Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Ransom by another name

 A rose is rose, and a ransom, a ransom

A rose is rose, and a ransom, a ransom

By Cal ThomasANALYSIS/OPINION

The Washington Times, Aug. 8, 2016 - You’ve probably heard the very old riddle: When is a door not a door? When it’s ajar.
An updated version might go like this: When is a ransom not a ransom? When the Obama administration says it isn’t.
President Obama and his State Department want us to believe that $400 million in foreign cash that was flown into Iran under cover of darkness on an unmarked cargo plane was merely money “owed” to the world’s No. 1 sponsor of terrorism from a failed arms deal negotiated with the Shah of Iran more than 35 years ago.
The president’s explanation is that the money was part of the nuclear deal reached with Iran and the first installment of a $1.7 billion settlement resolving claims at an international tribunal at The Hague. The president says settling the claim now is actually saving money, the full amount of which might have had to be paid if the case were fully litigated before the court.

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