Should U.S. Swap ‘Merchant of Death’ for Brittney Griner?

[mr.checkerboards]

We really traded a terrorist for an athlete 95% of this country couldn't give 2 ***** about.
Biden is ****ing useless.

 

[BigBadVol]

This sucks. This administration is the worst in history. Now she can come back here and continue to bash the U.S. while a Russian arms dealer can continue to do business. Russian Collusion? Yea, this administration.

 

[utvolpj]

We really traded a terrorist for an athlete 95% of this country couldn't give 2 ***** about.
Biden is ****ing useless.

"Terrorist"

 

[tim]

We really traded a terrorist for an athlete 95% of this country couldn't give 2 ***** about.
Biden is ****ing useless.

Merchant of Death trade seems fair..

-Someone at the WH

 

[hog88]

Celebrity privilege lives.

 

[Coach Jumper]

Yay?

 

[Electric Orange]

Weren't they saying they were trying to get 2 Americans released?

 

[hog88]

Weren't they saying they were trying to get 2 Americans released?

I doubt they put much effort into the not famous one.

 

[JOEY’S ALL VOL !!!]

Par. For. The. Course.

 

[mrorange211]

amazing to see the comments in here from Americans. I love this forum sometimes.

 

[hog88]

amazing to see the comments in here from Americans. I love this forum sometimes.

What are you getting at? We still have Americans being held in Russian prisons, Americans that have been held much longer for even weaker charges than Griner.

You don’t care about them?

 

[JOEY’S ALL VOL !!!]

amazing to see the comments in here from Americans. I love this forum sometimes.

Americans? I thought DD’s concluded that we were all Russians.

 

[Majors]

amazing to see the comments in here from Americans. I love this forum sometimes.

Privilege gets you fast tracked. To the others, hang tight and serve your sentence we ran out of "Merchants of Death". To Mark Fogel, work on your cross over and we will see what we can do even if you are 61 years of age.

 

[sonofUT62]

I doubt they put much effort into the not famous one.

You mean the conservative evangelical one who couldn’t get him any votes?

 

[Jr_Vol#]

To bad for Whelan he isn't a high profile person so he's stuck

 

[lawgator1]

The assumption some of you make is that it was either/or. That Whelan for the Russian was an alternative.

Whelan's brother just released a statement that acknowledged that distinction.

 

[Majors]

What are you getting at? We still have Americans being held in Russian prisons, Americans that have been held much longer for even weaker charges than Griner.

You don’t care about them?

They don't count, as NBA players would not put on shirts in warmups to act like they care. Do the crime then you do the time is probably how they feel.

 

[Hopeful Vol]

She’s a American hating POS who knowingly broke their laws. She should’ve been left to rot over there and served her sentence. This administration sucks if Trump was still president he would’ve left her in prison.

 

[hog88]

The assumption some of you make is that it was either/or. That Whelan for the Russian was an alternative.

Whelan's brother just released a statement that acknowledged that distinction.

There are more Americans than Wheelen being held over there. This trade is about celebrity.

 

[Majors]

The assumption some of you make is that it was either/or. That Whelan for the Russian was an alternative.

Whelan's brother just released a statement that acknowledged that distinction.

Ex-Marine > WNBA

 

[peaygolf]

This is worth a Presidential Press Conference?

 

[lawgator1]

There are more Americans than Wheelen being held over there. This trade is about celebrity.

You can't know that. You don't know what was possible and what wasn't.

But in your haste to find anything to criticize, you skip that part.

 

[peaygolf]

"She represents what's best in America?" Come on Joe.

 

[Majors]

Give me the Ex-Marine over WNBA and any other American held captive before she was arrested. Be patriotic not political, especially if your exchange partner is called the "Merchant of Death"

 

[VolBall09]

Now she belongs in an American prison for being the reason Victor Bout is free.