But Leftist Privilege will prevent him from ever being held accountable. My latest in FrontPage:
The Washington Free Beacon reported Wednesday that “the Obama administration skirted key U.S. sanctions to grant Iran access to billions in hard currency despite public assurances the administration was engaged in no such action, according to a new congressional investigation.”
And it gets even worse: “The investigation, published Wednesday by the House Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, further discloses secret efforts by top Obama administration officials to assure European countries they would receive a pass from U.S. sanctions if they engaged in business with Iran.”
This revelation comes after the news that came to light in February, that, according to Bill Gertz in the Washington Times, “the U.S. government has traced some of the $1.7 billion released to Iran by the Obama administration to Iranian-backed terrorists in the two years since the cash was transferred.”
There is a law that applies to this situation. U.S. Code 2381 says: “Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.”
In a sane political environment, Barack Obama would be tried for treason.
Barack Hussein Obama has planted seeds that will be bearing bitter fruit for years, and probably decades, to come. He is, without any doubt, the worst President in American history. Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan? Yes, the doughface Presidents made the Civil War inevitable, but worse came later. Grant? Blind to corruption and out of his depth, but there have been worse than he as well. Wilson? That black-hearted Presbyterian bigot arguably gave the world Hitler and World War II, so he is definitely in the Final Four. Harding? Nah: his tax cuts and return to “normalcy” got the American economy, and the Twenties, roaring. FDR and LBJ gave us the modern welfare state and dependent classes automatically voting Democrat; the full bill on the damage they did hasn’t yet been presented. Nixon? A crook and an economic Leftist, who betrayed Taiwan for the People’s Republic; his record certainly isn’t good. Carter? Nothing good can be said about his four years of sanctimony and incompetence.
But there is one thing Barack Obama has on all competitors: treason.
He showered hundreds of billions of dollars on the Islamic Republic of Iran. There are those who say, “It was their money. It belonged to the Iranian government but was frozen and not paid since 1979.” Indeed, and there was a reason for that: not even Jimmy Carter, who made the Islamic Republic of Iran possible, thought that money, which had been paid by the Shah’s government in a canceled arms deal, belonged to the mullahs who overthrew the Shah. Likewise Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush all thought that the Islamic Republic was not due money that was owed to the Shah.
Only Barack Obama did.
The definition of treason is giving aid and comfort to the enemy. The leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran order their people to chant “Death to America” in mosques every Friday, and repeatedly vow that they will ultimately destroy the United States of America and the state of Israel. How was giving them billions and helping them skirt sanctions applied by the U.S. government not treason?
Other Presidents have been incompetent, corrupt, dishonest, but which has committed treason on a scale to rival the treason of Barack Obama?
The Iranians also operate a global network of jihad terror organizations, one of which, Hizballah, is quite active in Mexico now, with the obvious ultimate intention of crossing the border and committing jihad massacres of Americans. Obama has given a tremendous boost to these initiatives, as well as to Iran’s nuclear program, with his nuclear deal that has given the Iranians hundreds of billions of dollars and essentially a green light to manufacture nuclear weapons, in exchange for absolutely nothing.
There is no telling when the worst consequences of Obama’s aid and comfort to the Islamic Republic of Iran will be felt. But they likely will be felt in one way or another. Even as President Trump moves swiftly to restore sanctions and put Iran on notice that its nuclear activity and global adventurism will not be tolerated, those billions cannot be recovered, and the Iranians have already spent a great deal for their jihad cause.
However this catastrophe plays out, there is one man who will suffer no consequences whatsoever: Barack Obama. That’s Leftist Privilege. It’s good to be a powerful Leftist in Washington nowadays. Laws? Pah! Laws are for conservatives.
Andy says
“Current Year” Three Stooges JUST UNVEILED
Andy says
We have a bunch of real dummies, I’ll tell you”!
Andy says
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OvK1z3FFRs
Palace Dog says
Moe, Larry and Curly at their finest.
Ren says
When will Dumbama be impeached?
Ray Jarman says
Ren, What are you talking about. A former president cannot be impeached but he can be imprisoned.
J D S says
And….no one, repeat no one wanted to be responsible for I
Implementing impeachment for the first black president…
This would have turned the U.S. upside down..blood in the streets etc. Should he have been impeached…probably
Should he still be prosecuted…probably.
Will it ever happen…NO!
Logic&Reason says
When journalism is partisan across the board–despite the FACTS–it’s propaganda.
Obama and Clinton should be indicted for abusing the power of the DOJ–from spying on Trump’s campaign, to the 24/7 attempts to delegitimize his presidency.
The MSM have instructions to paint the Trump administration as lunatic, so that no accusation against the Democrats can possibly be believed. That’s state-run media. Pravda.
Rarely says
He could probably worm his way out of a Treason charge by claiming the U.S. is not technically in a state of was with Iran and, consequently, Iran is not technically an “enemy”. Now there’s a “technical” defence for you. I hope we hear from a U.S. lawyer or two for clarification.
Rarely says
Not “was” but “war”
Janwaar Bibi says
the Obama administration skirted key U.S. sanctions to grant Iran access to billions in hard currency
The money belonged to Iran. An Omani bank that was converting Iranian money to Euros needed to use dollars as an intermediate currency, and they were given permission by the Obama administration to do this.
Note the clever phrasing of the quotation from the Beacon: the Obama administration “skirted” US sanctions. “Skirted” is a weasel word which is designed to conceal the fact that this action did not violate US sanctions, which were supposed to be lifted anyway after the agreement with Iran.
….secret efforts by top Obama administration officials to assure European countries they would receive a pass from U.S. sanctions if they engaged in business with Iran.
The Iranians have kept their end of the JCPOA agreement. US sanctions were supposed to be lifted after this agreement, but the Europeans were worried that the US would fail to do so and would sanction them for working with Iran. Their worry turned out to be correct – Donald Dump unilaterally tore up the agreement and now many Europeans companies will lose their investments in Iran’s economy.
No one – not even arch-Zionists like Netanyahu or Caroline Glick – has provided any evidence that Iran has violated the JCPOA agreement. Even the US only claims that Iran has violated the “spirit” of the agreement by developing long-range missiles, even though these were not covered by JCPOA.
Israel and Saudi Arabia, together with their client state the US, want Iran to disarm so they can attack country after country in the Middle East without any opposition (see Iraq, Libya, Yemen and Syria). This will not end well for anyone. In the short term, Muslim countries will feel most of the pain. In the long term, this will end US financial hegemony and the reign of the dollar as countries build alternatives to the petrodollar. But Netanyahu and the Wahabbi imams will shower your politicians with more money while your sons and daughters fight and die in the Middle East, and that’s all that matters now.
Rarely says
Ridiculous to suggest Israel and Saudi Arabia want Iran disarmed so that they can attack their neighbours. Do you have any evidence or just blather?
Janwaar Bibi says
1) Saudi Arabia is fighting a war in Yemen to subdue the Houthis, who are supported by Iran. In retaliation for Saudi attacks, the Houthis have launched long-range rockets at Saudi Arabia, presumably obtained from Iran. Saudi Arabia would love to see Iran disarmed so they can have a free hand in Yemen to crush the Houthis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention_in_Yemen#Iranian_involvement
2) Israel and the US bomb Syria, and they fund a bunch of jihadi groups there such as Al Nusra who are fighting the internationally recognized government of Syria. See Operation Timber Sycamore:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_Sycamore
Iran has troops in Syria fighting on the side of the Syrian government. Israel has stated it wants Iran out of Syria – so it can continue to attack Syria with impunity.
3) People like you really should watch this video of Wesley Clarke from 2007: he told us exactly what the neocon plan was, long before the attacks on Libya, Syria, and Yemen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RC1Mepk_Sw
gravenimage says
Wesley Clark is an American-hating traitor. *Of Course* Janwaar Bibi loves him.
Ray Jarman says
FYI, The Houthis are on the run and as reported today in NightWatch.com, the key cities of Hudaydah and Zubid are almost completely captured by the UAE and Saudi forces. The Houthis are even begging the UN to administer Hudaydah because they will be left without a port to replenish their exhausted munitions. Also the Houthis have not hit a target with their missiles into Saudi Arabia.
I am not a big fan of the Saudis but sometimes one must choose between the worse of two evils and the Mullahs in Tehran scare me much more than any Sunni Arab nation because they truly believe in the last days and how Islam will reign supreme. Also the Saudis have given Israel fly-over permission in the past and have ongoing bi-lateral, if unofficial, relations with the Jewish State.
DragarOz says
How any sane person can think it is okay for Iran to obtain nuclear weapons, or any weapons of mass destruction at all is beyond me. No logic what-so-ever in that. They have repeatedly stated their intentions. The way I see it is the Obama-Clinton administration helped Iran towards that goal and are responsible for the invasion of Europe through Libya. No plans for the “after”. seems to be a common theme with these idiots, like Lincoln, no plan for “after”. maybe good intentions, but what comes next? anarchy?! that seems to be the accepted norm.
Janwaar Bibi says
Anarchy is the goal. The neocon plan is to liquidate all governments opposed to Israel and let the Arabs fight among themselves, giving Israel a free hand to do what it wants in the West Bank. It has worked brilliantly.
gravenimage says
Ah–it’s all the fault of the Joooooooooooos, I see…
Janwaar Bibi says
Wesley Clark is an American-hating traitor. gravenimage
From Wiki: Wesley Kanne Clark, Sr. (born December 23, 1944) is a retired General of the United States Army. He graduated as valedictorian of the class of 1966 at West Point and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford, where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He later graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a master’s degree in military science. He spent 34 years in the U.S. Army, receiving many military decorations, several honorary knighthoods, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Clark commanded Operation Allied Force in the Kosovo War during his term as the Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO from 1997 to 2000.
Gravenimage, let me know if you have served in uniform in the US armed forces, and if so, how your service compares to Wesley Clark’s.
gravenimage says
Both my parents–and my aunt–served in the armed forces.
Unlike Wesley Clark, I have never said that people who disagree with me should be put in concentration camps. I guess my service does not compare to his. I’m not a 9/11 truther, either–I guess I should try harder…sarc/off
eduardo odraude says
Wonder what a constitutional law expert would say about Obama’s actions in this business. Obama could always try to justify what he did in terms of the better interests of the US, and then the debate would be interminable — but a further question is whether his advice to Europeans that they could skirt Congressional sanctions was illegal advice and could reasonably be prosecuted were Obama not a deity for a third or half the country and half or more of our violent felons.
Z says
And here I thought it was impossible for him to be worse
somehistory says
He will answer for all of his arrogance, his crimes, his lies and his enabling of evil by others. He will not escape punishment for his evil actions…those known and those hidden.
Peter says
Obama and his ilk, like Democrats of old: Copperheads.
Cneer Bear Girl says
Obama is the worst president in US history. He makes Bush look like Reagan.
Roman Marquez says
I was alive during Bush and Reagan , Ronald Reagan was loved by Republicans and Democrats alike , and the US was prosperous he ended the cold war also Bush like Reagan had to keep the oil flowing and had to take sadaams threats to block the straight of Hormuz seriously, Obama enjoyed the benefits of fracking which made the US energy independent , some democratic party hack has cowardly rewritten history and tried to tarnish the legacy of a great president.
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
so, Mr Spencer, you are backing that old armed robbery policy of apartheid evil united states seizing wealths of other nations ? Mr Obama obtained congressional approval before releasing Iranian money back to them. where is treason here ? You lack proper knowledge about American criminal justice, Obama knew It when he took right décision to clean American bad image as international bringand. That oppresssive hegemony has now ended. Even savage mad devil Trump knows that evil united states has lost hegemonic control over international community.
tonynoboloney says
Obama neither asked for nor received “congressional approval” to release money “back” to Iran. Iran broke with the nuclear agreement almost as soon as the ink was dry by not allowing UN officials access to Iran’s laboratories where nuclear power was being developed. I have to laugh at Iran’s cheering squad (you), twisting and turning words and situations to fit your narative, just like Obama is now doing. It will not end well forIran or Obama.
pragmatist says
The JCPOA deal was always heavily slanted in Iran’s favour.
gravenimage says
Ibrahim itace muhammed wrote:
…You lack proper knowledge about American criminal justice…
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Well, this is grimly hilarious. Ibrahim itace muhammed has asserted that Muslims have the right to “marry” children, no matter young; that the have the right to rape Infidel woman and use them as sex slaves; and that they have the right to mass slaughter anyone who does not submit to Islam–and, most salient here–that they have the right to rob and enslave non-Muslims, and that these rights hold on all “soils” “created by Allah”, which as he has it includes the United States.
So, his lecturing us on American law here is grotesquely hilarious.
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
Satan (holy spirit) worshiper Gravenimage, you simply lack focus. you only use conjectures inspired by your satan god
gravenimage says
Notice that Ibrahim itace muhammed does not deny his support for any of this barbarism.
All he can say–oddly–is that I “lack focus” for opposing these atrocities.
Roman Marquez says
They have been traditionally marrying their first cousins for the last 700 years it’s this inbreeding doctors say that makes them mentally unstable.
Bezelel says
07 was when I started my intro to computers/ internet and cell phone and cable tv. prior to that I was blissfully ignorant of current events. Yes I was living remotely and loving it until my antique TV set with CBS NBC and ABC news was broadcasting the most obviously biased news about the candidate obola. I listened to his plans to “fundamentally change” the country. I was in complete disagreement with him then and that never changed. I was ashamed of the 08 election process and the way Sarah Palin was treated. I expected John McCain to try harder. For 8yrs I witnessed obola’s disgraceful actions in disbelief as to how was he allowed to do the long long list of anti American actions. I’ve heard the news cover for him and not cover other events that call for prosecution, impeachment. Traitor is too nice a word for him. He does not deserve to live on American soil and does not deserve to be buried in it. Gitmo for him so that he’s not imprisoned on it. He is a Shiit stain on American History and the people who followed him need to be deported to some 3rd world shithole where they can be happy.
barrahcktooey hussein obola is scum. My opinion of him goes downhill from there.
gravenimage says
Robert Spencer in FrontPage: Obama’s Treason: Even Worse Than We Thought
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The more we here, the worse it gets…
Alec Rawls says
Actual treason charges probably require the aided and comforted party to declared by Congress to be an enemy of the United States, which is typically accomplished via declaration of war, but in the case of Iran and North Korea Congress did take the unusual step of declaring the incumbent dictatorships in these countries to be enemies, not by declaring war but by declaring a policy of regime change against them.
Thus Robert is correct here even under the most technical definition of treason under constitutional and statutory law. Barack Hussein is indeed guilty of treason for his aid and comfort to Iran and, one could add: for his aid and comfort to the Norks; for abandoning Iraq to al Qaeda in Iraq (now called ISIS); for raising the Muslim brotherhood (the parent organization of al Qaeda) to power in Egypt; and for knocking off the al Qaeda suppressing Ghadaffi in Libya; etcetera etcetera).
We are still in a declared war with Al Qaeda (“those who attacked us on 9/11”) so Obama committed treason pretty much everywhere he did anything.
Spiro says
As a Veteran I wish people would stop saying thank you for your service
We were stabbed in the back when these same people elected Obama twice and Clinton twice
That’s the thanks we got
Bezelel says
Spiro, these same people elected Obama twice and Clinton twice/ were the same people who were calling me a baby killer when I was honorably discharged. It can make you feel like the whole effort was a waste of time, But that is the effect of the MSM enemedia propoganda machine. The truth is, there are more of us than there is of them. That is what the left is trying so hard to keep from us, that and keep the middle of the roader’s baffled with their B.S.
Spiro says
You give me hope knowing there are more of us than them
I should have know
Since Hillary lost
Thank God
infidel says
What an excellent write-up. Let me also add and I have been vouching this for a very long time.. OTHER THAN THE IRAN BETRAYAL OF INNOCENT AMERICANS, I’M SURE HE WOULD HAVE PASSED ON LOTS OF STATE SECRETS AND HIGHLY CLASSIFIED INFO TO HIS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CRONIES. I shudder to think what deadlier snakes may come out to haunt America in years to come. Trump has a got HUGE HUGE DETOXIFICATION AGENDA on his hand and even if he does the whole 8 years and someone like Pence after that… IT WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH TO UNDO THIS BETRAYAL.. God bless the USA and it allies because they are the ONLY HOPE FOR THE FREE-WORLD in the face of demonic Islam.
infidel says
And also want to add: Right from the day he got on the campaign in 2008, i somehow had the feeling this man was a slick hoodster and adept in smooth talking and wheeling and dealing.. He just came across as a complete fraud even b4 he got elected and even at that time, I used to worry for Americans who were just being NAIVE about this gangster. Somehow something did not add up and whenever I voiced my concerns aloud, I was shouted down as a racist and bigot… But now I feel enormously vindicated!
David Lamon says
The one thing not mentioned is the role of Valerie Jarrett a Communist Iranian Muslim. She has worked feverishly behind the scene to promote Iran and no doubt she is very instrumental in this. Maybe she can be prosecuted if Obama can’t. He will let her take the heat don’t doubt that for a minute. That is the way the cowardly left operates.