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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/24/obama-iran-nuclear-deal-prisoner-release-236966
When President Barack Obama announced the "one-time gesture" of releasing Iranian-born prisoners who "were not charged with terrorism or any violent offenses" last year, his administration presented the move as a modest trade-off for the greater good of the Iran nuclear agreement and Tehran's pledge to free five Americans.
[...] But Obama, the senior official and other administration representatives weren't telling the whole story on Jan. 17, 2016, in their highly choreographed rollout of the prisoner swap and simultaneous implementation of the six-party nuclear deal, according to a POLITICO investigation.
[...] The biggest fish, though, was Seyed Abolfazl Shahab Jamili, who had been charged with being part of a conspiracy that from 2005 to 2012 procured thousands of parts with nuclear applications for Iran via China. That included hundreds of U.S.-made sensors for the uranium enrichment centrifuges in Iran whose progress had prompted the nuclear deal talks in the first place.
When federal prosecutors and agents learned the true extent of the releases, many were shocked and angry. [...] Through action in some cases and inaction in others, the White House derailed its own much-touted National Counterproliferation Initiative at a time when it was making unprecedented headway in thwarting Iran's proliferation networks. In addition, the POLITICO investigation found that Justice and State Department officials denied or delayed requests from prosecutors and agents to lure some key Iranian fugitives to friendly countries so they could be arrested. Similarly, Justice and State, at times in consultation with the White House, slowed down efforts to extradite some suspects already in custody overseas, according to current and former officials and others involved in the counterproliferation effort.
And as far back as the fall of 2014, Obama administration officials began slow-walking some significant investigations and prosecutions of Iranian procurement networks operating in the U.S. These previously undisclosed findings are based on interviews with key participants at all levels of government and an extensive review of court records and other documents. "Clearly, there was an embargo on any Iranian cases," according to the former federal supervisor. "Of course it pissed people off, but it's more significant that these guys were freed, and that people were killed because of the actions of one of them," the supervisor added, in reference to [Amin] Ravan and the IED network.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by jmorris on Tuesday April 25 2017, @05:32PM (4 children)
You are a fool who buys into the insane notion that 'they are people just like us', that diversity doesn't really exist since everybody is exactly alike, you aren't religious and can't imagine that anyone else in $current_year -really- believes any of those old fairy tales.
Well they aren't like you, they don't think like you and they do believe they are commanded by Allah to force you to submit. Giving them atom bombs will get one of two scenarios.
1. The 'good' scenario, where there are just enough sane leaders in Iran to avoid the second scenario, is they extend the shield of their atom bombs over every Jihadi who swears allegiance and lets them operate without fear of open attack by nation states, openly operate camps, own territory, etc. Their actual armies can also operate openly to conquer their enemies.
For a recent example, look to Crimea, Russia is a tattered third rate power who Europe could easily muster a conventional army to smash to bits, even without the US, if they got out of hand. But Russia has the bomb so a military response was and is off the table. Putin and Russia are sane, so MAD does work to keep them within certain bounds since we too have the bomb. If Iran stayed within those same bounds, the benefit gained by having a few nukes would be worth many additional divisions.
2. The 'bad' scenario. They really are waiting for the Hidden Imam to come up out of that well and all that crazy crap. They believe it is their duty to bathe the world in fire and blood to prepare the way for the Mahdi. Drop a dozen attached to even short range rockets, preferably cruise missles, hope one makes it through Iron Dome. The Jews respond and drop their fusion bombs in response. Within a day they probably get their wish as everybody else gets dragged into the festivities.
And remember, once it is clear Iran is going to be permitted a nuke, -everybody- in the region will be arming up in response. How can we permit Iran a bomb and deny Saudi Arabia? Obama would, aid any foe, backstab any friend, but Trump ain't going to prevent it. Expect at least a half dozen powers in the region with nukes.
(Score: 2, Disagree) by https on Tuesday April 25 2017, @08:16PM (2 children)
Does telling lies about a religion make you feel better about...anything? There's more than enough fodder to put the smackdown on Islam without making shit up.
Offended and laughing about it.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday April 25 2017, @08:33PM (1 child)
He's not wrong if he's talking about the Wahhabis, who are Islam's version of the US's Christian Reconstructionists. And like our Theonomists, they are also in charge.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 26 2017, @12:51AM
World war 3, here we come..
or has it already started?
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 25 2017, @11:45PM
[begin encoded message] SJW Special Task Force, Rouge Une, jmorris Squad: status report. jmorris lies sleeping dreaming of Armaggedon. We suspect emissions. Or at least leakage. Request crew replacements, Not everyone can be exposed to this much crazy for such a long period of time. jmorris Squad out. [end encoded message]