The Pallets of Treason and the “Paper of Record” Fraud
There is no clearer image of the absolute filth in Washington than pallets of unmarked foreign cash being loaded onto cargo planes in the dead of night. We were told by scum bags like Christiane Amanpour that this was “diplomacy.” We were told by the scummy hacks at CNN and the “experts” at the New York Times that this is “statecraft.”
In reality, it was a $1.7 billion ransom payment to the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, conducted with the secrecy of a drug deal because the administration knew exactly how it looked. They didn’t want the American public to see the wooden pallets stacked high with Euros, Swiss francs, and other non-U.S. currencies. They knew that if the people saw the sheer physical scale of the payoff, the “sophisticated” mask would slip.
If you believe the official story pushed by the establishment media—that this was just a “legal settlement” over some 1970s fighter jets—you’re the exact kind of mark they love.
They flew $400 million into Tehran on January 17, 2016, followed quickly by another $1.3 billion. Why cash? Because the very sanctions these “journalists” (again like Christiane Amanpour) pretend to support made it impossible to do a wire transfer. They had to bypass their own laws to pay off the mullahs in untraceable bills. It was a betrayal of every American who believes that this country doesn’t negotiate with terrorists, let alone fund them with pallets of untraceable currency in the dark of night.
The New York Times and the rest of the partisan press spent months running a “fake” narrative to bury this scandal. They didn’t necessarily say the cash was counterfeit, but their reporting was a total fraud in its lack of transparency. They initially ignored or downplayed the fact that the money touched down the exact same day Iran released four American prisoners. When the truth finally leaked that the cash was used as “leverage” to ensure the prisoners were on the plane before the money was handed over, the Times scrambled to frame it as “principled diplomacy” rather than a shakedown. Fucking scum bags, right? Weak? Feeble?
They focused on the “math” of the Hague Tribunal, claiming the U.S. “saved money” by paying $1.7 billion instead of more, successfully distracting their dwindling readership from the scumminess of the delivery method.
It’s the same old game we see every day. These outlets only find their “investigative” teeth when a Republican is in office. If a different president (TRUMP) sent unmarked planes full of cash to a rogue regime in the middle of the night, Amanpour would be screaming about treason and international bribery. But because it was their guy, she calls it “sophisticated.”
The Times “Fact-Checking” department spent more time attacking the critics of the deal than the deal itself, hiding behind technicalities to protect the administration while the IRGC was being funded on the American dime. They are whited sepulchres—polished and articulate on the outside, but full of partisan rot on the inside. They call a ransom a “settlement” and a drug-deal-style delivery “statecraft.” It wasn’t sophisticated; it was scummy, and it’s time they were searched out for the frauds they are.
The Verse
“He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.” — Proverbs 18:17
The Application
The New York Times and the network hacks were the “first in their own cause.” They got to tell the story first, and because they sounded authoritative and “just,” people believed them. They used a debt from the 1970s as a convenient mask for a ransom payment. But the truth is the “neighbor” that eventually searches them out. When the actual details of the cargo planes and the “leverage” came out, their original stories were exposed as nothing but a partisan defense of a corrupt deal. They played the role of the “righteous” by returning money, but they only did so when it served their political theater. It was a transaction of convenience and cowardice, not a work of mercy.
The Prayer
Lord, protect us from the deals made in the dark and the polished reports of the deceivers who dress their agendas in the robes of virtue. We ask for leaders who do not trade the honor of this nation for a pallet of cash or a dishonest peace. Grant us the discernment to see through the “diplomacy” of the liars and the persistence to search out the matter until the truth is revealed. Deliver us from the silver-tongued hacks who call a ransom a “settlement” and help us to value the truth above the vanity and the lies of the world. Amen.
