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Bryce
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by Bryce » Sun Nov 01, 2020 8:45 am
An American citizen taken hostage in Niger has been rescued as part of a U.S. military operation.
U.S. officials on Saturday confirmed that the early morning rescue by special operations forces took place in northern Nigeria, which borders Niger.
"This American citizen is safe and is now in the care of the U.S. Department of State. No U.S military personnel were injured during the operation," Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lauded the mission and avowed the U.S. commitment to return Americans taken hostage while abroad.
"We delivered on that commitment late last night in Nigeria, where some of our bravest and most skilled warriors rescued a U.S. citizen after a group of armed men took him hostage across the border in Niger," Pompeo said in a statement.
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/31/92984360 ... in-nigeria
Notice we didn't send anybody a pallet of cash in the middle of the night?
New York and Chicago were all in with respect to their sanctuary status — until they were hit with the challenge of actually providing sanctuary. In other words, typical liberal hypocrisy.
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audiophile
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by audiophile » Sun Nov 01, 2020 8:51 am
That's racist, LOL!
Ask not what your country can do FOR you; ask what they are about to do TO YOU!!
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Bryce
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by Bryce » Sun Nov 01, 2020 8:57 am
audiophile wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 8:51 am
That's racist, LOL!
Guess someone is going to have to rename Nigeria?
New York and Chicago were all in with respect to their sanctuary status — until they were hit with the challenge of actually providing sanctuary. In other words, typical liberal hypocrisy.
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audiophile
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by audiophile » Sun Nov 01, 2020 10:18 am
Good job Team 6!
Ask not what your country can do FOR you; ask what they are about to do TO YOU!!
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Rate This
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by Rate This » Sun Nov 01, 2020 5:00 pm
Bryce wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 8:45 am
An American citizen taken hostage in Niger has been rescued as part of a U.S. military operation.
U.S. officials on Saturday confirmed that the early morning rescue by special operations forces took place in northern Nigeria, which borders Niger.
"This American citizen is safe and is now in the care of the U.S. Department of State. No U.S military personnel were injured during the operation," Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lauded the mission and avowed the U.S. commitment to return Americans taken hostage while abroad.
"We delivered on that commitment late last night in Nigeria, where some of our bravest and most skilled warriors rescued a U.S. citizen after a group of armed men took him hostage across the border in Niger," Pompeo said in a statement.
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/31/92984360 ... in-nigeria
Notice we didn't send anybody a pallet of cash in the middle of the night?
We never sent “a pallet of cash in the middle of the night”.
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MotorCityRadioFreak
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by MotorCityRadioFreak » Sun Nov 01, 2020 5:23 pm
Good job. Has nothing to do with Trump.
They/them, non-binary and proud.
Remember that “2000 Mules” was concocted by a circus of elephants.
The right needs to stop worry about what’s between people’s legs. Instead, they should focus on what’s between their ears.
Audacity sucks.
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Bryce
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by Bryce » Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:36 pm
Rate This wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 5:00 pm
We never sent “a pallet of cash in the middle of the night”.
Christ, you're like Joe Biden and fracking....
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration secretly organized an airlift of $400 million worth of cash to Iran that coincided with the January release of four Americans detained in Tehran, according to U.S. and European officials and congressional staff briefed on the operation afterward.
WSJ credible enough for you?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-sent-c ... 1470181874
New York and Chicago were all in with respect to their sanctuary status — until they were hit with the challenge of actually providing sanctuary. In other words, typical liberal hypocrisy.
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Bryce
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by Bryce » Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:44 pm
His Policy has had a LOT to do with it.
According the the "ultra conservative" L.A. Times...
In 2013 and 2014, Islamic State took dozens of Westerners hostage in Syria. The European hostages were eventually released after their governments made generous ransom payments. The American and British hostages, including the journalists James Foley and Steven J. Sotloff, were murdered.
Then comes Trump...
In his first two years in office, President Trump has made the recovery of Americans held hostage or unjustly imprisoned overseas a top priority.
At least a dozen Americans have been freed, including three UCLA basketball players who were detained in China, and Caitlin Coleman, who was rescued along with her family after being held captive by the Taliban for five years.
Trump’s approach represents a departure for the United States. Although many European countries routinely pay ransom when their citizens are taken hostage, the U.S. has a no-concessions policy, meaning that it does not negotiate with terrorist groups that take Americans hostage. Washington will engage with hostile governments that unjustly jail Americans, a kind of judicial hostage-taking. President Trump has taken a strong personal interest in both kinds of cases.
Families of American hostages say they are pleased with the responsiveness of the Trump administration.
New York and Chicago were all in with respect to their sanctuary status — until they were hit with the challenge of actually providing sanctuary. In other words, typical liberal hypocrisy.
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by Rate This » Mon Nov 02, 2020 4:43 am
Bryce wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:36 pm
Rate This wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 5:00 pm
We never sent “a pallet of cash in the middle of the night”.
Christ, you're like Joe Biden and fracking....
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration secretly organized an airlift of $400 million worth of cash to Iran that coincided with the January release of four Americans detained in Tehran, according to U.S. and European officials and congressional staff briefed on the operation afterward.
WSJ credible enough for you?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-sent-c ... 1470181874
That was money we owed Iran from before the hostage crisis.
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UP906
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by UP906 » Mon Nov 02, 2020 9:49 am
Wow...
First there were no pallets of cash, then it was money we owed them.
Flip flop much?
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by Rate This » Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:03 am
UP906 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 9:49 am
Wow...
First there were no pallets of cash, then it was money we owed them.
Flip flop much?
Pallets of cash in the middle of the night sounds exciting but that isn’t the way it was done. Secondly money did change hands, but it was to pay money we legitimately owed Iran from decades ago. There is no flip flop there.
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UP906
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by UP906 » Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:14 am
You better do some research RT.
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by Rate This » Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:23 am
UP906 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:14 am
You better do some research RT.
I did. We had this discussion some time ago and that was the result. Bryce denied it anyway.
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by UP906 » Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:33 am
$1.7 billion with $400 million of that being held until the release of American citizens. Paid in Francs and Euros.
Five administrations held on to the money because Iran actually OWED on terror related settlements. Sanctions against Iran were in full effect at the time of payment.
That's ransom kid.
Obama paid a leading sponsor of state terrorism $1.7 billion... much of which is speculated to have gone to fund more terror activities.
The terror honcho Soulimani was so emboldened by the previous administration that he would travel freely around the middle east, even being so bold as to travel to Baghdad... where his people were actively engaged in terror activities.
Until Trump had our men put a Hellfire missile in his lap, that is.
Two H*** differences in policy.
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Bryce
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by Bryce » Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:48 am
Rate This wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:23 am
UP906 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:14 am
You better do some research RT.
I did. We had this discussion some time ago and that was the result. Bryce denied it anyway.
For good reason. Your take on it was incorrect as UP has so kindly pointed out to you. AGAIN.
New York and Chicago were all in with respect to their sanctuary status — until they were hit with the challenge of actually providing sanctuary. In other words, typical liberal hypocrisy.