They had paid for some weapons that they never received. They were suing us in international court for the frozen assets. We settled because we were going to lose
They forfeited the right to have it. Just like a drug dealer has to forfeit seized money the goat fuckers ceased to have a claim when they seized our embassy Fuck an international court. No ruling by a bunch of socialist in The Hague has any binding status.
You can't really believe settling a 35 year old dispute with a plane on a night run full of cash was just coincidentally in the same time frame as release of prisoners held for years? Why would you believe that?
Because I was aware of the situation before the money was sent. Obama had a press conference about it before it happened
He also said we would negotiate the health bill on television - C-Span to be specific. Did you believe him then?