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Yep. I'm not quite sure what the backstory is on that teacher though.Shoulda left all three rot in jail.
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Resto-mod T-55 Tanks rolling back into combat!
Yep. I'm not quite sure what the backstory is on that teacher though.Shoulda left all three rot in jail.
Back on topic.
Resto-mod T-55 Tanks rolling back into combat!
It's this.There's a lot more that goes into the equation that people are overlooking. With this deal, Putin got exactly what he wanted - he showed how "woke" the west is (whether or not that is true) AND he got his guy back.
That wouldn't have happened with Whelan.
It was a very bad move.
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I don't have a problem with a government working to free its citizens. I have a problem with the manner in which this was done, and who we released in exchange. It's celebrity worship over our own "values".
Either the U.S. got played like a fiddle or palms were greased and they just needed to facilitate a public enough spectacle to sell the story. I don't like the reality behind either option.
Capital M on Marine, Sir. Yeah BCD sucks. You have to fuck up pretty badly to get that.Ex-marine, bad conduct discharge, he gets negative points.
Sounded like that teacher did a lot of good for a lot of diplomat’s kids. I don’t know all that much either but it would seem that he could have gotten out easier if he did know/ work for diplomats.Yep. I'm not quite sure what the backstory is on that teacher though.
Capital M on Marine, Sir. Yeah BCD sucks. You have to fuck up pretty badly to get that.
There are all sorts of ways to help without going there or donating money.I can’t remember if it was here or somewhere else but I’m excited for Ukraine to get some Patriot missiles. So stoked for Ukraine to end this shit. The so called Russian rape gangs make me feel like joining an Inglorious Bastards type mission. Me and my comfy life, what a disappointment that I’m not fighting the good fight.
Stupid to take cannabis to Russia, but it was prescribed, and they usually don't jail in cases like that. Not sure if trading Bout was a good idea or not, but it's obvious her arrest was political.So they definitely got help from a third party and are using "temperature inversion" to explain away how they definitely DIDN'T get help.
I know I've brought this up before but.......why? Why trade for her at all, especially trade a arms dealer for a WNBA player who brought drugs into a country where those drugs are illegal. I understand to some degree the idea that it is a government's job to protect its citizens at home and abroad but this trade just doesn't make any sense. Unless you consider that an arms dealer has plenty of cash and plenty of palms were likely greased to make this happen on both ends of the table. Too bad for Whelan he doesn't have a great layup or black market money.