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I see this as a WIN/WIN/WIN/WIN situation. The WSJ reporter is freed after over a week of imprisonment, Julian Assange is freed after a total of 11 years of imprisonment after being a refugee since 2012 in the Bolivian embassy in London and since 2019 in a British prison. Putin gets a chance to improve his prestige in the world by suggesting this deal which would give him room to offer to negotiate peace with Ukraine to end a war that could lead to WWIII and the end of human civilization. So, yeah, I see this as a WIN/WIN/WIN/WIN/WIN. However, as Barack Obama said, "never underestimate Joe Biden's ability to f**k things up."
1 posted on 04/07/2023 3:14:08 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
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IBTAN


2 posted on 04/07/2023 3:14:45 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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& Ed...


3 posted on 04/07/2023 3:17:51 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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They should just drop the charges against Assange period.


4 posted on 04/07/2023 3:17:57 PM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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Agree on the exchange, but it has to include Assange making it to a safe country, like Russia or India, as the charges, of course, could immediately be reinstated, which, of course, the Neocons would do without skipping a beat, giving their never-ending lying.


6 posted on 04/07/2023 3:20:31 PM PDT by BobL
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Julian Assange is not a womyn’s basketball player, so he is not an asset to the US. So, no.


7 posted on 04/07/2023 3:20:46 PM PDT by Jonty30 (How is grinning and bearing something a bad thing? They are grinning.)
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If over the last two years Biden has not dropped Assange’s charges, he is not going to do it now.


8 posted on 04/07/2023 3:21:54 PM PDT by Round Earther
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Ain’t gonna happen even though I would be in favor of it.


9 posted on 04/07/2023 3:23:03 PM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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Hillary and the neocons would never allow it. But Putin should make the offer anyway just to embarrass them.


10 posted on 04/07/2023 3:25:03 PM PDT by jimwatx
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They are not going to drop the charges against Julian Assange... Why? Because what he will release it information on the scale of “ Michelle Obama is a Man” Barrack and Mike will destroy the world before they let the truth of who they are come out... and... they have even more damaging info on people who killed and had sex with children... (Just my theory) The US is being run on a global extortion scheme right now and yes... Barrack and Mike are so evil they will blow up the world before they come clean (just a theory)


11 posted on 04/07/2023 3:28:08 PM PDT by WinstonSmith1984
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Let’s get Paul Whelan home first.


13 posted on 04/07/2023 3:40:06 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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I wouldn’t trust the U.S government to hold to the deal. They would find something “unrelated” to charge him with.


14 posted on 04/07/2023 3:40:09 PM PDT by Husker24 (Pp)
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No. This would be a quid pro quo, which is how they seek to do business.


15 posted on 04/07/2023 3:42:13 PM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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Take Lavrov hostage.


17 posted on 04/07/2023 3:42:33 PM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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Putin does not want a negotiated peace with Ukraine.

The globalist are pushing for WWIII.


18 posted on 04/07/2023 3:42:42 PM PDT by occamrzr06
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There’s absolutely NOTHING the USA would ever trade to free someone who could rat out the Clintons, Obama, etc...

They will launch WWIII before they release Assange.


21 posted on 04/07/2023 3:51:30 PM PDT by PGR88
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Assange wasn’t in the Bolivian embassy. Wasn’t it Equador?


24 posted on 04/07/2023 4:12:02 PM PDT by ladyjane
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Why would Russia want charges dropped against Assange?


26 posted on 04/07/2023 4:14:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Trump not pardoning Assange was a stain on his presidency.

Now we're expecting Biden to do it?

27 posted on 04/07/2023 4:19:14 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024. A real conservative.)
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Kinda asinine in my opinion. What is Russia’s incentive ?

Would be very much better to allow the deepstate whistleblower patriot Edward Snowden a clear airing (PDJT should absolutely have pardoned given the nature of the crimes by the US federal government which his charges are and were designed to cover up!)

-fJRoberts-


31 posted on 04/07/2023 4:59:36 PM PDT by A strike ("The worse, the better."- Lenin (& Schwab & Soros)
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Free Assange.


33 posted on 04/07/2023 6:12:16 PM PDT by GreatRoad ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act' )
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