I seriously doubt that anyone would be that stupid to exchange money for the hostages at the same time. With all his advisers, military, and cabinet members to advise him, why would they do something like this that would question this action? It makes no sense. And this is why I believe it was a coincidence. It was already explained thoroughly by his staff. Whether you want to believe it or not that is your choice.

And yes, Bush has been gone for awhile. Remember that Bush did not sign that document to keep our troops in Iraq because they would have not been protected. So what other option was there? This president had his hands tied.

Now we could have gone into Libya with troops, we could have started a war, and that war would have lasted another 10 years. So, I assume you are ok with sending in our young men and women to fight AGAIN,when nothing was accomplished the first time.

And apparently you have NO idea the history of the middle east. They will NEVER give up fighting. They will never stop. It is in their blood to keep fighting and fighting, they have been doing it for hundreds and hundreds of years. NO ONE will stop them. Obama, and all our sec.of states including Kerry know this. Our best bet is to ignore the middle east, let them kill each other. ISIS will eventually burn themselves out. Interfering in their civil wars does NOTHING.