So..
To the Uneducated or MAGA faction…
You may want to read this before going after my visage, my education or my lack of knowledge.
Let’s examine the facts of this “ pallets” of cash that Obama sent out of the goodness of his heart.
First Fact..
$1.7 Billion was transferred in cash to Iran.
Why in cash??
The transfer was made in physical cash via foreign currencies on planes because U.S. and International sanctions strictly barred Iran from accessing the formal global banking system.
Second Fact..
This WAS NOT A GIFT OR DIRECT TAXPAYER FUNDED, but rather a settlement for a decades old pre 1979 failed military arms deal.
$400 million was the principal amount that Iran had placed in a U.S. Foreign Military sales trust before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
$1.3 Billion was for the interest accrued over the decades during which funds were contested during the Iran.U.S. Claims Tribunal at The Hague.
Third FUN FACT…
The money given.
THE PALLET MONEY WERE THEIR FUNDS!
IT WAS NOT OUR MONEY!!
It was the seized and frozen assets from Iran who had money in OUR BANKING SYSTEMS.
G.W. Bush made sure that they would not be able to use that money AFTER THE 9-11 attacks!!
We simply RETURNED THEIR MONEY!!
There were stipulations where the money was to be disbursed. No one knows if the Iranians lived up to this but at least they grew to see us as NOT SO MUCH OF A THREAT!
TRUMP WILL BE PAYING MUCH MORE!
OUR MONEY!
OBAMA WAS A SMART MAN.