BREAKING: US has traded Russian arms dealer, Viktor Bout (Merchant of Death) for Brittney Griner

[Joe Republic]

Good to see this innocent woman coming home.  Yes, innocent, because her "crime" is BS.

And yes it came at a heavy price, but that's unfortunately the way it goes when you are forced to negotiate with terrorists.

[Joe Republic]

Good to see this innocent woman coming home.  Yes, innocent, because her "crime" is BS.

And yes it came at a heavy price, but that's unfortunately the way it goes when you are forced to negotiate with terrorists.

Who exactly was forcing us to negotiate?

The moral imperative of not leaving an innocent American citizen in some dungeon in Mordor.


(It's bizarre that your silly question with such an obvious answer got so many recommends, but here we are.)

[Joe Republic]

Good to see this innocent woman coming home.  Yes, innocent, because her "crime" is BS.

And yes it came at a heavy price, but that's unfortunately the way it goes when you are forced to negotiate with terrorists.

Who exactly was forcing us to negotiate?

The moral imperative of not leaving an innocent American citizen in some dungeon in Mordor.


(It's bizarre that your silly question with such an obvious answer got so many recommends, but here we are.)

There are other moral imperatives, like the security risk of letting a major arms dealer go, undoing years of hard work by other Americans who spent time away from their families and put their lives on the line, and the invitation for any government to imprison American civilians to get their bad guys out of American prisons.

I'll direct your attention back to my first post, in which I acknowledged the high price that often comes with negotiating with terrorists.

[Joe Republic]

Good to see this innocent woman coming home.  Yes, innocent, because her "crime" is BS.

And yes it came at a heavy price, but that's unfortunately the way it goes when you are forced to negotiate with terrorists.

Who exactly was forcing us to negotiate?

The moral imperative of not leaving an innocent American citizen in some dungeon in Mordor.


(It's bizarre that your silly question with such an obvious answer got so many recommends, but here we are.)

There are other moral imperatives, like the security risk of letting a major arms dealer go, undoing years of hard work by other Americans who spent time away from their families and put their lives on the line, and the invitation for any government to imprison American civilians to get their bad guys out of American prisons.

I'll direct your attention back to my first post, in which I acknowledged the high price that often comes with negotiating with terrorists.

Which is why Horus suggested he not do so and was certainly not forced to do so. 

The US government has a responsibility to rescue its citizens from imprisonment for committing bogus "crimes" in hellhole countries.

Anyway, sure, a mass murderer is now free as well.  I wouldn't feel too sorry if the CIA arranged a little oopsie-daisy once he's back on enemy territory.  I wasn't all that upset when Trump took out that Iranian general in an air strike either.

[Joe Republic]

Good to see this innocent woman coming home.  Yes, innocent, because her "crime" is BS.

And yes it came at a heavy price, but that's unfortunately the way it goes when you are forced to negotiate with terrorists.

Who exactly was forcing us to negotiate?

The moral imperative of not leaving an innocent American citizen in some dungeon in Mordor.


(It's bizarre that your silly question with such an obvious answer got so many recommends, but here we are.)

Do you think celebrity citizens should be prioritized over regular citizens?

No, why?  Everything I've said here applies to any American incarcerated in any terrorist country for committing some bogus offense.

And 'celebrity' is a bit of a stretch here, no?  How many Americans have ever heard of her?

[Joe Republic]

WFAN host and former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason is PISSED..

ok esiason

[Joe Republic]

Notice that when Fuzzy Bear inwardly knows he's lost an argument or realizes he's not making any sense, he either vanishes from threads completely, or in this case, responds with just one dismissive sentence instead of the usual eight-paragraph dissertation.  He does it to me all the time.

[Joe Republic]

Brittney Griner hates America and she got caught at being a hater.

And this has been proven wrong several times, yet you insist on the fingers-in-ears "la la la I'm not listening" approach.  The moment Boomers (and the remaining previous generation) see people refusing to comply with all the same behavioral routines you grew up having drilled into you, your brains just shut down.