Stop Pretending – It’s Not the “Fungibility,”
It’s the Location of the $6 Billion
Returned to Iran
Posted By: earlybird, 10/8/2023 8:49:31 PM
You want to go deep weeds, let’s go deep weeds. Almost all of the conversations about the $6 billion given back to Iran have focused on the fungible aspect of money. While true, that focus misses the key and essential point, where the money was delivered. The captured $6 billion was held in a South Korean bank, the result of sanctions violations. What the Biden/Blinken crew did, was move the money from South Korea to a bank in Qatar. (snip) Qatar is the financial center for Islamic extremist operations.
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