It annoys me that something as stupid as a marijuana vape gave Russia an excuse to secure the release of Viktor Bout without giving us Paul Whelan in return.
Frankly, Griner should’ve been the one to bear the costs of her fuck-up, not Whelan.
I think the official US policy is and should be that US lives are more important than maintaining control of political prisoners. It’s unfair to say the Griner wasn’t “worth it,” and it’s especially not okay for the government to make that determination.
If the US government was ever at risk of saying (publicly) that someone “isn’t worth getting out of political prison” they’d lose all credibility in these negotiations for US citizens’ lives
It annoys me that something as stupid as a marijuana vape gave Russia an excuse to secure the release of Viktor Bout without giving us Paul Whelan in return.
Frankly, Griner should’ve been the one to bear the costs of her fuck-up, not Whelan.
Nah whelan can stay. Dude was and is a piece of shit.
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I think the official US policy is and should be that US lives are more important than maintaining control of political prisoners. It’s unfair to say the Griner wasn’t “worth it,” and it’s especially not okay for the government to make that determination.
If the US government was ever at risk of saying (publicly) that someone “isn’t worth getting out of political prison” they’d lose all credibility in these negotiations for US citizens’ lives
This wasn’t political. She admitted she broke the law. Wtf are you smoking??? Lol
Right, and Russia always applies laws equally and impartially. No politically motivated selective enforcement here, no sir!
Yeah for real, the whole situation is just a cluster fuck of idiocy.