Trump Ends Obama’s Iran Hostage Crisis

In 1,251 words, Trump crushed every lie about the Iran deal.

May 9, 2018 Daniel Greenfield

Jimmy Carter began the first Iranian hostage crisis and Reagan ended it. Obama began America’s second Iranian hostage crisis.

President Trump just ended it.

On January 12, 2016, Iran's IRGC terror force seized 2 US Navy vessels, extracted classified information from their crews at gunpoint, broadcast images of American sailors on their knees and forced an officer to read an apology. A day later, the Islamic terror state released its American hostages.

Three days later, Implementation Day lifted sanctions on Iran. By next month, Iran was claiming that it had received over $100 billion in sanctions relief.  It was not the last ransom payment linked to the nuclear deal.  On January 17, Obama illegally airlifted $400 million in foreign currency on unmarked cargo planes to the IRGC as a down payment on a $1.7 billion ransom for four American hostages being held in Iran.

Since then, Iran has taken more American hostages..........If the deal were working, it wouldn’t need to be secret. The only reason to hide every meaningful piece of information is to cover up the truth that Iran’s nuclear program continues to tick ahead every day.   The deal doesn’t stop Iran from getting a bomb. It ensures that Iran will get a bomb. .............Obama turned his back on Israel. He turned his back on America. And on the truth..........To Read More.....