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Turbineguy

(40,076 posts) Thu Sep 5, 2019, 02:49 PM Sep 2019

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Iran tanker: US offers captain millions to hand over ship

The US state department has confirmed it offered millions of dollars to the captain of an Iranian oil tanker which is at the centre of a diplomatic row.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49589075?fbclid=IwAR3koJ0XyyhkecsTWbBMiUwza0_Hfi5FnUU7xgNp4FiajOACTTRYSjZ5pEM

This dumbfuck idea must have come straight from trump.

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Iran tanker: US offers captain millions to hand over ship (Original Post) Turbineguy Sep 2019 OP

Our tax dollars at work BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #1

We're bribing people now. bitterross Sep 2019 #2

Yeah, but Turbineguy Sep 2019 #3

Yeah, yeah we negotiate with terrorists now Farmer-Rick Sep 2019 #4

BlueMississippi

(776 posts)

1. Our tax dollars at work

Reply to Turbineguy (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2019, 02:50 PM

Sep 2019

for Trump's and Bolton's egos.

bitterross

(4,066 posts)

2. We're bribing people now.

Reply to Turbineguy (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2019, 02:54 PM

Sep 2019

That's just great.

Turbineguy

(40,076 posts)

3. Yeah, but

Reply to bitterross (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 5, 2019, 02:56 PM

Sep 2019

the trump administration can't even get that right.

Farmer-Rick

(12,667 posts)

4. Yeah, yeah we negotiate with terrorists now

Reply to Turbineguy (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2019, 02:59 PM

Sep 2019

Moscow Mitch made sure of that.

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