Abrignac wrote:Or he could have told them to pound sand. They need us more than we need them. Hopefully, at some point we'll elect a president more intent on preserving American sovereignty than one content being ordered around by a third world dictator.
Their money, could have been a much larger judgement against us.
All told, Tehran was asking The Hague arbitrators (comprising equal numbers of U.S., Iranian and neutral judges) for $10 billion. Fearing they might actually be awarded that much, or something like it, the Obama administration negotiated privately with Tehran, which agreed to settle for $1.7 billion. The $400 million stacked on pallets was the first installment.