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Get ready folks, another Biden failure coming our way.

"The Biden administration has cleared the way for the release of five American citizens detained in Iran by issuing a blanket waiver for international banks to transfer $6 billion in frozen Iranian money from South Korea to Qatar without fear of U.S. sanctions. In addition, as part of the deal, the administration has agreed to release five Iranian citizens held in the United States."

US moves to advance prisoner swap deal with Iran and release $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds.

Okay, a prisoner swap might be in the best interest for both countries however, American prisoners were most likely held simply because they are Americans, while any Iranian prisoners we have are most likely terrorists in some way.

When Iran held hostages during the Carter presidency, all types of negotiations were tried to no avail. It was only when Ronald Reagan was president that he told Iran, release the American hostages or suffer the military consequences. Those American hostages were very soon released.

And of course by releasing billions of dollars to Iran will only increase their nuclear capabilities, which they have recently been working very hard to build up and use against us. It would have been better, (if at all possible,) to negotiate a prisoner for prisoner swap without releasing the frozen billions of dollars.

This is just another bad Biden deal that will lead, in one way or another, to another Biden administration failure. Kind of ironic that this deal with Iran comes out in the news on 9/11. A deal with the people responsible for causing the 9/11 attacks in the first place. How sad.

I still don't see how anyone can think and/or feel that Biden is not destroying our country.
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Graylight · 51-55, F
For a bank transfer? It's not even US money.

What do you care? Secretary of State Antony Blinken determined that waiving the sanctions was in the national security interests of the United States. I'm gonna go with him over the uninformed "patriot." We're talking about five lives here, 10 in totals if you're counting both sides. Humans for whom this exchange can't be threatened. But might is right, yeah? Blow em all to hell and let the devil sort them out? Evolved humans actually use critical thought to analyze, anticipate, strategize and act in a humane manner to reach decisions of great import. Some consider the greater good or give human life more weight than cash or pride. It's Iran's money. It belongs to Iran and, by the way, may only be used for humanitarian trade and will be kept in restricted accounts in Qatar.

Or just call it payback for the $8 billion they lost under hastily crafted provisions by the US during the hostage crisis.

And I encourage you to read this. It's supporting evidence for this hypothesis.
Expert analyzes new account of GOP deal that used Iran hostage crisis for gain
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/expert-analyzes-new-account-of-gop-deal-that-used-iran-hostage-crisis-for-gain