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For Former U.S. Hostages, A Deal With Iran Also Remains Elusive
Your thoughts on Iran and its former hostages.
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Your thoughts on Iran and its former hostages.
https://www.readfulapp.com/site/Headlines/?tag=US&item=5479c21706c4b03a6b11d799
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Those former hostages will never see a dime, and our embargo of all things Iranian ensures there are minimal assets to seize. Attempting to negotiate this - and I will wager that the Iranians think this is hilarious - only gives them leverage they will apply to unrelated areas.
More troubling is the current state of affairs with nuclear negotiations.
This is a one-sided deal from US officials desperate for success giving Iran precisely what it wants: more time to refine its nuclear capabilities and develop delivery systems. They are playing us for suckers just like North Korea did in the 90's. It will continue until we recognize it for what it is.
Meanwhile, we are trying to partner with Iran (IRAN!!) against ISIS as if their goals have any confluence with our own. This serves to only alienate and alarm long-term partners such as Saudi Arabia and the gulf states.
More troubling is the current state of affairs with nuclear negotiations.
This is a one-sided deal from US officials desperate for success giving Iran precisely what it wants: more time to refine its nuclear capabilities and develop delivery systems. They are playing us for suckers just like North Korea did in the 90's. It will continue until we recognize it for what it is.
Meanwhile, we are trying to partner with Iran (IRAN!!) against ISIS as if their goals have any confluence with our own. This serves to only alienate and alarm long-term partners such as Saudi Arabia and the gulf states.
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Here's a link to the story on NPR:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/11/29/367200914/for-former-u-s-hostages-a-deal-with-iran-also-remains-elusive
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/11/29/367200914/for-former-u-s-hostages-a-deal-with-iran-also-remains-elusive
For Former U.S. Hostages, A Deal With Iran Also Remains Elusive
Iran is now receiving about $700 million a month in sanctions relief while talks on its nuclear program carry on. That's raising eyebrows among one group of Americans with a traumatic history in Iran.
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I'm gonna say no, LTC (Join to see). Those folks will likely never see anything from the Iranian government.
An equally interesting question would be this: Should the U.S. government compensate the Americans held hostage in Iran from 1979 to 1981?
An equally interesting question would be this: Should the U.S. government compensate the Americans held hostage in Iran from 1979 to 1981?
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Chief, they were compensated by the US government. Back in 1985, the US Government paid each hostage approximately $22,000 ($50 for each day they were held). Recent efforts at legislation were because that number was deemed inadequate and is an attempt to route Iranian fines paid due to attempts to evade sanctions to the hostages.
While I empathize with the folks held for 444 days, I think that they should not be paid by the USG any more than they have been. It has been decades since the event, and all of them have gone on with their lives. I philosophically believe that the government should not just give taxpayer money to people just because something bad happened to them, unless the government was somehow complicit or liable. Some of the money spent on natural disasters and after 9/11 were obscene amounts, and for many of the victims, it was never enough. Litigation continues to milk the cash cow for more. I know it is human nature and that there is no shortage of lawyers looking for a piece of the action, but this kind of thing make me sick.
While I empathize with the folks held for 444 days, I think that they should not be paid by the USG any more than they have been. It has been decades since the event, and all of them have gone on with their lives. I philosophically believe that the government should not just give taxpayer money to people just because something bad happened to them, unless the government was somehow complicit or liable. Some of the money spent on natural disasters and after 9/11 were obscene amounts, and for many of the victims, it was never enough. Litigation continues to milk the cash cow for more. I know it is human nature and that there is no shortage of lawyers looking for a piece of the action, but this kind of thing make me sick.
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I guess I forgot they were compensated. $22,000 seems like a pittance for what they endured.
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