Posted on 12/11/2022 3:12:11 PM PST by nickcarraway
A former DEA agent who played a major role in bringing notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout to justice more than a decade ago believes that Russia got the upper hand in the Brittney Griner prisoner swap — and that the US may end up paying a heavy price for it.
“I’m kind of in disbelief that someone with the potential to orchestrate arms deals that can kill Americans anywhere in the world would be traded for a prisoner,” Tom Pasquarello told Yahoo! Sports just hours after Bout was exchanged for Griner in Abu Dhabi.
Bout, 56, dubbed the “Merchant of Death,” had been serving a 25-year sentence in federal prison for selling tens of millions of dollars worth of weapons that were to be used to kill Americans when he was freed and put on a plane to Moscow.
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It’s like the spy movies where the insiders say to each other it’s all part of a big game and you win some and lose some as they put their arm around the enemy spy’s shoulder.
It’s not a game for the people these terrorists murder or rob with those black market weapons.
60 minutes clip
VIDEO: This is who Joe Biden just freed for Brittney Griner, Viktor Bout
https://rumble.com/v1zlyje-this-is-who-joe-biden-just-freed-for-brittney-griner-victor-bout.html
VIDEO: Russian media laughing that they got Viktor Bout for Griner says it’s because of wokeness
https://rumble.com/v1zup44-russian-media-laughing-that-they-got-victor-gout-for-griner.html
Yeah if the Russians, or anyone else, gets a tranny gay black man/woman it would be worth millions…
Just when you think Biden has done the stupidest thing he could he shows up again.
With the way the rats project and the deal they gave Russia you know who is really the Russian stooges and it’s not trump or the Republicans
Sadly. They are not wrong.
Losing!
I don’t there’s anything President Retard can’t screw up
““I’m kind of in disbelief that someone with the potential to orchestrate arms deals that can kill Americans anywhere in the world would be traded for a prisoner,””
But Fast and Furious thousands of guns to the cartels, guns to the PLO, 85 billion in weapons to the Taliban, supplying ISIS, supplying the Uke nazis... that’s all ok?
In reality, Bout isn’t much different than a Lockheed Martin salesman, or a State Department moron. In fact, they paid him millions to conduct over 1100 cargo flights into Iraq.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-dec-14-fg-bout14-story.html
Very simple. Xiden is owned by the drug cartels.
But Queen Nancy says Paul Whelan agrees with Slow Joe’s trade.
Very simple. Biden is Putin’s guy.
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