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WNBA star Brittney Griner transferred to Russian forced labor camp

Discussion in 'Current Events' started by TheAngryLiberal, Nov 9, 2022.

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  1. Eleuthera

    Eleuthera Well-Known Member Donor

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    Victor Bout is a Russian competitor to Raytheon and other US arms traffickers. Naturally, he is seen as a threat.
     
    Eleuthera, Dec 8, 2022
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    grapeape Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't ……
     
    grapeape, Dec 8, 2022
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  3. sec

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    we tend to be on the losing side of diplomacy. A US citizen is back home.
     
    sec, Dec 8, 2022
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  4. Egoboy

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    Nah.... it's the same as the token "thoughts and prayers" when Americans are killed.... just keep it all...

    We traded a Russian citizen for a US citizen.... If you want fair trading, I suggest you become a MLB General Manager.... Maybe you could have gotten some AAA Americans thrown in??
     
    Egoboy, Dec 8, 2022
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  5. Bluesguy

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    So you are not aware of whom that citizen is?
     
    Bluesguy, Dec 8, 2022
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  6. AmericanNationalist

    AmericanNationalist Well-Known Member

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    Who said he was damned? The ungrateful affected family and a couple of liberals? He could've very well left her there and I would've said: Best decision of the administration.

    If the Russians told me it was either the WNBA star or the marine, I go with the marine without a second thought.
     
    AmericanNationalist, Dec 8, 2022
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    Damned on THIS deal which as National Review put it

    A Terrible Concession to Putin’s Russia

    Today you’re going to hear a lot of people defending the Biden administration’s deal to secure the release of Brittney Griner by giving Viktor Bout, the world’s most notorious arms dealer with a metaphorical ocean of blood on his hands, back to Russia. (I called the then-potential deal a “moral abomination” back in August.) Not securing the release of Paul Whelan makes this bad deal even worse.

    A lot of defenders of the deal will contend that critics are indifferent to the suffering of Griner, which is a dodge and a smear. The question is not, “is it in the interest of the U.S. government to secure the release of Brittney Griner?” That’s a silly question; the U.S. never wants to see its citizens unfairly detained under brutal conditions on trumped-up charges. The question is, what is an appropriate concession to secure the release of those citizens, and does the payment of the ransom make future problems like this more likely?
    https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/a-terrible-concession-to-putins-russia/

    Tell me had it been Osama Bin Laden to be traded would you have supported it?
     
    Bluesguy, Dec 8, 2022
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  8. Bluesguy

    Bluesguy Well-Known Member Donor

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    For Putin and Russia and our enemies not the United States and why should Bout get a "good resolution" you support Bout now?
     
    Bluesguy, Dec 8, 2022
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  9. Bluesguy

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    NEGOTIATE???? This was a total cave in.

    Tell me had it been Osama Bin Laden to be traded would you have supported it?
     
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    Bluesguy, Dec 8, 2022
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  10. AmericanNationalist

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    Speaking of Baseball, my Phillies acquired Trea Turner and Tajuan Walker. We definitely came out of the winter meetings ahead.
     
    AmericanNationalist, Dec 8, 2022
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    Did Biden really just exchange a gd arms dealer for a gay female basketball player?

    That doesn't seem to be a fair trade at all.

    Russia won that one. LOL. Biden scored those ever important virtue points though!
     
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    ToughTalk, Dec 8, 2022
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    She hates america enough to disrespect the anthem and flag for ****ing virtue points. This was a bad trade.
     
    ToughTalk, Dec 8, 2022
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    Depends if you give a f*ck or not about your citizens, don't you think?

    I am glad she's out.
     
    Melb_muser, Dec 8, 2022
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    **Citizens that agree with your political philosophy** sees to be the approach for many
     
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    **** her. **** her black privledge. She is a useless waste of trade. We just gave up a gd ARMS DEALER for a gay black female basketball player who hates her country.

    This would have been a bit closer to even steven because MARINE...but white man so back of the bus, ya?

    https://americanmilitarynews.com/20...ailed-in-russia-left-behind-in-prisoner-swap/

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    **** I hate this administration and it's bias and useless bullshit.
     
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    ToughTalk, Dec 8, 2022
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    Politics shouldn't come into it. You can sort that out later...
     
    Melb_muser, Dec 8, 2022
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    Yea, Biden is not exactly a pillar of strength when it comes to foreign policy. Putin owns him like Putin owned Obama.
     
    BuckyBadger, Dec 8, 2022
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    I'd like to know more about the story of the marine.

    Griner is one of 11 women to receive an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA championship, a FIBA World Cup gold medal and a WNBA championship.
     
    Melb_muser, Dec 8, 2022
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  19. ToughTalk

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    I dont give a rats ass about her accomplishments. Its a gd BASKET BALL PLAYER for an ARMS DEALER. Are you kidding me?!

    She got swapped because she's ****ing black and gay.
     
    ToughTalk, Dec 8, 2022
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    Could be a sick team if Harper can come back by the ASB .... they should be in contention even without him...

    Don't fall in love with T. Walker though... he'll blow your mind in one start and break your heart in the next... But solid #3 after Nola and Wheeler...
     
    Egoboy, Dec 8, 2022
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    Was a good trade for you... You got one of your arms dealers back...
     
    Egoboy, Dec 8, 2022
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  22. ToughTalk

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    Incase your new on the uptick, I'm actually very much not pro Russia, you'd know that if you stopped to read any of the ukraine threads. But unlike you I can call this exactly what it is. Vitue slinging racist black gay privledge which somehow propelled a ****ing country hating basketball player above a ****ing MARINE who had been detained since 2018.

    Putin won this trade because Biden is a virtue slinging racist **** up.
     
    ToughTalk, Dec 8, 2022
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    If the unpatriotic Trump was still in office he'd love it if she sat in a Russian jail for her full sentence.
    That is unless he could personally benefit in some way.
     
    Izzy, Dec 8, 2022
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    Trump would have been mature enough to keep racist identity **** out of this and would have traded up a marine or of equal value to that of an arms dealer.
     
    ToughTalk, Dec 8, 2022
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    Victimization much? The world is just unfair for the Democrats...lol
     
    Wild Bill Kelsoe, Dec 8, 2022
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