Posted on 07/27/2022 2:00:20 PM PDT by McGruff
The Biden administration has formally asked Moscow to make a deal aimed at bringing home WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, both of whom are imprisoned in Russia on dubious charges.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed Wednesday that U.S. officials presented Russia with a “significant proposal” weeks ago relating Ms. Griner and Mr. Whelan, but declined to confirm reports that the Biden administration is proposing to swap the two for notorious Russian arms dealer Victor Bout, who is in prison in the United States.
A report by CNN Wednesday claimed that after months of internal debate, the administration decided recently to offer to exchange Ms. Griner and Mr. Whelan for Bout, who is serving a 25-year sentence in Illinois for selling weapons to Marxist rebels in Colombia and conspiring to kill U.S. nationals.
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This is why I don’t get behind people who get themselves in
international trouble.
It puts the home nation under pressure to do something to
get the citizen back, and can allow a very bad criminal to
get an ‘get out of jail’ free pass.
Whoever this guy later on kills, and it may be thousands,
this B will have made it possible.
Let them keep the ignorant slut.
She’s anthem-kneeling scum. I hope the Russians refuse and deal. Let her serve hard time.
The fact that the German print is half the size of the English, Russian and French is a nice touch on who lost the war.
Of course she checks all the boxes.
This would actually be good for Putin. This blackmarketeer could help the Ukrainians more efficiently funnel US and NATO weapons to third parties.
Each exchanged person slowly walks across a bridge toward their own side. That would be cool.
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Just before they reach the two .050 cal shots ring out - one from the Russian side hitting the ‘thing’, and one from the American side hitting the terrorist Russian arms dealer. Both falling dead & partially disassembled from the depleted uranium rounds ...
Russia has become Iran. Hostage takers.
You get more of what you incentivize.
True. Biden shouldn’t trade a dime for that basketball player, let alone another Russian psychopath.
Dubious charges against Griner? She was caught red-handed with cannabis vape cartridges.
But, she’s black and she hates America, so she’s a role model to Dems.
You’d think Russia would be paying us to take back the carpet-munching ape
We knew this was coming. In fact the whole thing was likely cooked up by Putin as soon as she was arrested. He takes care of his own.
DJT would have sprung her within a week, as he did for the UCLA shoplifters that were arrested in China. But I doubt Griner will be changing her voting pattern in the next election.
Why would Russia want an “arms dealer” back?
Maybe they jut want a way to get rid of this WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner once and for all.
I’m good with this deal.
Did we offer to give them Megan Rapinho?!
Victor Bout is a really bad bad guy. For years he and his fleet of airplanes operated throughout Africa and the Middle East. He shipped contraband and arms to some of the worst organizations and individuals in the world. For years he operated out of Sharjah, UAE, and much of the activity in which he was involved was at the behest of Moscow. The trade of a thyroid challenged basketeer and some other clown for Bout is absurd.
Make the trade and we can stop talking about it.
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