For Hawks, Every American Captive Returned Home Diplomatically is a Failed Opportunity
This month, opponents of the Iran deal have decided to that the delivery of $400 million to Iran in January was a “ransom payment” for the release of three American citizens. The their release was “pragmatic diplomacy not capitulation,” not to mention the fact that the funds actually belonged to Iran as payment for an arms deal that didn’t go through due to the 1979 revolution and the money was further withheld to maintain “maximum leverage” to ensure that the three Americans were released. But this isn’t a one-off incident of foreign ...
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