Biden Released Brittney Griner from Russian Prison

[pknopp]

As does the other side, or sides. It's called realpolitik.

Sure. And we wonder why there is so much violence.

 

[rightwinger]

He did it, he did it! That sleepy ole man finally did it.

He got Russia to release Brittney Griner from prison.

Amidst all these ongoing tensions.

WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian custody in a high-profile prisoner swap between the U.S. and Moscow

Griner was detained in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport after Russian authorities said they found vape canisters with cannabis oil in her luggage.

www.nbcnews.com

Man, there's nothing that sleepy old man can't do!

Yoooooooo JOE!!!!

Great news

Welcome home Britney

 

[MarcATL]

Ding dong the dyke is free.

Biden got fleeced again

lol

 

[pknopp]

Getting "something done" implies effectively, not "affectively." Glad to have her back, but if the arms dealer simply gets set free now the cost appears too high.

Do you think the arms quit moving just because this guy was in prison?

 

[Litwin]

one for sure, US still lives in peacetime (pootler really needs the shells) ... Brittney-Griner will leave GULAG but Victor Bout - a convicted arms dealer and a big prize for Moscow´s war in Ukraine. putin runs out off shells , and we deliver him - V. Bout .... many (mostly Ukrainians ) are gonna be killed due this exchange

moscow just released Britney Griner in a prisoner exchange for arms dealer Victor Bout.

US frees Russian ‘merchant of death’ in exchange for WNBA star Brittney Griner

The US and Russia finalized a prisoner swap on Thursday, according to officials and sources familiar with the matter, in a deal that would free American

english.alarabiya.net

 

[candycorn]

Who are the good guys?

Americans. Trump supporters need not apply.

 

[rightwinger]

C'mon, that was a bad swap. We let a terrorist go free in exchange for a weed smoker.

We got a HOF Basketball player back, they got an arms dealer

 

[Polishprince]

Glad she is out of prison her sentence was way too harsh. Sorr we gave up an arms dealer but we do what we got to do for our citizens. Let’s hope she is smarter in the future and respecting other nations laws.

I think that the Department of State should lift her passport until she pays back the taxpayers for the expense and grief she put them through.

 

[Blaster]

Sure is.

Helping Americans instead of enriching himself.

That is Joe Biden. Your president.

Swapping a notorious arms dealer for an American hating lesbian just goes to show what a disaster senile Joe has been as President.

 

[berg80]

Biden did the trade you moron.
Its her fault she was in jail in russia. She is obviously some sort of imbecile. But the trade is NOT her fault.
Is she the one trading one of the worst people on the planet for her freedom? No. That would be the pedo rican you are so fond of.

Worst people on the planet? Do you think hyperbole is going to make your case stronger? Do you think putting Bout in prison meant the end of arms dealing in the world?
Obviously, it wasn't an even trade given the nature of the crimes. But let's recognize the reality of the abuse Griner was being subjected to for a petty violation.
I find it telling that your first impulse is not to call Putin a monster but rather direct your ire at Biden.

 

[Blaster]

We got a HOF Basketball player back, they got an arms dealer

We look foolish to the rest of the world.

 

[pknopp]

I think that the Department of State should lift her passport until she pays back the taxpayers for the expense and grief she put them through.

Unconstitutional but not surprising.

 

[candycorn]

And so did Biden when he chose her over him. and the gay card. and the woman card. and the celebrity card.

Again you don't know that. We do know you played the race card. You always do.

 

[martybegan]

Sure. And we wonder why there is so much violence.

Because the world can be a violent place?

 

[konradv]

one for sure, US still lives in peacetime (pootler really needs the shells) ... Brittney-Griner will leave GULAG but Victor Bout - a convicted arms dealer and a big prize for Moscow´s war in Ukraine. putin runs out off shells , and we deliver him - V. Bout .... many (mostly Ukrainians ) are gonna be killed due this exchange

moscow just released Britney Griner in a prisoner exchange for arms dealer Victor Bout.

US frees Russian ‘merchant of death’ in exchange for WNBA star Brittney Griner

The US and Russia finalized a prisoner swap on Thursday, according to officials and sources familiar with the matter, in a deal that would free American

english.alarabiya.net

The right has been demanding it. It's hard to get a good deal when some from your own side are stabbing you in the back.

 

[pknopp]

Because the world can be a violent place?

Especially with violent people running things.

 

[Polishprince]

We got a HOF Basketball player back, they got an arms dealer

A girls basketball player that few Americans had even heard of before she got pinched for drug smuggling.

Getting arrested was a good career move on her part, got her face and name in front of the public.

 

[candycorn]

Swapping a notorious arms dealer for an American hating lesbian just goes to show what a disaster senile Joe has been as President.

Had you ever heard of this arms dealer before today? Nope.

As for American hating...would you like for me to show you the posts from right wingers who have trashed the nation?

 

[surada]

Biden’s been a merchant of death for most of his career, so he saw nothing wrong with this.

Amid Griner Joy, U.S. Regrets Continued Russian Detention of Paul Whelan

President Biden said in a speech announcing the release of basketball star Brittney Griner that the U.S. was still seeking the release of Paul Whelan, a former Marine who has also been held by Russia since 2018. Mr. Biden said at the White House that Russia was treating Mr. Whelan’s case differentl

www.wsj.com

 

[rightwinger]

We look foolish to the rest of the world.

Conservatives condemning the return of a wrongly imprisoned American look foolish