There are nuances with the money Iran got. The $150 billion is a false claim Trump has repeatedly made; it refers to funds already belonging to Iran that were unfrozen as part of the nuclear deal signed in 2013, and it’s on the very high end of estimates. Others suggest it’s closer to $25 or $50 billion.
As for the claim about $1.8 billion, despite Trump’s repeated suggestions that it was some kind of gift to Iran, the money was owed to Iran, thanks to a years-old settlement in an international court. Iran had purchased military equipment from the United States, but that equipment was never delivered because of tensions between the two countries in the late 1970s. (The amount was also estimated to be closer to $1.7 billion.)
Part of that money was delivered to Iran in controversial circumstances, with the Obama administration using it as leverage for freed hostages. It was likened to ransom, but it was money that Iran was owed.
As for whether either of those sums were used specifically on the missiles Iran used Tuesday night, there’s no way to know specifically. The biggest takeaway, though, is that Trump used a moment that could have been unifying when it comes to the United States’ posture toward Iran to suggest his predecessor had helped arm our enemies.
"One of the hardest things for me to accept is the fact that Kevin Graham has blonde hair, blue eyes and an English last name. This ugly truth blows any arguments one might have for actual white supremacism out of the water. He's truly a disgrace." - Ajax
New articles of impeachment should be drawn up regarding this murder, that is if Pelosi & Co. have the guts to do so. I don't think it would be hard to show Trump ordered the killing of a leader outside of his power to do so under the constitution. We aren't officially at war with Iran and that is a predicate for the type of action Trump just took.
"Religion is about providing human community in the guise of solving problems that don’t exist or failing to solve problems that do and seeking to reconcile these contradictions and conceal the failures in bogus explanations otherwise known as theology." - Kishkumen
Goebbells on Lying "If you tell a lie big e“nough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come tobelieve it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”"
Unemployment figures under Obama were fudged Obama was a secret Moslem Obama was not born in the US Obama is really a racist.
Hilary Clinton " I won the places that represent two-thirds of America's GDP.I won in places are optimistic diverse, dynamic, moving forward"
aussieguy55 wrote:Goebbells on Lying "If you tell a lie big e“nough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come tobelieve it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”"
Unemployment figures under Obama were fudged Obama was a secret Moslem Obama was not born in the US Obama is really a racist.
iwanttotalk wrote:I don't get it. That you can make anyone look goofy by taking a picture at shutter speeds of 1/1000 of a second and picking the worst one?
