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DEAR EDITOR:
If not now, when? Best to wait two weeks to see if Iran will commit to a deal.
This has been going on for 46 years, since Iran took hostages in 1979 -- I still have that newspaper flag that I hung on my window until they were released.
Every U.S. President has put up with Iran; even Obama appeased the Iranian government by sending pallets of money. The first payment, $400 million was paid the same day four American prisoners were released by Iran in 2016. The second payment was $1.3 billion which covered the interest on the initial $400 million in two shipments -- Jan. 22 and Feb. 5 of 2016.
This money was in cash and distinct from the $100-$150 billion in Iranian assets that were unfrozen as part of the nuclear deal; he denied it was payment for the release of these prisoners.
So Obama funded the missiles that were attacking our servicemen and women.
So again, if not now, when – when they actually get the atomic bomb?
RUTH LILLEY
Niles