It looks like the State Department is having a hard time explaining away the Obama administration’s payment of $400 million to Iran in exchange for the release of 4 captured Americans.
Of course, they deny that it was paid in order to secure the release of the hostages: they insist that the transfer of the money was merely the end result of a 40 year old deal meant to be made between the US and the Shah of Iran that got held up when he was overthrown and the Ayatollah took over.
It was precisely this point that State Department spokesperson John Kirby tried to sell on Fox News, but to little avail. It didn’t help that he referred to the payment not as a “ransom” but as “leverage” in order to get the Iranians to release the prisoners, basically undermining his and the entire administration’s narrative surrounding the incident.
Watch Kirby’s Fox News interview on the next page:
LIAR
Treason jail time.
Its in the damn dictionary hell look up what ransom means, or is the word leverage going to replace the word ransom, or do you twisted fucks even know what leverage means, you people needs to get someone in there that know how to read & knows what words mean.
$400m is a lot of leverage.
Bet Louisiana could use that money now?
This person gets on my damn nerves…Hes got that “DERRRR uhhhhh DUH!!!” look about him -_-
Why is everyone complaining about this, NOTHING WILL BE DONE, but cry over it, with this lame Government.
aiding our enemy
Where’s the USA Soldiers that are Hostage in IRAN,still there//Obama and john Kerry supporting IRAN,and nuclear parts for bombs//
THIS GUY IS A LYING SACK OF$#%&!@* NEVER BELIEVE ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF HIS CORRUPT MOUTH.