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It's what we value... it's what they value
The exchange of WNBA star Brittney Griner for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout can be looked at two ways: value of the person or values of those doing the exchange.
Brittney Griner is a world class athlete who got arrested and imprisoned for bogus drug charges - Viktor Bout is a world class arms merchant and criminal arrested and imprisoned for killing people. In person to person values keeping Bout locked is is far more valuable.
But the United States values a fine athlete unjustly imprisoned. Russia values a murderous thug who was put away to keep people safe. I think we got the better deal.
Welcome home, Brittney.
Besides, the Russians are running out of weapons so they *need* an arms dealer. (snark)
-m
Brittney Griner is a world class athlete who got arrested and imprisoned for bogus drug charges - Viktor Bout is a world class arms merchant and criminal arrested and imprisoned for killing people. In person to person values keeping Bout locked is is far more valuable.
But the United States values a fine athlete unjustly imprisoned. Russia values a murderous thug who was put away to keep people safe. I think we got the better deal.
Welcome home, Brittney.
Besides, the Russians are running out of weapons so they *need* an arms dealer. (snark)
-m
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Hadn't thought of it that way. Not sure I 100% agree, but thinking about it. Maybe we should have let him take some arms back with him. Booby trapped ones that blow up on launch.