Who they REALLY wanted back was an assassin, but we nixed that.
So, maybe the next exchange is the assassin for the other American over there since 2019, Paul Whelan.
Besides, Jimmy Kimmel says it best:
“Of course, the right-wingers are furious, they’re screaming about, saying Viktor Bout sold deadly weapons to would-be terrorists. In America, if you want to sell weapons to terrorists, you have to open a Bass Pro Shops — we have a process.” — JIMMY KIMMEL
Well, I stopped going to Russia a decade ago. I get it. There is money to be made over there.
But it just wasn't safe any longer. Once I got detained at the airport, I was done. She could have made money playing in other Eastern European nations. I know African-Americans that do. It may not have been as much, but she would have not been stopped.
As for the prisoner exchange, that won't change anything about Americans being kidnapped by other nations. Civilized nations don't do these sorts of things. Russia is a terrorist state.
She wasn't a hostage, she was a prisoner. She got caught smuggling a class A drug into the country. Hash oil is in the same category as heroin, cocaine and methamphetamines.
What kind of idiot goes through Russian customs with a class? A drug in their suitcase?
She should have keistered it, or better yet, bought it on the streets of Russia.
She got herself in trouble with the illegal stuff, it was a terrible trade. Everyone who goes to Russia should accept the fact they may be arrested for a crime they did or did not do.
Don't go there, if you don't want to risk it. I would never go there ever.
Yes, because the arms dealer either gave up what he knew, or he's worthless, and no Russian criminal is worth the life of an American citizen in good standing.
People should learn something from this - DO NOT visit or go to countries that are in reality, our enemy. DO NOT visit countries where kidnapping is source of income. And even when you visit a "friendly" country, learn their rules and play by them. If you get arrested for kissing your non-wife publicly in the UAE, and get thrown in jail, don't cry to the US Embassy for help.
No I wouldn’t, I don’t want democrats complaining about Americans having AR-15s or AK-47 or other guns like the ones described. Democrats released the top arms dealers in the 20th and 21st century who wood weapons to both sides. He’s actions got many Americans killed given one of his main customers was al-Qaeda. For a lesbian WMBA player who hates the United States who decided to bring vaping hash oil into Russia. Because of this action by the Biden administration democrats have officially lost the gun debate. They have no reason to try to take guns away from Americans when you released a historic illegal arms dealers gun debate is over.
Terrible deal. I think Griner‘s (and Whelan‘s) release should have been negotiated, but not at the price of releasing Bout.
Biden also had to acknowledge that the Saudis were being given a free pass for murdering Khashoggi, something he previously claimed he’d make Saudi Arabia a pariah over.
He kind of drove the Saudi's into the Russian's camp by alienating them on said issue as well as cutting their access to American Military equipment. Making them distrust us and be willing to help the Russians. This combined with Joe's own anti-energy policy made Russia's oil funded forign policy drastically easier.
As Russia only invades countries when Oil prices are high Its very unlikely Russia could have invaded the Ukraine without that move. Combine that with the disastrous withdrew from Afghanistan during the fighting season.
Joe Biden sure didn't give anyone any clue he was half way competent on how anything works. If we are lucky China will be too busy with its own internal problems to invade Taiwan before Joe leaves office.
Regardless we will have to wait until Joe's reckless spending and miss-management of the world's reserve currency crashes the global economy dropping our ability to pay for oil before Russians take a break from their war in Ukraine. This of course is assuming the Saudi's don't continue to choose help the Russians by cutting oil production to compensate.
All of this was very predictable and well known for a decade now. Even Ronald Reagan knew this, which is why he got together with the Saudi's in the first place.
@Avicenna Most of the worlds currencies are weak for the same reason. There is a reason people say the dollar controls everything it has to do with Bank reserves.
yes, ... I wasn't there, but probably would. fair by time in jail not threat profile.
if it was you or your wife... you'd do the swap...
end of story.
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No. I don’t care for BG much because of her stance against America, being a vet myself. But I’m more so mad disappointed w the gov’t rather than her. They made this deal. It was a political deal based on a few things, her race, her sexuality as well as being female. Let’s just hope that even though this trade was like trading a Prius for a Lamborghini, the Lambo doesn’t end up killing more people.
You can be caught off the street and put in as a sex slave today. Shoot go to Walmart get shot. Send your kids to school they get shot. It's time to climb into your cave and wait for a hottie to knock at your door here your food you order 😂
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