Subject: $10Bn more for Iran
Time to call this what it is: A payoff for Iran to get them to...
1) Not unleash Hezbollah in the north on Israel
2) Put a good word in for the hostages Hamas is holding

I remember when we tied a yellow ribbon around a tree in 1979 because it was the thing to do. I guess that's passe now.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/13...

Too bad for that kid.

Anyway, here's Biden paying more money to Iran. And please don't attempt the BS deflection about how 'it's their money'. That's weaksauce.

https://freebeacon.com/biden-a...

The Biden administration on Tuesday reapproved a sanctions waiver that will allow Iran to access upward of $10 billion in frozen assets, the State Department confirmed to the Washington Free Beacon.

The sanctions waiver, which was set to expire today after first being authorized for a period of 120 days in July, allows Iraq to transfer payments for multibillion-dollar electricity imports from Iran into accounts outside of the country that can be used by Tehran. This is the first time the Biden administration has renewed the waiver since the Iran-backed terror group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel that was reported to have been planned with Tehran's support.

Renewal of the waiver "allows Iraq to use its own funds to render payment for Iranian electricity imports into restricted Iranian accounts in Iraq," a State Department official told the Free Beacon, speaking only on background. "These restricted funds can only be used for humanitarian and other non-sanctionable transactions."

It's important for the State Department spokesgoober to tack on that last bit; somebody will buy it.

Meanwhile, Houthis rebels aimed a drone at a US Destroyer today, which shot it down. The proper response since this is the second or third time they've fired on a US Navy ship in international waters and shot down a surveillance drone is to let the Houthis have it. I'd perfer a B-52 strike but several rounds of Predator strikes could be a decent substitute.