Things that made you Facepalm today (Political Version)

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Originally Posted by Suppressed Poet

Understand that when I speak of value in this instance I am saying so strictly in the context of being an asset or liability to our government.

One of those people is an infamous arms trafficker that sold military weapons and equipment to terrorists and enemies of humanity. Our government spent years and tons of resources chasing him all over the world to bring him to justice. The other is a basketball player that was dumb enough to try to bring weed into Russia. What more “evidence” do you require?

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Riiiight, so you think Griner wasn't worthy of rescuing. We're on the same page now.

The Untied States sells arms throughout the world, picking sides in conflicts we have interests in and those arms then go on to commit acts of violence and terror against governments we oppose and harm innocents in the process. Russia does the same thing, often times the opposing party of the one's we're arming. Subjectively, neither is justifiable and are supporting egregious humanitarian violations. Yet you've decided of all the countries who sell arms in the world, that the Russian arms dealer we caught in sting is worse because.. reasons you've not shared. Bad enough that you feel Griner should have been left to rot in Russian gulag.

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Originally Posted by Seran

Riiiight, so you think Griner wasn't worthy of rescuing. We're on the same page now.

The Untied States sells arms throughout the world, picking sides in conflicts we have interests in and those arms then go on to commit acts of violence and terror against governments we oppose and harm innocents in the process. Russia does the same thing, often times the opposing party of the one's we're arming. Subjectively, neither is justifiable and are supporting egregious humanitarian violations. Yet you've decided of all the countries who sell arms in the world, that the Russian arms dealer we caught in sting is worse because.. reasons you've not shared. Bad enough that you feel Griner should have been left to rot in Russian gulag.

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Rescued from what exactly? For breaking the law and getting the book thrown at her? For her own fuck up and bringing drugs to a hostile country? Doesn’t matter if you agree with the punishment or not. She didn’t deserve to be traded for Viktor Bout.

And yes, I feel she should have been left in a Russian prison. Do I feel bad for her? Of course, but she fucked up, she made the mistake, now she needs to suffer the consequences of her decision, and that’s up to the Russian government to decide.

While in my opinion 9 years is too long, but my opinion means nothing. Having lived in Russia, we didn’t fuck with any type of drugs because we knew exactly what could happen.

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Originally Posted by Seran

Riiiight, so you think Griner wasn't worthy of rescuing. We're on the same page now.

The Untied States sells arms throughout the world, picking sides in conflicts we have interests in and those arms then go on to commit acts of violence and terror against governments we oppose and harm innocents in the process. Russia does the same thing, often times the opposing party of the one's we're arming. Subjectively, neither is justifiable and are supporting egregious humanitarian violations. Yet you've decided of all the countries who sell arms in the world, that the Russian arms dealer we caught in sting is worse because.. reasons you've not shared. Bad enough that you feel Griner should have been left to rot in Russian gulag.

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Confirmed that Seran is a Russian agent.

I feel like Seran is the only one trying to bring up the Marine and repeating that we traded a man for a black lesbian. The only thing I keep reading is trading an arms dealer for a basketball player, makes no damn sense.

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Originally Posted by Realk

I feel like Seran is the only one trying to bring up the Marine and repeating that we traded a man for a black lesbian. The only thing I keep reading is trading an arms dealer for a basketball player, makes no damn sense.

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Supposedly Putin gave Trump the option to trade the Marine for the terrorist and Trump declined. But Biden came along and said "LOL! I'll take an even worse trade!"

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

Supposedly Putin gave Trump the option to trade the Marine for the terrorist and Trump declined. But Biden came along and said "LOL! I'll take an even worse trade!"

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Actually no, the deal that was put on the table was a convicted murder and spy held by the Germans, for the dishonorably discharged criminal marine.

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

Supposedly Putin gave Trump the option to trade the Marine for the terrorist and Trump declined. But Biden came along and said "LOL! I'll take an even worse trade!"

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I’d trade 5 arms dealers to get 1 American back. Everyone but your sorry ass.

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

Supposedly Putin gave Trump the option to trade the Marine for the terrorist and Trump declined. But Biden came along and said "LOL! I'll take an even worse trade!"

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He wasn’t even our prisoner to give up, you knew this, and decided to leave that extremely important detail out, just to take a swipe at Biden and try to make him look worse than he already does.

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Originally Posted by Solkern

He wasn’t even our prisoner to give up, you knew this, and decided to leave that extremely important detail out, just to take a swipe at Biden and try to make him look worse than he already does.

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What are you talking about? He's been a prisoner in the US since 2012.

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

What are you talking about? He's been a prisoner in the US since 2012.

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That's not who Putin demanded to release Whelan you fucking moron, he demanded a spy convicted and held in Germany for espionage and murder. That's not our prisoner.