Posted on Jan 17, 2016
Iran releases 4 US prisoners in swap, including Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian
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I just watched the President announce the prisoner swap for FOUR US prisoners in exchange for Iranian prisoners. He called it being DIPLOMATIC. I CALL IT BOLOGNA!
This was not done under or for diplomacy....IRAN was holding US citizens just to hold them...THEY WERE HOSTAGES! The Iranians MSgt Curtis Ellis the US is holding were tried fairly in open court and FOUND GUILTY. The Iranians being held are truly prisoners...but the US citizens were HOSTAGES.
How can the president even consider this FAIR?!!? It's NO prisoner SWAP. and it NOT DIPLOMACY! It's the US being FORCED to do something the Iranians wants the US to do.
What say you RP members?? COL Mikel J. Burroughs CPT (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) PO1 John Miller PVT Robert Gresham SN Greg Wright Cpl (Join to see) Capt Christopher Mueller PO2 Ed C. CPT Jack Durish SSgt Terry P. PO2 Mark Saffell LTC Stephen F. SPC Andrew Griffin CPT L S SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSG Laureano Pabon MAJ Ken Landgren Sgt Richard Buckner
I just watched the President announce the prisoner swap for FOUR US prisoners in exchange for Iranian prisoners. He called it being DIPLOMATIC. I CALL IT BOLOGNA!
This was not done under or for diplomacy....IRAN was holding US citizens just to hold them...THEY WERE HOSTAGES! The Iranians MSgt Curtis Ellis the US is holding were tried fairly in open court and FOUND GUILTY. The Iranians being held are truly prisoners...but the US citizens were HOSTAGES.
How can the president even consider this FAIR?!!? It's NO prisoner SWAP. and it NOT DIPLOMACY! It's the US being FORCED to do something the Iranians wants the US to do.
What say you RP members?? COL Mikel J. Burroughs CPT (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) PO1 John Miller PVT Robert Gresham SN Greg Wright Cpl (Join to see) Capt Christopher Mueller PO2 Ed C. CPT Jack Durish SSgt Terry P. PO2 Mark Saffell LTC Stephen F. SPC Andrew Griffin CPT L S SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSG Laureano Pabon MAJ Ken Landgren Sgt Richard Buckner
Iran releases 4 US prisoners in swap, including Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian
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Sgt Kelli Mays I'm worried that this is being seen as too one sided in the world's eyes. There is barely a blip about the 7 Iranian prisoners the U.S. released in return. There is no new news of ex FBI agent Robert Levinson. Keep in mind that in addition to these 5 prisoners that were released there are other Americans in Iran which were being held not physically but because of passport issues.
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Sgt Kelli Mays
and here I thought we don't negotiate even when there are American's being held hostage. It is one sided. Obama emphasized this morning and led off with the American's being released...but the Iranian's being released wasn't mentioned till more than half way through his speech this morning....and no sooner did he mention the 7 Iranians being released, he continued on with the rest of it......stating with this agreement the US has put a stop or slowed way down the process of IRAN making and or getting nuclear weapons....uh, huh, sure......NOT mentioning these are really bad guys...Oh well, it's just like his state of the union speech last week where he made it seem that everything is ROSEY and he's done an excellent job...yet, this last years is one of the worst for the stock market..blah blah blah...
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Actually Iran released 5 American Prisoners Sgt Kelli Mays
I am very thankful that the USA was involved in negotiations with Iran which freed:
(1) Marine veteran Amir Hekmati use was sentenced to death; (2) Christian pastor Saeed Abedini who initially held was initially imprisoned in infamous Evin Prison in September 2012. In November 2013, the Iranian government transferred Abedini to Rajai Shahr prison; (3) journalist Jason Rezaian; (4) Nosratollah Khosrawi; and (5) and Matthew Trevithick, a student who travel to Iran for a four-month language program associated with Tehran University and ended up in Evin Prison.
Another American imprisoned in Iran, Siamak Namazi was not released.
Many of us have been praying for the release and repatriation of pastor Saeed Abedini to this nation and his family. Praise God.
I am very thankful that the USA was involved in negotiations with Iran which freed:
(1) Marine veteran Amir Hekmati use was sentenced to death; (2) Christian pastor Saeed Abedini who initially held was initially imprisoned in infamous Evin Prison in September 2012. In November 2013, the Iranian government transferred Abedini to Rajai Shahr prison; (3) journalist Jason Rezaian; (4) Nosratollah Khosrawi; and (5) and Matthew Trevithick, a student who travel to Iran for a four-month language program associated with Tehran University and ended up in Evin Prison.
Another American imprisoned in Iran, Siamak Namazi was not released.
Many of us have been praying for the release and repatriation of pastor Saeed Abedini to this nation and his family. Praise God.
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Sgt Kelli Mays
I'm am relieved and very elated these folks are being released....but it was a TRADE...a trade for 7 really really bad guys for 5 American's who should have never been held there in the first place.
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LTC Stephen F.
Sgt Kelli Mays - Remember there are many more "bad" guys and gals from radical Muslim backgrounds than their are good guys held in the clutches of Iran.
Israel has long faced a similar situation when attempting to get back the few prisoners and remains of Israeli military personnel. Sometimes the ratio is one to 100 for good to bad guys because there are so many bad guys.
I am grateful when can extract any living souls from the clutches of the mullahs.
Israel has long faced a similar situation when attempting to get back the few prisoners and remains of Israeli military personnel. Sometimes the ratio is one to 100 for good to bad guys because there are so many bad guys.
I am grateful when can extract any living souls from the clutches of the mullahs.
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okay, so how do I edit my post? MSgt Curtis Ellis I didn't mean to type your name in the middle of my post. sorry.
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