[Dianna]

So does the author think that if Obama had been nicer to the Brits that the guy wouldn't have been released?

Seems a silly assumption.

[jmaroneps37]

“So does the author think that if Obama had been nicer to the Brits that the guy wouldn’t have been released?
Seems a silly assumption.”

This is EXACTLY how international diplomacy works. If anyone is being silly here.... well you figure it out.