This exposes Biden as extremely weak. A basketball player for a convicted arms dealer is not an even trade. It would be better off to leave them both where they are.
"Here, I'll trade you this solid gold Rolex for that plastic ring out of the vending machine"
I wonder if she's going to show any love/loyalty to her country NOW....The ungrateful _itch.
Just read the comments of the Caucasians on this site and you can imagine what Brittney has had to go through all her life in this country. You have disdain for her. I’m willing to bet many you have traveled the Hershey highway or sucked a dik or two in your life. Most homo haters have. Especially the over the top white conservative ones.
You wonder why she may have some negative things to say about this country. 🤦🏽♂️ Just go back and look at some news articles and footage of the civil rights movement. Your racist mothers and fathers had the same attitude. We should be happy with our treatment here…it could be much worse. Followed by the all too familiar phrase “If you don’t like it here go back to Africa”.
Since she could have served a ridiculous 10 year hard labor sentence in Russia for a small amount of weed or hash…….she should shut up and be happy with her treatment here. Only in AmeriKKKa.
There are probably not that many people in the US who think 10 years hard labor made sense for what she did, though there are perhaps more people who would say something like, "when you go to a different country you put yourself at the mercy of their laws." I agree 10 years hard labor is absurd, and I'm not enough of a moral relativist to go along with the quoted statement above, beyond the mere practical consideration that one should be aware of how badly and in what ways the country you're visiting is draconian in its laws, and protect yourself accordingly. Hell, I'm even willing to entertain the possibility that Griner didn't smuggle the hash in at all -- I don't trust the Russian government enough to just believe what it says without skepticism.
So having said all of that, what has this millionaire athlete suffered in America that is proportional to the frank injustice of her would-be sentence in Russia of 10 years hard labor for a pretty minor and ultimately victimless crime? Sorry, let me be more specific: what has this millionaire athlete who the American government made an extraordinary effort to bring home, an effort it would not have made for nearly anybody else you could name, suffered in America that is proportional to the frank injustice of her would-be sentence in Russia?
This is a joke of a deal. Once again the USA loses in an international deal. The merchant of death has years of experience and connections that I’m sure the Russians will use behind the scenes for the advantage of Russia in its wars around the world. real nice….🙄
Thanks for the update, I just found out. Any news on Paul ?
Paul Whelan is still in a Russian Prison
So this guy Wheland is Canadian born US Marine with citizenship in the US, Britain and Ireland? He is DEFINITELY a spy. He is supposed to be in jail. What does AmeriKKKa do when they catch a spy? Brittney had a small amount of weed.
Question: We all know that Trump and Putin are besties….why didn’t Trump get Wheland out of prison?
This is a joke of a deal. Once again the USA loses in an international deal. The merchant of death has years of experience and connections that I’m sure the Russians will use behind the scenes for the advantage of Russia in its wars around the world. real nice….🙄
Couldn't care less about Russia's wars around the world do care about fellow Americans.
It's definitely questionable doing a trade like this for an arms dealer whose work could again result in the deaths of many and the destabilization of entire countries through that work. However, let's be clear: Russia's own drug crimes law sets forth a 15 day sentence for the crime Griner was accused of violating. 15 days. Not 9 years. This was just an opportunistic arrest and show trial to get back at the U.S. and to take a negotiating pawn to get release of a top spy or "merchant of death."
If Trump were president there is no war in Ukraine.
You are correct. Zelensky would be dead and Kyiv would have Russian flags.
Wrong,
Trump showed Putin a picture of his home, Putin asked him.....what is that about, Trump smiled and .....I think you know. Putin is doing nothing if Trump had stayed.
She will be exchanged for another Russian prisoner but not the Merchant of Death. Good news!
False. Exchanged for one of the most prolific arms dealers of the 90’s. Paul Whelan (us marine) stays in prison in Russia. Americans are seemingly very odd in their priorities. Does Griner even like your country?
Use both sides of you brain. An arms dealer with very few connections anymore and will be getting out Scott free in a few years anyway for an innocent American is reasonable. Do you think he is their only arms dealer? Whelan is in for espionage. No way they trade him too. She was a purposeful chess piece. She did nothing wrong. I'm so thankful Trump or some other idiot isn't in charge.
It's definitely questionable doing a trade like this for an arms dealer whose work could again result in the deaths of many and the destabilization of entire countries through that work. However, let's be clear: Russia's own drug crimes law sets forth a 15 day sentence for the crime Griner was accused of violating. 15 days. Not 9 years. This was just an opportunistic arrest and show trial to get back at the U.S. and to take a negotiating pawn to get release of a top spy or "merchant of death."
Which part of the "arbitrary enforcement of local laws" part of the US State Department's travel advisory for Russia in place at the time do you not think she understood when she voluntarily decided to travel there?