I don’t generally easily use the word treason, because it has very specific parameters. However it could fit here. And kudos to Politico for the effort behind the story…

Quote:When President Barack Obama announced the “one-time gesture” of releasing Iranian-born prisoners who “were not charged with terrorism or any violent offenses” last year, his administration presented the move as a modest trade-off for the greater good of the Iran nuclear agreement and Tehran’s pledge to free five Americans.

“Iran had a significantly higher number of individuals, of course, at the beginning of this negotiation that they would have liked to have seen released,” one senior Obama administration official told reporters in a background briefing arranged by the White House, adding that “we were able to winnow that down to these seven individuals, six of whom are Iranian-Americans.”

But Obama, the senior official and other administration representatives weren’t telling the whole story on Jan. 17, 2016, in their highly choreographed rollout of the prisoner swap and simultaneous implementation of the six-party nuclear deal, according to a POLITICO investigation.

In his Sunday morning address to the American people, Obama portrayed the seven men he freed as “civilians.” The senior official described them as businessmen convicted of or awaiting trial for mere “sanctions-related offenses, violations of the trade embargo.”

Keep reading here...

What in the hell was that idiot thinking?

(04-24-2017 01:34 PM)shere khan Wrote:  What in the hell was that idiot thinking?

It does have a wow factor.

Beta Male Barry strikes again.

Meh, like Oblunders dealing with Iran and NK, nothing will come of it. It's not true contrary to what Killary said, some are above the law.

Terrorist sympathizers gonna sympathize.

(04-24-2017 12:58 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

I don’t generally easily use the word treason, because it has very specific parameters. However it could fit here. And kudos to Politico for the effort behind the story…

Quote:When President Barack Obama announced the “one-time gesture” of releasing Iranian-born prisoners who “were not charged with terrorism or any violent offenses” last year, his administration presented the move as a modest trade-off for the greater good of the Iran nuclear agreement and Tehran’s pledge to free five Americans.

“Iran had a significantly higher number of individuals, of course, at the beginning of this negotiation that they would have liked to have seen released,” one senior Obama administration official told reporters in a background briefing arranged by the White House, adding that “we were able to winnow that down to these seven individuals, six of whom are Iranian-Americans.”

But Obama, the senior official and other administration representatives weren’t telling the whole story on Jan. 17, 2016, in their highly choreographed rollout of the prisoner swap and simultaneous implementation of the six-party nuclear deal, according to a POLITICO investigation.

In his Sunday morning address to the American people, Obama portrayed the seven men he freed as “civilians.” The senior official described them as businessmen convicted of or awaiting trial for mere “sanctions-related offenses, violations of the trade embargo.”

Keep reading here...

It gets worse when you read...the rest of the story. Hi-tech and nuclear smugglers.

And this is from Politico which is a heavy Democratic site. Several of their people were coordinating with Hillary and the DNC on stories.

(04-24-2017 02:36 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(04-24-2017 12:58 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

I don’t generally easily use the word treason, because it has very specific parameters. However it could fit here. And kudos to Politico for the effort behind the story…

Quote:When President Barack Obama announced the “one-time gesture” of releasing Iranian-born prisoners who “were not charged with terrorism or any violent offenses” last year, his administration presented the move as a modest trade-off for the greater good of the Iran nuclear agreement and Tehran’s pledge to free five Americans.

“Iran had a significantly higher number of individuals, of course, at the beginning of this negotiation that they would have liked to have seen released,” one senior Obama administration official told reporters in a background briefing arranged by the White House, adding that “we were able to winnow that down to these seven individuals, six of whom are Iranian-Americans.”

But Obama, the senior official and other administration representatives weren’t telling the whole story on Jan. 17, 2016, in their highly choreographed rollout of the prisoner swap and simultaneous implementation of the six-party nuclear deal, according to a POLITICO investigation.

In his Sunday morning address to the American people, Obama portrayed the seven men he freed as “civilians.” The senior official described them as businessmen convicted of or awaiting trial for mere “sanctions-related offenses, violations of the trade embargo.”

Keep reading here...

It gets worse when you read...the rest of the story. Hi-tech and nuclear smugglers.

And this is from Politico which is a heavy Democratic site. Several of their people were coordinating with Hillary and the DNC on stories.

Very true. Probably why no lib here has come to Obama's defense on this.

more spam. How many limited comment threads are started daily?

(04-25-2017 01:53 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  more spam. How many limited comment threads are started daily?

Well as King of the Spin Room spammers, you'd theoretically be able to spot a spam thread at 20 paces.

(04-24-2017 01:34 PM)shere khan Wrote:  What in the hell was that idiot thinking?

He knew exactly what he was doing.

Muslim brotherhood.

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(04-25-2017 05:13 PM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  

(04-24-2017 01:34 PM)shere khan Wrote:  What in the hell was that idiot thinking?

He knew exactly what he was doing.

any theories on why? this is beyond comprehension.

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Toss this in with the billions in cash we flew over there on that plane, and the fact that Iran has full say over inspections and pretty much everything.

And we got that piece of paper and a photo op out of it.

https://thefederalist.com/2017/04/24/bar...suspected/

Quote:What if Donald Trump had unilaterally shut down every investigation into Russian espionage, released over 20 suspected Russian spies, struck a deal to get rid of sanctions against Russia—in return for honoring deals that had been signed years before—and then lied to the American people about the entire episode?

That’s the Obama Administration’s Iran deal. It might have been the first time the United States has offered extensive concessions to a nation that has continued to destabilize its interests, for nothing in return. But Barack Obama didn’t just support Iran’s position over our allies like Israel (no surprise there, considering his antagonism) or Sunni nations—he supported it ahead of his own Justice Department’s 30-year counterproliferation efforts.

Quote:In fact, using the administration framing, it would be correct to say that Obama was in “common cause” with both Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Both of them were in favor of the Iran deal. “We are satisfied that the solution found is based on the principle of phasing and mutuality which our country has been consistently supporting at every stage of these complicated negotiations,” Putin said at the time. Assad cheered the deal, before adding that he was confident his ally in Iran will now step up its efforts to back “just causes” (what are those, one wonders?).

This stuff just shows how completely full of it and borderline insane much of the public is right now. One can only image if Trump did these things.

(04-25-2017 05:16 PM)Hood-rich Wrote:  

(04-25-2017 05:13 PM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  

(04-24-2017 01:34 PM)shere khan Wrote:  What in the hell was that idiot thinking?

He knew exactly what he was doing.

any theories on why? this is beyond comprehension.

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He is a muslim sympathizer (particularly shia) and has real issues with Israel and Netanyahu.

Toss that in with his wing bat far left world view (and of America), and you get Barry Ubama.

[quote='ericsrevenge76' pid='14293167' dateline='1493159079']
Toss this in with the billions in cash we flew over there on that plane, and the fact that Iran has full say over inspections and pretty much everything.

And we got that piece of paper and a photo op out of it.

https://thefederalist.com/2017/04/24/bar...suspected/


Oh no, remember what Barrack Chamberlain said afterward, "peace in our time".