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as you said it was used as a LEVERAGE not a ransom. US had to pay this money anyway, by timing it right they had more LEVERAGE in the negotiations and 4 innocen
by mars4rp 10y ago
as you said it was used as a LEVERAGE not a ransom. US had to pay this money anyway, by timing it right they had more LEVERAGE in the negotiations and 4 innocent people got out of prison.
What is wrong with that? painting this payments as ransom is wrong.
- totalZero 10y agoRansom IS leverage. The payer is manipulating the captor's desire for money, in order to get an immediate release of prisoners that would otherwise not happen. Equally true, taking hostages is a way to gain leverage by manipulating the payer's desire to protect the captives. Why do you think bank robbers and hijackers do it? Iran was unable to get that money for almost forty years, but by dangling four Americans in front of the Obama administration, they were able to collect a ten-figure cash payment out of America's coffers. And you think there's nothing wrong with that? The Americans are guilty of caving on their principles and giving tons of (borrowed btw) cash to hostage takers, and the Iranians are guilt of taking hostages in the first place.