Doug Swanson, Clive

Letter to the Editor

A couple of weeks ago, President Obama and his team of henchman, led by Josh Ernest, stood before the cameras and said the $400 million sent to Iran on a private jet in the dark of the night was not ransom. The regime said it "absolutely was not a cash payment for the release of four U.S. citizens being held in Iran." And of course, Obama was quick to point out that "the U.S. does not pay ransom for prisoners." Now a few days later, and after further investigation, we find out that the money was on the jet in Switzerland in Euros and Swiss franks (harder to track I would bet) and was held there until the wheels were up on the jet removing the prisoners. And we are supposed to just overlook that sort of deceit.

I guess the problem with Obama is everything he is involved in is a cover up and is full of deceit. And whether he wants to admit it or not, it was and continues to be against the policy of the United States. The one thing that is certain is the national media and The Des Moines Register will never mention this story, even though it all over the wire services. The Register would rather have four full pages a day for four full days on murders that happened decades ago. Sad state of affairs, to be sure.

— Doug Swanson, Clive