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JV676779 t1_izukija wrote

Maybe Lybia's got a gay American basketball player we can trade him for.....

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DoxedFox t1_izuzztt wrote

What a fucking stupid comment.

You do realize that Bout was going to be released at some point either way? He wasn't serving a life sentence and would be released in 2029.

America isn't leaving someone to rot in Russia. It was a pretty good trade.

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Best-Charge9296 t1_izv7bws wrote

The US is currently leaving an American to rot in Russia. A former US Marine to be specific

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DoxedFox t1_izv9wu3 wrote

Convicted of espionage, not a bogus weed conviction.

The US can only trade when Russia is willing to make a deal. Clearly they haven't agreed on something. It's going to cost a lot more than an arms dealer who has 7 years before he's freed anyways, that's for sure.

You do realize that any deal requires Russia's cooperation right? I hope you do.

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TheFan88 t1_izvrcc5 wrote

And he was an ex marine not honorably discharged. Let’s not make him out to be some war hero here. And we tried to get him in the deal and Russia said only a spy for a spy. So we got what we could. And again this bout guy was going to e released sooner than griner and his crimes were selling old Russian munitions to North Africa regimes and trying to sell to Colombian farq in 1990s. You think Russia has spare arms to sell right now? Haha.

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summit1986 t1_izxndqc wrote

Well, according to Trump, there was an opportunity to trade Whelan for Bout during his administration and he told Russia to pound sand. Whether or not he's blowing smoke again is another question in and of itself.

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RedSoviet1991 t1_izvlly8 wrote

Britney actually committed the crime though

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forksofpower t1_izvqw14 wrote

Did she commit espionage? No, you ignorant slime mold.

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Hoju22 t1_izwrw0m wrote

She did commit the crime she was convicted of.

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RedSoviet1991 t1_izz5y9n wrote

Neither did Whelan... Britney committed the crime though. You don't bring drugs into an authoritarian country with insane hatred for Americans. She was asking for it. Thank god she won't re-produce

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forksofpower t1_izz8imi wrote

I hope to god you don't reproduce either. No need to fill the world with fucked up chromosomes.

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punjar3 t1_izyz8b1 wrote

A former criminal, kicked out of the marines for being a criminal.

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