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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
That article you linked to wasn't about the actual delivery of cash to Iran...it looks like it was for another deal/situation/money conversion/whatever.
Did I read that right? I mean, I'm an idiot first and foremost, so you will have to forgive me.
Thus, I will keep asking my question until I get an answer.
Why did we have to send them actual CASH MONEY in the 21st century?
There HAS to be a reason for this other than "oh well, we couldn't find any way to wire them the money, so we spent all this EXTRA money loading it on planes and helicopters and whatever and essentially air dropping it over there."
Come on man...
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Iran DOESN'T have access to the American Financial System.
That example I gave is a time Obama tried to give them access and was denied by two banks.
Your flip the switch on and off is exactly what they tried there. He was castigated for attempting to grant Iranians access to the American financial system in that instance. Now though instead of a plane full of cash we should coordinate with the Iranian Central Bank and the Federal Reserve... same outcry...
A plane full of cash is just easier.
100 years ago these same things were done... just with ships and gold.
