Obama ILLEGALLY paid $400 million ransom to Iran and Lied about it...

Are you just now shocked that every action of Obama is illegal?

Oh yeah, and golf.

Sledog said:

PurpleJ said:

Peterman said:

PurpleJ said:

Peterman said:

How does this effect your life in any way?

It AFFECTS the greater good of the world and also has an EFFECT on Uncle Sam's books. HTH.

Please... 400 mil is a a drop in da bucket

It's the principle of it. But you're right. I'm sure it's for a good cause!

Iran will fund ISIS to kill our troops. To Obamao that's a good cause.

Are you really worried about a $400 million army when we spend $700 billion?

Be afraid. Very afraid.

HoustonHusky said:

OZONE said:

2001400ex said:

HoustonHusky said:

2001400ex said:

Are you just now shocked that every action of Obama is illegal?

Oh yeah, and golf.

Being a shitty prez isn't illegal....paying a $400 million cash ransom to a state sponsor of terrorism is.

Speed limit IQ...

So I'm assuming you were calling for Reagan's head during the Iran contra hearings?

Reagan actually did give goods for hostages. That hasn't been proven yet in this case.

The Reagan admin never paid a ransom or gave Iran anything...they sold weapons (at a large premium), and a bunch of people got in trouble for it.

Now waiting for your concern on this...

The Iran–Contra affair (Persian: ماجراي ایران-کنترا‎‎, Spanish: caso Irán-Contra), also referred to as Irangate,[1] Contragate[2] or the Iran–Contra scandal, was a political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan Administration. Senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, which was the subject of an arms embargo.[3] They hoped thereby to secure the release of several U.S. hostages and to fund the Contras in Nicaragua. Under the Boland Amendment, further funding of the Contras by the government had been prohibited by Congress.

The scandal began as an operation to free the seven American hostages being held in Lebanon by Hezbollah, a paramilitary group with Iranian ties connected to the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution. It was planned that Israel would ship weapons to Iran, and then the United States would resupply Israel and receive the Israeli payment. The Iranian recipients promised to do everything in their power to achieve the release of the U.S. hostages.[4][5] Large modifications to the plan were devised by Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North of the National Security Council in late 1985, in which a portion of the proceeds from the weapon sales was diverted to fund anti-Sandinista and anti-communist rebels, or Contras, in Nicaragua.[4]

While President Ronald Reagan was a supporter of the Contra cause,[6] the evidence is disputed as to whether he authorized the diversion of the money raised by the Iranian arms sales to the Contras.[4][5][7] Handwritten notes taken by Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger on December 7, 1985, indicate that Reagan was aware of potential hostage transfers with Iran, as well as the sale of Hawk and TOW missiles to "moderate elements" within that country.[8] Weinberger wrote that Reagan said "he could answer to charges of illegality but couldn't answer to the charge that 'big strong President Reagan passed up a chance to free the hostages'".[8] After the weapon sales were revealed in November 1986, Reagan appeared on national television and stated that the weapons transfers had indeed occurred, but that the United States did not trade arms for hostages.[9] The investigation was impeded when large volumes of documents relating to the scandal were destroyed or withheld from investigators by Reagan administration officials.[10] On March 4, 1987, Reagan returned to the airwaves in a nationally televised address, taking full responsibility for any actions that he was unaware of, and admitting that "what began as a strategic opening to Iran deteriorated, in its implementation, into trading arms for hostages".[11]

Several investigations ensued, including those by the U.S. Congress and the three-person, Reagan-appointed Tower Commission. Neither found any evidence that President Reagan himself knew of the extent of the multiple programs.[4][5][7] Ultimately the sale of weapons to Iran was not deemed a criminal offense but charges were brought against five individuals for their support of the Contras. Those charges, however, were later dropped because the administration refused to declassify certain documents. The indicted conspirators faced various lesser charges instead. In the end, fourteen administration officials were indicted, including then-Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger. Eleven convictions resulted, some of which were vacated on appeal.[12] The rest of those indicted or convicted were all pardoned in the final days of the presidency of George H. W. Bush, who had been vice-president at the time of the affair.[13]