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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar warns Brittney Griner supporters against pressuring U.S. to act
Chron ^ | 20 July 2022 | Ariana Garcia

Posted on 07/20/2022 5:53:47 PM PDT by Steely Tom

Abdul-Jabbar wrote that Griner's supporters should focus their efforts on putting pressure on Russia rather than the U.S., arguing pressuring American officials might postpone Griner's release while the government "deals with Russia's outrageous demands." He added: "Everyone supporting Brittney Griner has their hearts in the right place. Good people, one and all. But heart alone isn't effective in bringing about her release, and by publicly pressuring the U.S. government, we may be inadvertently delaying her release."

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1 posted on 07/20/2022 5:53:47 PM PDT by Steely Tom
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To: Steely Tom

giant body, pea brain.

Now gotta watch Bruce Lee kick his ass again in Game of Death


2 posted on 07/20/2022 5:57:51 PM PDT by Gasshog
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3 posted on 07/20/2022 6:10:08 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Gasshog

How many heads would explode if president Trump got Putin to release her? The rats would lose the tiny minds they have left.


4 posted on 07/20/2022 6:10:38 PM PDT by Rdct29 (Democrats are the new Nazi's. They think they deserve total control over the people)
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To: Steely Tom

Why would Putin release Griner while Russian athletes are banned from most if not all international competitions?


5 posted on 07/20/2022 6:23:23 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: MtnClimber

Hahahahahaha


6 posted on 07/20/2022 6:30:35 PM PDT by Bethaneidh
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To: Rdct29
How many heads would explode if president Trump got Putin to release her? The rats would lose the tiny minds they have left.

They would beg Putin not to release her, so as not to give Trump any kind of victory.

7 posted on 07/20/2022 6:36:48 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,568,521 users on Truth Social)
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To: Steely Tom

Kareem just said “deals with Russia’s outrageous demands”

The idiot can’t seem to get that when you call someone names that encourages them to ^%$# you over.....

Putin is going to be holding her until the American idiots have walked off the stage—if that takes all of the ten years that that is what it will be.


8 posted on 07/20/2022 6:40:37 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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“Putin is going to be holding her until the American idiots have walked off the stage—if that takes all of the ten years that that is what it will be.”

Why not? As long as she has some value in the peace agreement regarding the way the Special Military Operation ends, she’ll be a negotiating piece. She chose to try to be cute, she lost.


9 posted on 07/20/2022 6:45:58 PM PDT by BobL (My hatred of Necons/Globalists exceeds my love of Ukraine or any other country, other than the US)
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To: Steely Tom

I missed it. Did she get formally sentenced? For 10 years?


10 posted on 07/20/2022 6:52:13 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: Steely Tom
Griner can rot in the gulag for all I care. Then maybe she will appreciate the anthem.
11 posted on 07/20/2022 7:16:21 PM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives: Ban Gun Free Zones)
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Eh. But I will say this, US Citizens have a right to petition their government. To take action on Brittany Griner or any other issue. That is the point of this nation.

Feel bad for this woman, but basically nobody should travel to any of these shady nations. And Russia is def. one of them.

Hope our gov’t, useless tho’ it may be is working for her release. Hope those who want it to do that will still continue to petition that gov.

G-d bless America. Let’s hope Ms. Griner gets back here and finally gets respect for this wonderful country through her thick, THC clouded mind.


12 posted on 07/20/2022 7:25:00 PM PDT by jocon307 (No Dems win - Nov 22)
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13 posted on 07/20/2022 7:37:58 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Joe Biden has issued a national emergency over the shortage of cue cards.)
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To: jocon307

Kareem is just another angry black man. Who cares what he thinks just because he throws us a bone.


14 posted on 07/20/2022 7:40:18 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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I’m not hoping for her return.
Her story about accidentally packing illegal drugs is bs.
She was a person who had the ability to influence many and she used that
ability to run down her country and normalize a depraved life style.


15 posted on 07/20/2022 7:44:04 PM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: Steely Tom

I’ll go one better. I won’t be putting pressure on the USA or Russia to release “her”


16 posted on 07/20/2022 7:52:42 PM PDT by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: Rdct29

How many heads would explode if president Trump got Putin to release her? The rats would lose the tiny minds they have left.


If Trump did, he would be impeached again.

They would say he’s interfering in US foreign policy. He’s Putin’s pal. Russia! Russia! Russia! She says she voted for biden, let him get her out.


17 posted on 07/20/2022 7:57:08 PM PDT by boycott
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To: Steely Tom

Lew: does anyone care what you think? 🙄


18 posted on 07/20/2022 8:03:00 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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I find her case amusing. She’s all in on this Black Lives Matter, kneeling for National Anthem, America is racist tropes. And she is begging a WHITE American President to save her butt. She is eager to be back in the America which she perceives as filthy nasty racist, etc. etc.


19 posted on 07/20/2022 9:22:37 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Griner can rot in the gulag for all I care. Then maybe she will appreciate the anthem.

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From what I understand she/he/it has been playing ball in Russia for the past 7 years. There’s literally no excuse for not understanding and obeying the laws of the host country. Rot in jail for all I care Commie!


20 posted on 07/20/2022 9:43:25 PM PDT by just Grace
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