GOP blasting Biden for Iranian deal

World bad guys 2 - America 0

So we traded a Russian Arms dealer for a lesbian, AA, basketball player
and now
we released 6 billion and freed 5 Iranian prisoners for 5 Iranians who happen to also be American citizens that I assume passed the test.

America sucks at this.

And I would say this no matter who was in charge.
If any American goes into what is known as "hostile to Americans" territory, you are on your own.

 

I’m ambivalent about it but understand that at the end of the day it is their money from the sale of oil, so not “found” money.

I’ll never understand why Americans put themselves in harm’s way being in VERY unfriendly countries.

 

Found a way to do it without giving them full access to do as they want. Seems like a good deal and not easy to hammer through.

Tip of the hat to Joe!

 

Where in you reveal you don’t know what your talking about

 

Some were dual citizens

 

Regardless, use your head

 

Diamond Joe is playing 3 dimensional chess. Releasing 6 billion, getting 5 hostages and enacting new sanctions all at basically the same time.

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isn't all non-computer chess 3-D?

 

GOP gives zero craps about Americans or America. If it could embarrass Biden they cross their fingers for a bad outcome for these prisoners. Half wanted Griner imprisoned for life.

 

this is a BS post. to say that people who want to disincentivize hostage taking of AMERICANS don't care about Americans or America is really shitty. selling out the future for the present does not make one a patriot. not 1, but 2 nobel prize winners would disagree with you.

 

Trump swamped 1,000 prisoners for 5,000 Taliban prisoners. Nary a peep from the GOP.

 

weren't those 1000 Afghans? & weren't these POWs?

 

We declared war in Afgahnistan?

 

why the silliness?

 

Most of us don't consider diplomacy to be a sport or a zero-sum game. I'm happy Americans get to come home to their families.

 

With regards to your last couple sentences I really do think we need to make it very clear to US citizens which countries they can’t visit and still expect any sort of help if/when this shit goes down. Have it imprinted on everyone’s passports in every major language. Let’s try to keep this from happening.

 

And will you be happy when Iran grabs the next set of hostages? This is rewarding them forvbad behaivor. What do you think the consequences of that w

Because it encourages more hostage taking. The same reason we don't pay off terrorists who take hostages

 

Because they believe that big brother will reward their captors to secure their release and Biden has proven them to be correct

 

Iran was going to grab the next set of hostages either way.