BARACK Hussein OBAMA: THE CLOSET MUSLIM PSYCHOPATH WHO HATED AMERICA!
"But the Obamas are the center of the most delusional cult of personality that the media has yet spawned. And so we get bizarre pieces like these."
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/02/monica-showalter-barack-obama-proud.html
The mullahs rolled in cash as a result of rolling Obama and his gullible team over the deal, knowing that Obama was desperate for some sort of legacy. MONICA SHOWALTER
MUSLIM DICTATORS, INCLUDING THE 9-11 INVADING SAUDIS, FUNDED THE PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES OF BUSH, CLINTON and OBAMA!
ISLAMIST BARACK OBAMA
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“Of course, one of the main reasons the nation is now “divided, resentful and angry” is because race-baiting, Islamist, class warrior Barack Hussein Obama was president for eight long years." MATTHEW VADUM
"But the Obamas are the center of the most delusional cult of personality that the media has yet spawned. And so we get bizarre pieces like these." MONICA SHOWALTER
"Along with Obama, Pelosi and Schumer are responsible for incalculable damage done to this country over the eight years of that administration." PATRICIA McCARTHY
Biden Surrendered to Iran's Houthis: They're Amping Up the War
Entirely unexpected.
Whenever Obama's terrible foreign policy initiatives, mainly involving appeasing all our enemies, went up in flames, there would always be confusion and bafflement among the media and the expert networks. They were doing all the right things, why wasn't it working. Why was the world in flames?
Biden got the ball rolling with a big present to Iran's Houthi terrorists by shutting down our participation in the campaign to keep them at bay.
Now, confusingly, the Houthis, whose motto includes, 'Death to America', show no interest in negotiating and are escalating the war.
Entirely unexpected, folks. Entirely.
Iran-backed Houthi militants have “prioritized" a major military offensive while ignoring a U.S. ceasefire proposal, even as President Biden pressures Saudi Arabia to curtail military operations in the civil war.
“Tragically, and somewhat confusingly for me, it appears that the Houthis are prioritizing a military campaign ... over suspending the war and moving relief to the Yemeni people,” State Department special representative Tim Lenderking said Friday.
It's only confusing if you're an idiot.
The Biden administration shut down America's role in fighting Iran's terrorists. Why would the Houthis do anything other than press their advantage, believing, rightly, that they've won, and that this is their opportunity to strike a decisive blow?
It's confusing why anyone would believe that the Houthis would do anything else.
“The Houthis continue to impede that flow, including [by] diverting money from imports that was intended for civilian salaries, in direct violation of their commitments under a [United Nations] agreement,” he told an Atlantic Council audience. “Unfortunately, we cannot ensure that food that passes through the port reaches those in need, as that area is under Houthi control.”
That's a reference to the famine, that the media falsely blamed on the campaign against the Houthis, when it was actually carried out by the Houthis.
After the release of the AP’s investigation on Monday, the United Nations’ World Food Program for the first time directly accused the Houthi rebels of diverting aid. WFP director David Beasley said in a letter to the Houthis’ leader that if the rebels did not investigate and put an end to theft, the organization would suspend some assistance, potentially effecting nearly 3 million people.
“These incidents of fraud amount to stealing food from the mouths of hungry Yemeni children,” Beasley wrote.
The WFP said its own investigation had found “evidence of trucks illicitly removing food from designated food distribution centers” in Houthi-controlled areas as well as fraud by a local food aid distributor connected to the Houthis’ Education Ministry. It said it learned many people in the Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa, have not been getting food rations they’re entitled to and that in other areas “hungry people have been denied full rations.”
That information was widely known, but the establishment instead kept echoing Qatari/Iran propaganda about the famine in Yemen. Now, entirely unexpectedly, the Houthis are doing exactly what they were doing all along. And surrendering to them just made it worse.
Entirely unexpectedly!
And if you think this is unexpected, the ISIS comeback will be even better.
Lawmaker Probes Biden Admin’s Role in $1 Billion Ransom Payment to Iran
U.S. reportedly waived sanctions to facilitate payment to Tehran
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Rep. Bryan Steil (R., Wis.) / Getty Images
Adam Kredo - MARCH 9, 2021 12:20 PM
A Republican lawmaker on the House Financial Services Committee is pressing the Biden administration to come clean about its suspected role in facilitating a $1 billion ransom payment to Iran as part of an effort to secure the release of a South Korean oil tanker that Tehran has been holding hostage.
Rep. Bryan Steil (R., Wis.) petitioned Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday to immediately provide him and other lawmakers with information about the reported U.S. role in waiving terrorism sanctions on Iran so that South Korea could complete the billion-dollar payment. South Korea has been locked in a dispute with Tehran over its January seizure of an oil tanker and its 20-member crew. Iran is using the tanker as leverage to pressure South Korea into freeing some $7 billion in oil revenues that are tied up in the country as a result of American sanctions.
"It would be gravely concerning if the United States waived terrorism-related sanctions on Iran to facilitate a ransom payment by South Korea without consulting Congress," Steil wrote, according to a copy of the letter obtained exclusively by the Washington Free Beacon.
The letter is the latest sign of mounting GOP frustration with the Biden administration’s diplomacy with Iran and efforts to cajole the country into negotiating over its growing nuclear program. Both the State and Treasury Departments have avoided briefing members of Congress, particularly on the Republican side, about their diplomacy and surrounding efforts to decrease pressure on Iran as part of a bid to bring Tehran back to the negotiating table. With Republicans in the minority, there is little they can do to block team Biden from rejoining the nuclear agreement with Iran, which former president Donald Trump abandoned in 2018. But members like Steil say Congress deserves to be fully briefed on these efforts.
There is growing consensus in Congress that the Biden administration should adopt a strong position in any discussions with Iran, including requiring it to release all American hostages and fully shut down its nuclear enrichment program. A bipartisan group of 140 House lawmakers—70 Democrats and 70 Republicans—sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urging him to maintain sanctions on Iran until it not only winds down its nuclear program, but also reigns in its support for terrorism and pursuit of advanced military equipment, including ballistic missiles.
"It would be a grave mistake for the United States to provide sanctions relief to the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism, Iran," Steil told the Free Beacon. "Congress shouldn’t find out about possible sanctions relief through foreign media. We must hear directly from the Biden administration and whether the United States plans to facilitate the transfer of these funds. I want answers and urge Secretary Yellen to provide needed clarity."
To this end, Steil asked members of the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, which oversees U.S. sanctions, to appear on Capitol Hill and answer questions about the South Korean ransom payment and other behind-the-scenes efforts to relax sanctions on Iran.
South Korea’s foreign ministry confirmed late last month that it was moving forward with the $1 billion payment after discussions with the United States and other countries involved in resolving the hostage situation.
"The actual unfreezing of the assets will be carried out through consultations with related countries, including the United States," the South Korean government said at the end of February.
After South Korea agreed to pay Iran $1 billion of the $7 billion that has been tied up in the country as a result of American sanctions, Tehran freed 19 crew members who were being held in the Islamic Republic. The ship’s captain is still detained, likely as leverage to force South Korea into releasing more cash.
Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif said last week that he is engaged in discussions with South Korea about pressing the United States to go along with further ransom payments.
"Iran thinks that it is not necessary to obtain a license from the Americans, but the Korean side is still trying to obtain this license from the United States to release Iranian blocked assets in Korea," Zarif was quoted as saying on March 3 in the country’s state-controlled press.
The Treasury Department did not respond to a request for comment on its role in South Korea's negotiations with Iran.
Lawmaker Probes Biden Admin’s Role in $1 Billion Ransom Payment to Iran
U.S. reportedly waived sanctions to facilitate payment to Tehran
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Rep. Bryan Steil (R., Wis.) / Getty Images
Adam Kredo - MARCH 9, 2021 12:20 PM
A Republican lawmaker on the House Financial Services Committee is pressing the Biden administration to come clean about its suspected role in facilitating a $1 billion ransom payment to Iran as part of an effort to secure the release of a South Korean oil tanker that Tehran has been holding hostage.
Rep. Bryan Steil (R., Wis.) petitioned Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday to immediately provide him and other lawmakers with information about the reported U.S. role in waiving terrorism sanctions on Iran so that South Korea could complete the billion-dollar payment. South Korea has been locked in a dispute with Tehran over its January seizure of an oil tanker and its 20-member crew. Iran is using the tanker as leverage to pressure South Korea into freeing some $7 billion in oil revenues that are tied up in the country as a result of American sanctions.
"It would be gravely concerning if the United States waived terrorism-related sanctions on Iran to facilitate a ransom payment by South Korea without consulting Congress," Steil wrote, according to a copy of the letter obtained exclusively by the Washington Free Beacon.
The letter is the latest sign of mounting GOP frustration with the Biden administration’s diplomacy with Iran and efforts to cajole the country into negotiating over its growing nuclear program. Both the State and Treasury Departments have avoided briefing members of Congress, particularly on the Republican side, about their diplomacy and surrounding efforts to decrease pressure on Iran as part of a bid to bring Tehran back to the negotiating table. With Republicans in the minority, there is little they can do to block team Biden from rejoining the nuclear agreement with Iran, which former president Donald Trump abandoned in 2018. But members like Steil say Congress deserves to be fully briefed on these efforts.
There is growing consensus in Congress that the Biden administration should adopt a strong position in any discussions with Iran, including requiring it to release all American hostages and fully shut down its nuclear enrichment program. A bipartisan group of 140 House lawmakers—70 Democrats and 70 Republicans—sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urging him to maintain sanctions on Iran until it not only winds down its nuclear program, but also reigns in its support for terrorism and pursuit of advanced military equipment, including ballistic missiles.
"It would be a grave mistake for the United States to provide sanctions relief to the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism, Iran," Steil told the Free Beacon. "Congress shouldn’t find out about possible sanctions relief through foreign media. We must hear directly from the Biden administration and whether the United States plans to facilitate the transfer of these funds. I want answers and urge Secretary Yellen to provide needed clarity."
To this end, Steil asked members of the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, which oversees U.S. sanctions, to appear on Capitol Hill and answer questions about the South Korean ransom payment and other behind-the-scenes efforts to relax sanctions on Iran.
South Korea’s foreign ministry confirmed late last month that it was moving forward with the $1 billion payment after discussions with the United States and other countries involved in resolving the hostage situation.
"The actual unfreezing of the assets will be carried out through consultations with related countries, including the United States," the South Korean government said at the end of February.
After South Korea agreed to pay Iran $1 billion of the $7 billion that has been tied up in the country as a result of American sanctions, Tehran freed 19 crew members who were being held in the Islamic Republic. The ship’s captain is still detained, likely as leverage to force South Korea into releasing more cash.
Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif said last week that he is engaged in discussions with South Korea about pressing the United States to go along with further ransom payments.
"Iran thinks that it is not necessary to obtain a license from the Americans, but the Korean side is still trying to obtain this license from the United States to release Iranian blocked assets in Korea," Zarif was quoted as saying on March 3 in the country’s state-controlled press.
The Treasury Department did not respond to a request for comment on its role in South Korea's negotiations with Iran.
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