WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian detention in prisoner swap for convicted arms dealer

Because it’s obvious that race played a roll. We are talking about the same president that picked a Supreme Court justice for the same exact reasons.

 

Because being white was one of the reasons Biden didn't pick him.

 

OK, I see what you mean. You do have a point.

 

The journalists reportng it were not exactly card carrying Trump supporters. Honestly, Biden just quickly did a deal to get her home and screwed over the US Marine. The US Marine doesn't fit the narrative the far left was looking for. Biden and his Administration are just a disgusting disgrace to the US and to the world.

 

I once wanted to visit Russia; particularly Saint Petersburg which is supposedly a very beautiful city rich in classical music past and present, with some of the greatest composers being buried in a cemetery there which I'd like to visit, and the Mariinsky Theater there being one of the best in the world for opera and ballet. I'm a big fan of Russian classical music.

However, after we signaled to the world that we're willing to swap an American detained for having a few grams of CBD oil for a ferocious Russian arms dealer, I won't ever travel to Russia. Who knows if the border police there will plant some drugs in my baggage and throw me in prison hoping for some exchange?

I think that this incredibly unbalanced swap has made travel to certain destinations unsafe for all Americans.

 

Very interesting article on this swap:

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/dea-ag...t-notorious-weapons-trafficker-220232108.html

A few excerpts:

“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,” Pasquarello told Yahoo Sports on Thursday. “I think this sends a terrible message that the U.S. will negotiate, that the U.S. will make concessions and that, if an American is held overseas, there’s always the potential that the U.S. will acquiesce to the demands of people like [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and bail them out.”

Bout’s release may “incentivize rogue state and non-state actors to kidnap or imprison on trumped-up charges more Americans.”

"We couldn’t even get two people for the world’s most notorious weapons trafficker,” Pasquarello said, “for a man who has been responsible for more carnage and blood diamonds and insurrections and threats to democracy than anyone else in the world. How is that a negotiation? That’s like a free deal.”

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Oh well, it does seem terrible! What have you done, Joe Biden?

 

Or maybe those things made her expendable to putin. Like republicans he’s not a fan of any of those things

 

Is that how you're trying to spin this? Ask an Iranian what an expendable gay person faces and compare to Putin and republicans. Putin could have thrown her off a roof and all Biden would have left is the straight white male vet which means nothing would ever happen because he doesn't check the right boxes. Andrea Mitchel said Biden had a choice between the white male who served his country and a gay black T person who hates his country. To a lib it's a no brainer.

 

All you need to prove, is your claim.
Can you?

 

Are you aware that kneeling for a song, is not kneeling against USA but kneeling against some injustice WITHIN USA?????
There's a big difference.

 

Whelan was convicted in 2018. Under trump. Did trump try to get him home?

 

Yeah…. That had to be it. You’ve got to be kidding me. Biden traded a pot smoking rainbow sniffer for an arms trafficker. So tell me. Is Biden a fan of a illegal weapons too?

 

Wrong. Just anti American's don't care.

 

You don't even know what a transexual is, but beside the point, who should listen to convicted felons?

 

Whelan was taken into Russia prison system in 2018. How much did trump try to get him home?

 

Since Whelan was charged in Russia in 2018, trump should have tried to get him home. Maybe his being white and male, didn't appeal to trump? Based on your reason.

 

Get ready? For?

 

So, why didn't white guy trump get him home? He was arrested under white guy trump. Who had almost 4 yrs to get another white guy home.

 

Here's the thing... and Republicans need to start figuring this out... Biden doesn't give a rat's rear end what a profoundly absurd trade this was. He just secured more of the black and the LGBQRSTUVWXYZ vote in 2024. The only people whining about this (myself included) keep losing elections so it would seem to me that Democrats have figured out that no matter how dumb or dangerous something is, if it gets you votes you do it. The left doesn't care about what is good for the country as long as they get to control the country. When Republicans figure out how to counter this, they might actually start winning elections again. This was always going to be Griner. The white ex Marine gets them nothing, but the black, gay basketball player gets them all they need. 2024 will be another win for the Democrats because while Biden might be a geriatric fool, his party continues to play 4D chess while Republicans stomp their feet and whine.

 

Every bullsh!t crazy, hateful LIE he can say, gets programmed in and repeated with vehement rage at those of us that can what an evil monster he really is.

 

It's been obvious for 5 yrs, trump doesn't care about America or it's people.
Neither do the followers.

 

Yet, that same ilk swears up and down that systemic bigotry doesn't exist.

The infuriating part is they would rape little girls to force them into breeding which will most likely derail her education.

That agenda is preferable to addressing the issues that make them so damn scared of being the ethnic minority.

That also blows the lid off their other lie about hating LGBTQ and drag queens because they conflate them with pedophiles. The same demographic re-elected someone that had the sole vote of "no" on a Human Trafficking bill and there's been no outcry about the real pedophiles in our communities.

Blue states subsidize red states so we will have the joy of taking caring of these new baby boomers while they keep spewing hatred. I would settle for just a "thanks" but they seem to struggle with gratitude and reciprocity.

 

Yes, I'm aware and very heartbroken. I never, ever, ever considered the idea that we would be sleeping with the enemy on our own soil. /smdh

 

The "ilk" only when it knows bigotry, when white is not at the top of a list.
For the record, I am white. The bigotry comes from fake news tv. Maybe still Radio. But that's a dying media. Mostly only old folks know about radio talk.

 

It's trump.
Only about trump.
Always about trump.
And how will trump get an advantage.
Don't be heartbroken. Except for the fact, America went there.