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US Swaps Russian Arms Dealer Viktor Bout for Brittney Griner
Newsmax ^ | December 8, 2022

Posted on 12/08/2022 6:32:32 AM PST by Navy Patriot

Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, American officials said. The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden, but carried a heavy price – and left behind an American jailed for nearly four years in Russia.

The deal, the second such exchange in eight months with Russia, procured the release of the most prominent American detained abroad. Griner is a two-time Olympic gold medalist whose monthslong imprisonment on drug charges brought unprecedented attention to the population of wrongful detainees.

"Moments ago I spoke to Brittney Griner. She is safe. She is on a plane. She is on her way home," Biden tweeted Thursday morning.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Russia; US: Texas
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To: The Great RJ

I expect that she will soon be back to hating the US for being so racist, bigots, etc.


61 posted on 12/08/2022 8:35:44 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: Phlap

How many people watch WNBA or buy their merchandise or watch them on TV? Do you?


62 posted on 12/08/2022 8:37:59 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: Iron Munro

I suspect that while she is a very good player on a women’s team, she would not have enough ability to play on a men’s team.


63 posted on 12/08/2022 8:39:47 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: Navy Patriot

To reverse her course, she will have to be open to reason. I suspect it would be a wasted effort.


64 posted on 12/08/2022 8:45:14 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
So we swapped a guilty arms dealer for a guilty black lesbian drug smuggler and left an innocent white man in jail?

Nope, we swapped an arms dealer the US Alphabet Agencies didn't like, entrapped in Bangkok and kidnapped to the US, for a guilty black lesbian drug smuggler and left a convicted white man in jail.

65 posted on 12/08/2022 8:57:32 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: DesertRhino; gswilder

Fast & Furious, Really Good Point!


66 posted on 12/08/2022 9:00:59 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Agree.


67 posted on 12/08/2022 9:02:13 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Navy Patriot

“...I don’t think we can help Griner, Griner has been Propagandized and Indoctrinated, denied Christian values, and is unable to analyze and repair her misconceptions and faults....”

That happened before she went to Russia. Much of what she believes is illegal in Russia (homosexual lifestyle). She also had expressed sentiments which we would call anti-American, these the Russians would encourage.


68 posted on 12/08/2022 9:11:09 AM PST by elpadre (W )
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To: MCSETots
"Finally, a Biden administration “success” . . ."
Win win for Russia.
69 posted on 12/08/2022 9:24:34 AM PST by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: elpadre
Not excusing Griner's guilt in Russia under Russian Law.

Don't really think Russians care what Americans think about America.

Suspect most Russians think most all Americans are world class arrogant a$$es like Biden, ... except, of course, Russian Homos.

Can't figure out why Russians would pay to go to a "basketball" game to watch the likes of Griner.

70 posted on 12/08/2022 9:32:53 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Generally, I don’t watch women’s sports but the point is that to make a fair living, Ms. Griner had to go elsewhere to do it.


71 posted on 12/08/2022 9:38:03 AM PST by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: Mashood

...dramatic high-level prisoner exchange....?


Chances are biden agreed to drop the charges against the Saudi prince in exchange for their negotiation with the Russians to release the lesbian. Not real dramatic. (biden can’t negotiate what he wants for lunch, much less with the Russians...has to kiss the Saudi’s ass in order for them to do our bidding....very presidential).


72 posted on 12/08/2022 9:53:30 AM PST by AFret. (.)
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To: Navy Patriot

“Moments ago I spoke to Brittney Griner. She is safe. She is on a plane. She is on her way home,” Biden tweeted Thursday morning.
= = =

I will invite her to the White House for a sniff.


73 posted on 12/08/2022 12:01:52 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: The Great RJ

I expect she will all too soon go back to ranting against this country.
= = =

WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG? TRUMP’S FAULT.


74 posted on 12/08/2022 12:04:17 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: Scrambler Bob

LOL!


75 posted on 12/08/2022 12:04:45 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Navy Patriot

LOL. That’s one way ta separate the men from the, uh...

...you know...the ‘tang. ;-)


76 posted on 12/08/2022 1:05:42 PM PST by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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To: Navy Patriot

“They should try playing naked.”

I’m still not sure about that.

5.56mm


77 posted on 12/08/2022 1:08:54 PM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho got to go)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
I suspect that while she is a very good player on a women’s team, she would not have enough ability to play on a men’s team.

Do Ya' Think?

Which is why we see loser second and third bench males playing the Tranny card to move into women's sports where they can finally win something to add to their 6th grade attendance trophies.

And why we don't see even the top females in their sports playing the Tranny card to move into men's sports.

All that in spite of the Wokesters and Libtards claiming there essentially no difference in the innate abilities of males and females.

After all, even the smartest woman on the supreme court can't tell you what a woman is.
(does she even know that she is a woman?)

But then she's a professional race hustler, not a biologist.

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78 posted on 12/08/2022 1:31:50 PM PST by Iron Munro ((Liberalism is the philosophy of sniveling brats. - P.J. ORourke))
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To: Iron Munro

Many people don’t know she’s a transsexual. That sheds a whole new light on why the Russians can’t stand her: she probably beat out their real women in the Olympics.

Not only are they morally against all that stuff, they wanted to show the world that this particular social philosophy ruins things like the Olympics.

Not only that, but it is part of their statement to the rest of the world not to choose alliance with the West but with them. So it was a strong political—and media-savvy—move. No one is talking about this part of it. In fact the media are not identifying her as a transsexual and consequently many usually well-informed people don’t know about it.

All that said, I’m glad we have her back. When all is said and done, she’s an American. Now we want the other one back too.


79 posted on 12/08/2022 3:44:07 PM PST by firebrand
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