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#News Barack Obama told a Detroit crowd that Iran holds a “stronger strategic position now than before the war started." However, Obama flew pallets of cash to Tehran, released Iranian criminals as part of a prisoner swap, and gave Iran billions in sanctions relief that funded terrorism by agreeing to the 2015 nuclear deal. #Michigan "Seven months later, how's that war going?" “Our allies and bases have been attacked. American soldiers have been killed." “Hundreds of Americans have been wounded. We've run down our stock of missiles dangerously low." Fast Facts: The U.S. was involved in active military conflict or war for the entire 8 years of Obama’s presidency. He is the only two-term president to have the country at war for the full duration of both terms. Under his watch four Americans were killed in drone strikes, one of those Americans was deliberately targeted. #Obama Obama was in Michigan supporting Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, the same man who repeatedly criticized Obama’s presidency as a failure that left the country no better off. “Obama was not the right choice.... he has perpetuated war, violated our civil liberties, and deported more people from our shores than any other president before him, and the list of his failures goes on.” "We are not, as a country, better off eight years after Obama was elected in 2008 than we were when he was elected." Details on Obama: 🟢$1.7 billion cash settlement (January 2016) 🟢An initial $400 million was sent to Iran on wooden pallets via an unmarked cargo plane on January 17, 2016, the same day Iran released four American prisoners. 🟢The Obama administration first described the cash and prisoners as unrelated, then claimed the money was withheld as leverage until the Americans left Iran. 🟢Iranian officials publicly called the payment a ransom. 🟢Republicans including Sen. Tom Cotton, labeled it a $1.7 billion ransom to the ayatollahs. 🟢The funds were reportedly used to fund terrorism. 🟢January 2016 prisoner exchange: 🟢In addition to the cash, the U.S. released seven Iranian criminals and dropped charges and Interpol notices against 14 others outside the country. 🟢Obama called it a “one-time” reciprocal humanitarian gesture. 🟢A later investigation revealed that some of those freed or whose cases were dropped had been tied to terrorist groups like Hezbollah. 🟢JCPOA sanctions relief January 16, 2016: 🟢The deal lifted sanctions, giving Iran access to previously frozen assets worth from about $50 billion to more than $100 billion. 🟢In December 2014, Obama said that a nuclear deal could let Iran become a “very successful regional power." 🟢His administration held secret talks, during the nuclear negotiations, that focused on the American prisoners. 🟢In 2007, as a senator, Obama said the Iraq strategy had strengthened Iran’s strategic position, reduced U.S. credibility, and put Israel in greater peril—which is exactly what he is now criticizing Trump for. 🔥Casualties under Obama: 🔥U.S. military personnel killed and wounded in the major wars and operations during Obama’s presidency (~1,750 deaths) 🟢Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom) (~1,250 deaths, 16,000 wounded) 2009: 311 2010: 498 2011: 411 2012: 314 2013: 132 2014: 55 2015: 21 2016: 10 🟢Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom) ~250–300 deaths, more than 31,000 wounded Under Obama: 2009: ~148–149 2010: ~60–62 2011: ~54–58 2012–2016 low single- to low double-digit totals per year. 🟢U.S. Citizens Killed in Obama-Era Drone Strikes. Attorney General Eric Holder formally acknowledged in 2013 that four American citizens were killed in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan since 2009. One was deliberately targeted.