cash infusion to a terror-backing regime in recent memory.
A cash release of $30 to $50 billion upon reaching a final nuclear
agreement would come in addition to the more than $11 billion in
unfrozen assets that Iran will already have received under an interim
nuclear accord reached in 2013.
CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta pressed White House press secretary Josh Earnest about why the Obama administration trusted an Iranian Ayatollah who only recently chanted “Death to America.” (VIDEO: CNN’s Jim Acosta To Obama: ‘It Is A Fact That Your Party Rejected You’)
ReplyDelete“Over the weekend, Ayatollah Khomeini gave a speech,” Acosta said. “And during that speech, there were people in the crowd chanting ‘Death to America’ and the Ayatollah responded back to them according to various translations, ‘Of course, Death to America.’ Do those comments give this White House any pause about moving forward with a nuclear deal with that country?”
Frankly, Is Obama Insane?
Sounds more like 'Sympathetic to the Cause' to me... I guess that 50bill is in back interest with a little kicker for pain and suffering...
DeleteInsane, no.
DeleteA person searching for a legacy.
what the hell we buy our political offices through a law known as Citizens United. What's wrong with buying an agreement? Is it really all that different?
DeleteRick,
DeleteBuying an election via unlimited donations via PAC's, unions and business donations is the same as handing out tax dollars you don't have and must borrow?
Interesting perspective.
In the case, the conservative lobbying group Citizens United wanted to air a film critical of Hillary Clinton and to advertise the film during television broadcasts in apparent violation of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (commonly known as the McCain–Feingold Act or "BCRA").[2] Section 203 of BCRA defined an "electioneering communication" as a broadcast, cable, or satellite communication that mentioned a candidate within 60 days of a general election or 30 days of a primary, and prohibited such expenditures by corporations and unions.
Guess they should have allowed them to air the film.