Brittney Griner coming home for Christmas! Swapped one for one for Russian arms dealer

Everydog wrote:

comedyreIieff wrote:

Anyone celebrating this trade is a moron. We gave up far too much and received far too little in return. There are between 40-50 Americans wrongfully detained across the globe (mostly in places like Iran, China, Russia, Syria, etc.). It is essentially state sponsored kidnapping. Actions like this, where we give up someone as abhorrent as Bout in exchange for someone of no consequence politically speaking puts a target on Americans abroad everywhere.

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The basketball player was more politically significant. Whelan never made the news like Griner....not even close.

How long has Whelan been in Russia? How many times before the Brittany situation was the

Menace of death offered as a trade for Whelan? Maybe I will learn something, but I don't think it happened. Otherwise, why would the US ever talk about two for one or even either the basketball player or Whelan?

Has anyone really confirmed if over the years Russia would not trade the arms guy for Whelan?

Don't judge hit too harshly wrote:

Everydog wrote:

The basketball player was more politically significant. Whelan never made the news like Griner....not even close.

How long has Whelan been in Russia? How many times before the Brittany situation was the

Menace of death offered as a trade for Whelan? Maybe I will learn something, but I don't think it happened. Otherwise, why would the US ever talk about two for one or even either the basketball player or Whelan?

Has anyone really confirmed if over the years Russia would not trade the arms guy for Whelan?

P Whelan in Russia at a minimum looks strange. Russian government says P Whelan is a spy. Bringing u.s. caught spies back to u.s. has always been done by quiet diplomacy. If you're over age 21, you should have known better.

bias3d wrote:

bluebird wrote:

Why is she a POS? Her father is a policeman, marine veteran, served in Vietnam. She has made comments about the national anthem and how she doesn't agree with it being played before sports matches, that's just an opinion. I haven't seen anything derogatory towards the USA.

She went to Russia to work. A huge amount of women's basketball players do that. She did something stupid. When you travel a lot you often don't unpack. She had a very small amount of cannabis oil. Yes, it was stupid. However, is this crime morally wrong? Did she do something evil?

Like someone else pointed out, if it was any other woman or man it probably would be celebrated. It's sad that a US citizen is returned from Russia and people are criticising it.

How do you justify all the terror that will be caused by releasing the merchant of death during WW3?

bias3d wrote:

bluebird wrote:

Why is she a POS? Her father is a policeman, marine veteran, served in Vietnam. She has made comments about the national anthem and how she doesn't agree with it being played before sports matches, that's just an opinion. I haven't seen anything derogatory towards the USA.

She went to Russia to work. A huge amount of women's basketball players do that. She did something stupid. When you travel a lot you often don't unpack. She had a very small amount of cannabis oil. Yes, it was stupid. However, is this crime morally wrong? Did she do something evil?

Like someone else pointed out, if it was any other woman or man it probably would be celebrated. It's sad that a US citizen is returned from Russia and people are criticising it.

How do you justify all the terror that will be caused by releasing the merchant of death during WW3?

TheAdultInTheRoom wrote:

Biden AGAIN wrote:

If you can’t live side-by-side and honor the rights of people you disagree with to your very core. You should leave. Now. America isn’t for you.

LOL!

The ignorance, dishonesty, and complete lack of self awareness liberals display every day is truly disgusting.

Where in the constitution does it say that anyone has to respect your opinion??

Griner is free to denigrate the flag and the anthem all she likes.

People who actually respect the flag and the anthem and what they stand for are perfectly free to think she's an idiot for it.

The abusive cow didn't go to prison in America for speech she went to prison in Russia for being an idiot.

In no universe is the freedom of a basketball player worth releasing a terrorist weapons dealer.

People are going to die now so this idiot can get back to dedicating her life to pretending to be oppressed.

Biden AGAIN wrote:

TheAdultInTheRoom wrote:

LOL!

The ignorance, dishonesty, and complete lack of self awareness liberals display every day is truly disgusting.

Where in the constitution does it say that anyone has to respect your opinion??

Griner is free to denigrate the flag and the anthem all she likes.

People who actually respect the flag and the anthem and what they stand for are perfectly free to think she's an idiot for it.

The abusive cow didn't go to prison in America for speech she went to prison in Russia for being an idiot.

In no universe is the freedom of a basketball player worth releasing a terrorist weapons dealer.

People are going to die now so this idiot can get back to dedicating her life to pretending to be oppressed.

When did I say you have to respect their opinion. You have to honor their rights to have an opinion. You have to respect that the US has a duty to return its citizens home who have been imprisoned abroad. Just because you disagree with something she said does not mean she doesn’t have the exact same rights that you do.
Your kind is what my fathers fought against on the beaches of Normandy and the islands of the Pacific. Against the monsters that cannot let a world of diverse ideas and opinions exist. History will eventually forget morons like you existed.