Not sure why it took so long for them to get this done, but glad she's finally coming back.
Also if you look up pictures of Viktor Bout, he's the lovechild of Nicholas Cage and Super Mario.
Sure glad that we live in a free society that doesn't imprison people for having weed
Americans on reddit seething that we freed a WNBA superstar over some marine spy
She's a WNBA superstar, so thus she is good at her job (basketball).
The other guy got caught while on the clock. Maybe if he was better at his job (spying), he wouldn't be in this mess. :cap-think:
The other guy got caught while on the clock. Maybe if he was better at his job (spying), he wouldn’t be in this mess.
If Lord of War is anything to go by (and I consider it a documentary) getting caught occasionally is part of the job. You're bad at being an arms dealer if you get killed
I think wifom and GottiGoFast are referring to the marine spy Paul Whelan
Oh that's weird, I thought :reddit-logo: loved womens' sports now :stfu-terf:
Of course, even then reddit only likes cis women in high school sports.
No, they're just suddenly DEEPLY CONCERNED about the "hormonal advantage" SOME PLAYERS may have in women's sports
Fun reminder that after all the scolding coming from the US over her charges, she still can’t legally can’t come into the United States with the same cannabis oil that she brought into Russia, and the US detains thousands of people entering the country for the same thing that got Griner in trouble every year
i have told this to ten thousand liberals
ten thousand and one liberals have spat in my mouth for it
They’re actually angry that they negotiated her release?
They're angry that Biden helped out a black girl convicted of drug crimes.
It’s on here too. People are mad bc she had a dv case and don’t think she deserves any help for this case bc of that one.
Domestic violence is extremely uncool but I have a hard time with people factoring that into this particular situation.
Also if you look up pictures of Viktor Bout, he’s the lovechild of Nicholas Cage
The Nicolas Cage movie "Lord of War" is allegedly based on Bout.
Removing the mustache was a mistake. How much more would “Lord or War” rocked?
glad she's back. the racist bazinga brains on r/nba :reddit-logo: were insufferable about this whole thing.
Edit: they locked the r/nba thread already lol
This man is the alpha Russian, his job was playing counter strike irl. He even got arrested in a tracksuit. Bonkers
Glad she's free, it was a ridiculous sham that they locked her up in the first place.
I have yet to see any theories on what the Russians actually get out of freeing Bout- 12 years in prison will have made lots of his connections go cold and Russia doesn't exactly need help getting weapons since they produce most of their own. I remember his brother was rumoured to be some military intelligence bigwig at one point, it'd be sweet in a very awful way if all this was organized just to get him out for a family reunionIt sends a message to their people that they will not be abandoned. That kind of stuff is valuable.
I have yet to see any theories on what the Russians actually get out of freeing Bout- 12 years in prison will have made lots of his connections go cold
it's a basketballer the Americans weren't going to give them anyone they really wanted in the exchange
It’s just for PR. There’s reason why they reject to swap the marine dude
Seems like a bad trade lol, were people that mad about Griner or does the US just think Bout is not gonna be able to do anything at this point?
Bout is irrelevant, people are just freaking out about a man none of them had heard of before today
The dude is wash up weapon dealer. The yank has already gotten everything out of him that they needed, which is why the trade happen. It’s just PR for both, Biden admin could prove that they’re nice, while Kremlin could boast their win
