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The Biden gift to Iran

  

Category:  Op/Ed

By:  vic-eldred  •  last year  •  34 comments

The Biden gift to Iran
"Releasing $6 billion to the butchers in Tehran just so American hostages can go to a different type of prison is a terrible deal," Pompeo wrote. "Iran shouldn't profit from holding Americans hostage."

The media is barely covering it but senile Joe has done it again. He just made a one-sided deal with Iran to get back hostages. Iran is holding Siamak Namazi, Emad Sharghi and Morad Tahbaz, whom the U.S. government says had all been wrongfully detained on bogus spying charges. Two other names have been withheld. To gain their release Joe Biden removed certain sanctions, unfreezing nearly $6 billion of Iran’s assets in South Korea, which has made Iran near solvent once again.

What a great deal....for Iran.  Joe and Barack have done so much for them. They only want to destroy us along with Israel.

The moral of the story is: It pays to take American hostages.



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Vic Eldred
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1  author  Vic Eldred    last year

The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

Tucker Carlson may also be waiting for a response.

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
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1.1  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Vic Eldred @1    last year

Just another pathetic thing for Biden to point to and say "I did that".

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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1.1.1  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Ed-NavDoc @1.1    last year

Where you live, you get to experience it every day. In NYC, Chicago and Martha's Vineyard, they can't even take it in small doses.

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
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1.1.2  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Vic Eldred @1.1.1    last year

Got that right.

 
 
 
Sean Treacy
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2  Sean Treacy    last year

6 billion for slightly better imprisonment terms.  Sure won't incentivize  more hostages.  

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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2.1  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Sean Treacy @2    last year

Meanwhile China and Russia are sailing flotillas into the waters around Alaska.  All the US had on hand was a handful of Destroyers.  China knows that the US Navy is stretched to the limit and old Joe is weak.  Another story that was barely covered as was the pitiful deal with Iran.

 
 
 
Ozzwald
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2.1.1  Ozzwald  replied to  Vic Eldred @2.1    last year
Meanwhile China and Russia are sailing flotillas into the waters around Alaska.  All the US had on hand was a handful of Destroyers.

You're right, we should immediately respond with a full Naval response.  World War 3 be damned!!! 

/sarc

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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2.1.2  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Ozzwald @2.1.1    last year

You see, that is what they feared Trump would do, thus, no warships in US waters, no spy balloons and no invasion of Ukraine!

 
 
 
Ronin2
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2.1.3  Ronin2  replied to  Ozzwald @2.1.1    last year

You're right we should just let them move their warships wherever they want in US waters at any time.

I am sure Putin would never pull a shell game with the US like he did Ukraine.

China even less so. Xi is Brandon's bosom buddy after all. It isn't like Xi just sent a spy balloon across the entire US that Brandon refused to shoot down- until after it had gathered all of the information it wanted.

 
 
 
Hallux
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2.1.4  Hallux  replied to  Vic Eldred @2.1.2    last year
You see, that is what they feared Trump would do

You have zero info to back that up.

 
 
 
Ozzwald
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2.1.5  Ozzwald  replied to  Vic Eldred @2.1.2    last year
You see, that is what they feared Trump would do, thus, no warships in US waters, no spy balloons and no invasion of Ukraine!

You are ignoring that there were spy balloons during the Trump administration .  Or are you hoping nobody would remember?

Are you forgetting the Russian spy ship off our coast during Trump?

Remember, Putin is afraid of NATO and he was probably waiting for his puppet, Trump, to finish sabotaging NATO.

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
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2.1.6  Just Jim NC TttH  replied to  Ozzwald @2.1.5    last year
waiting for his puppet, Trump, to finish sabotaging NATO.

Trump was never going to sabotage NATO. He just wanted them to up their share of the ante. Sure he "threatened" to leave but you cannot think that he would have. Just Trump bluster and he got his way.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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2.1.7  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Hallux @2.1.4    last year
You have zero info to back that up.

I only have the fact that they behaved themselves during the Trump years.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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2.1.8  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Ozzwald @2.1.5    last year
You are ignoring that there were spy balloons during the Trump administration .  Or are you hoping nobody would remember?

Maybe you need to remember:

The whole "Trump ignored China spy balloons" story is a transparent lie – HotAir


Rem ember, Putin is afraid of NATO and he was probably waiting for his puppet, Trump, to finish sabotaging NATO.

So, he shrewdly took Crimea during the Obama years and Ukraine during senile Joe's regime!

Got it!

 
 
 
Ozzwald
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2.1.9  Ozzwald  replied to  Vic Eldred @2.1.8    last year
Maybe you need to remember: The whole "Trump ignored China spy balloons" story is a transparent lie – HotAir

Maybe you should learn to read the comment before replying to it, it would make your replies look less foolish.  I never said "he ignored them", I simply pointed out that they occurred.

So, he shrewdly took Crimea during the Obama years and Ukraine during senile Joe's regime!

You're trying to compare the 2?  He did it during Biden because he realized that NATO was not declawed from Trump's actions, and so he has been tiptoeing around avoiding anything that might bring NATO into the conflict.  How different would things have been if he didn't have to worry about NATO?

 
 
 
Ronin2
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2.1.10  Ronin2  replied to  Ozzwald @2.1.9    last year
You're trying to compare the 2?  He did it during Biden because he realized that NATO was not declawed from Trump's actions, and so he has been tiptoeing around avoiding anything that might bring NATO into the conflict.  How different would things have been if he didn't have to worry about NATO?

First Trump made NATO pay their fair share. NATO is thankful that Brandon the Human Fuck Up Machine is in charge now. The NATO tail is wagging the US dog again. Which is why the US is doing all the heavy lifting in Ukraine in military aid, financial aid, and training.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg praised President Donald Trump on Thursday for pushing countries in the alliance to boost their defense spending, an issue that has driven a wedge between Trump and Europe before.

“Let me thank you for the leadership you show on the issue of defense spending because it is very important that we all contribute more to our shared security, and it is really having an impact because, as you said, allies are now spending more on defense,” Stoltenberg said while taking reporters’ questions after the leaders met at the White House. “All allies are increasing their defense budgets.”

“Do you give me credit for that?” Trump pressed.

It was a notable moment for a U.S.-NATO relationship that has sometimes seemed on shaky ground during the Trump administration.

A minority of NATO’s members — including the U.S. — meet the alliance’s nonbinding guideline for each country to spend at least 2 percent of its GDP on defense.

Other American presidents have pressed their NATO allies to increase military budgets. But the issue has  become a particular flashpoint  for Trump, who is often skeptical of international alliances or deals that he deems unfair to the U.S.

“Together we’ve increased and really raised a lot of money from countries that weren’t paying, or weren’t paying a fair share,” Trump said on Thursday. “We have a little ways to go, but many billions of dollars of additional money has been raised.”

Stoltenberg later told the president: “Your leadership on defense spending has really helped to make a difference.”

The US is the only NATO country that is militarily ready to fight any war; and does all of the heavy lifting. Iraq, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Libya are all prime examples of that. Putin isn't afraid of NATO- he was scared shitless of the US. Not so much with Brandon the Human Fuck Up Machine in charge.

The Chinese do thank you for your willful ignorance as the US get sucked dry by Ukraine. China is rooting for 4 more years of Brandon the Human Fuck Up Machine being in charge.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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2.1.11  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  Ozzwald @2.1.9    last year
He did it during Biden because he realized that NATO was not declawed from Trump's actions,

Oh, I see / S

 
 
 
Ozzwald
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2.1.12  Ozzwald  replied to  Ronin2 @2.1.10    last year
First Trump made NATO pay their fair share.

Pay their fair share of what?

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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2.1.13  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  Ozzwald @2.1.12    last year

Defense budgets?

 
 
 
Texan1211
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2.1.14  Texan1211  replied to  Ozzwald @2.1.5    last year

not sure why anyone is married to the idea that Trump wanted to weaken NATO. He didn't do anything to weaken it unless you think asking Europe to pay their share weakens it. I guess "fair share" is only the mantra for taxes.

 
 
 
Ozzwald
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2.1.15  Ozzwald  replied to  Drinker of the Wry @2.1.13    last year

Defense budgets?

Their own defense budgets.  Nobody else is paying into them, so their "fair share" is 100%.

 
 
 
Texan1211
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2.1.16  Texan1211  replied to  Ozzwald @2.1.15    last year

talking about NATO which is rather obvious

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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2.1.17  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  Ozzwald @2.1.15    last year

In 2006, NATO members agreed to a target for defence spending of 2% of gdp.  Most weren't keeping their commitment.  Between Trump's scolding and Russia's invasion,  more countries are know exceeding the target.

 
 
 
Ozzwald
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2.1.18  Ozzwald  replied to  Drinker of the Wry @2.1.17    last year
In 2006, NATO members agreed to a target for defence spending of 2% of gdp.

Paying 2% of GDP into their own defense budget.  Which again shows that their "fair share" is 100%.

Trump started this whole "not paying their fair share" NATO complaint based either on his own ignorance, or based on instructions from anti-NATO individuals.  It was just his method of attempting to sabotage NATO.

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
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2.1.19  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Hallux @2.1.4    last year

Just as you have zero info that says otherwise? 

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
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2.1.20  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Texan1211 @2.1.14    last year

Bingo!

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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2.1.21  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  Ozzwald @2.1.18    last year

Trump started this whole "not paying their fair share" NATO complaint based 

No, Trump was just louder>

In his opening remarks during a bilateral news conference with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens, the President Ob ama said he and the prime minister discussed “the pressing security challenges that we face as NATO allies,” among other topics.

“I want to take this opportunity to commend Greece for being one of the five NATO allies that spends 2 percent of GDP on defense, a goal that we have consistently set but not everybody has met,” Obama said. “Greece has done this even during difficult economic times. If Greece can meet this NATO commitment, all our NATO allies should be able to do so.”

And that’s going to require some flexibility. It’s going to require some additional planning. It’s going to require some joint capabilities that right now we don’t have. But frankly, NATO is very reliant on U.S. capabilities but has not always invested in some joint capabilities that would be important as well. And it’s going to require every NATO member to step up. We have seen a decline steadily in European defense spending generally. There are exceptions — like Poland, like Estonia — but for the most part, we have seen a steady decline. That has to change.

 
 
 
Ozzwald
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2.1.22  Ozzwald  replied to  Drinker of the Wry @2.1.21    last year
No, Trump was just louder

So Trump takes his talking points from foreigners.  Thanks for clearing it up.  It also explains why he parrots the foreigner Putin so often.

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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2.1.23  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  Ozzwald @2.1.22    last year
So Trump takes his talking points from foreigners. 

Why do you call Obama a foreigner, wasn’t his birth certificate good enough for you?

 
 
 
MrFrost
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2.1.24  MrFrost  replied to  Drinker of the Wry @2.1.23    last year

Why do you call Obama a foreigner, wasn’t his birth certificate good enough for you?

Weird response since he never mentioned Obama? 

 
 
 
Ozzwald
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2.1.25  Ozzwald  replied to  MrFrost @2.1.24    last year
Weird response since he never mentioned Obama?

I think that in a weird juvenile way, he is trying to imply that Obama is a foreigner and that Trump takes strategies from Obama....????

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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2.1.26  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  MrFrost @2.1.24    last year

Reread 2.1.21 and 2.1.22

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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2.1.27  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  Ozzwald @2.1.25    last year

In 2.1.21 I gave you some Obama quotes on NATO countries defense spending.  You replied in 2.1.22 that:

So Trump takes his talking points from foreigners.  Thanks for clearing it up.  

Since I had mentioned only Obama, what foreigners are you talking about?

 
 
 
Jasper2529
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3  Jasper2529    last year
What a great deal....for Iran.  Joe and Barack have done so much for them. They only want to destroy us along with Israel.

This, along with other questionable deals, seems to give more credence to the suspicions that Biden's first term is actually Obama's 3rd term.

 
 

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