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

[Orangeburst]

It certainly pays to be a black female homosexual placed in a Russian prison and traded for a Russian arms dealer.

Dang..it does sound salicious. Must watch TV.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

A Year After Griner's Release from Russia, Whelan Family Pleads With Biden: 'Bring Paul home'​

Paul Whelan, a former Marine who has been detained in Russia since 2018, was supposed to be home by now.

Exactly one year ago, on Dec. 8, 2022, the Biden administration secured the release of WNBA player Brittney Griner, who had spent less than a year in a Russian prison on drug charges.


With the fanfare of Griner's release came renewed hope that the Biden administration could also secure a deal for Whelan, who had languished in prison for far longer over an espionage conviction that he and the U.S. government dispute.

But now, Whelan's family wonders why they must continue to wait.


Griner returned home last year in exchange for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. Nicknamed the “Merchant of Death," Bout was arrested in Thailand in 2008 and extradited to the United States, where he was sentenced to 25 years in jail.

A year after Griner's release from Russia, Whelan family pleads with Biden: 'Bring Paul home'

Paul Whelan, a former Marine who has been detained in Russia since 2018, was supposed to be home by now.

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[volfanhill]

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"But when Houthi emissaries went to Moscow in August to negotiate the purchase of $10 million worth of automatic weapons, they encountered a familiar face: the mustachioed Bout, according to a European security official and other people familiar with the matter."

 

[dalton_vol]

I guess more blood will be on kamala hands. She's used to the feel by now

 

[LadyVolette]

I would have just left her there until something else could be negotiated.. that was kind of stupid