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About that 6 billion dollars given to Iran (Original Post) Tomconroy Oct 2023 OP
Somebody should tell Steve Scalise, since he said Iran used that money for this attack Marius25 Oct 2023 #1
Chris Christie, JD Vance, and Mike Pence are also spreading the lie deminks Oct 2023 #2
Hmm... Mike Nelson Oct 2023 #3
This money was frozen in a Korean bank. Tomconroy Oct 2023 #4
Meanwhile Kilmeade was trying to say we gave Iran 6 billion skip fox Oct 2023 #5

deminks

(11,529 posts)
2. Chris Christie, JD Vance, and Mike Pence are also spreading the lie
Sat Oct 7, 2023, 08:52 PM
Oct 2023

The Iran used this money to launch this attack. It's a bald face lie. This money has not been spent. And it is not tax payer money, which they are also saying.

Mike Nelson

(10,943 posts)
3. Hmm...
Sat Oct 7, 2023, 09:11 PM
Oct 2023

... I worked with an Iranian woman. She escaped and considers the government horrific... she doesn't disapprove, but does state the US took every cent they could after the Shah to Ayatollah switch. It was significantly more than 6 billion.

 

Tomconroy

(7,611 posts)
4. This money was frozen in a Korean bank.
Sat Oct 7, 2023, 09:33 PM
Oct 2023

It's now in a mideast bank. The US never has possession of it.

skip fox

(19,502 posts)
5. Meanwhile Kilmeade was trying to say we gave Iran 6 billion
Sat Oct 7, 2023, 09:53 PM
Oct 2023

which was used in the Israel attack,

Fox's Jennifer Griffin set him straight, thank goodness. She wasn't putting up with his crap, even as he tried to talk over her.

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