Oh Wait, Obama Lied AGAIN

[CrusaderFrank]

What difference does it make? Republicans won't do dick about it

 

[JimBowie1958]

What difference does it make? Republicans won't do dick about it

But We the People can by voting the bastards out at every opportunity.

 

[Dragonlady]

Now the Obama Regime lies some more, trying to spin their lies so it isnt too embarrassing to Hillary. Now it wasn't ransom but it was contingent on the release of the hostages, lol.

When lawyers split hairs like this, you know that they are hiding some serious bullshit.

Obama administration says $400M to Iran was contingent on release of prisoners | Fox News

The Obama administration admitted Thursday that a $400 million cash payment to Iran in January was contingent on the release of American prisoners being held in the country – while still denying that the payment was a ransom.

State Department spokesman John Kirby said that the negotiations to return the money – originally from a 1979 failed military equipment deal made between Iran and the U.S. – were conducted separately from negotiations to free the four prisoners.

The four detainees who were released on January 17 were Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian; former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati; Christian pastor Saeed Abedini and Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari, whose case had not been publicized before the release.

However, Kirby said that the U.S. withheld the cash delivery until Iran made good on its promise to release the prisoners.

“In basic English you are saying you wouldn’t give [Iran] the 400 million in cash until the prisoners were released, correct?” asked a reporter at Thursday’s State Department briefing.

“That’s correct,” Kirby responded.

THAT MY FRIENDS IS PAYING A RANSOM, NO MATTER HOW BADLY YOU SLICE THE BOLOGNA!

Returning their own money to them is NOT paying a ransom.

Note that the prisoners were released BEFORE the funds were transferred. The Iranian money was held hostage to prisoners, not the other way around.

Complex negotiations are beyond conservatives' capacity to reason but try.