Posted on 08/02/2024 9:15:14 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The Biden administration’s prisoner swap with Russia is being touted by the corporate press as “historic,” and in a way it is. Nothing like this, on this scale, has happened since the Cold War. But the swap is as lopsided as it is historic.
All Americans should welcome the release of our three unjustly imprisoned compatriots: Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, and Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva. They were among the 16 western prisoners released by Moscow in exchange for eight Russian nationals released by the U.S. and allies.
But this wasn’t a Cold War-era prisoner swap of the kind immortalized in the Oscar-winning 2015 film “Bridge of Spies.” It was a dangerously uneven exchange that saw the release of a Russian assassin along with Russian spies and hackers, all of whom have committed serious crimes in western countries. Essentially, Moscow arrested a bunch of innocent western journalists and political dissidents, and then used them as bargaining chips to secure the release of its own killers, criminals, and spies.
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Biden/Harris ‘buying’ this photo op for election points......”Whatever it takes” as they say....including if the US takes another hit one way or another.
For over a decade now, “historic” has been left speak for “catastrophic failure”.
I’m not sure how atypical this is as exchanges go. I’m very happy Whelan is home.
They always are... when you are dealing with tyrants and despots who don’t value life.
Israel has done similar exchanges.
Still not as bad as obamao trading four GITMO terrorist leaders for that POS Army desserter Bowe Bergdahl (plus what was it, several million in cash)
When you funnel billions to kill Russian boys, in a conflict that isn’t our business, don’t expect any good will. On anything.
So much for not negotiating with terrorists.
Did we at least get another ingrate, drug using WNBA player in this trade?
Whelan is a criminal and was kicked out of the Marines receiving a Big Chicken Dinner
They got their all day all network campaign ad so they could not care less that it was lopsided
One of them IS a spy.....they know the risk if hey get caught.
Russia has been playing the United States during every Democrat administration. It’s sickening. A Harris administration will simply be the United States mattress.
The government should have given the riuskies the polonium cure before the exchange. They know how to deal with that in Moscow.
So we should ban Americans from visiting Russia (like North Korea). And if you somehow end up visiting Moscow, you're on your own. The State Department is not going to help you.
Seem all the dem prisoner swaps are seriously lopsided
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