Putin in Russia (II): Spicy Island Liberation Front

[Spicyryan]

You fucking idiot, she was there for work, not a Disney cruise you stupid garbage fire. You rotting collection of black mold in the rough shape of a man. You abomination in the eyes of the Lord.

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You overly sentimental fool.

[NynJa]

You fucking idiot, she was there for work, not a Disney cruise you stupid garbage fire. You rotting collection of black mold in the rough shape of a man. You abomination in the eyes of the Lord.

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idk why but I'm dying at all of that

[Outlaw]

A basketball player who brought vape pens in her carry on in a one for one trade with an arms dealer responsible for thousands of deaths feels like a poor trade, but since most people won't actually look into the specifics the administration gets to call it a win.

Supposedly the US has been trying to make it for Griner and Paul Whelan, but now it'll just be for Griner.

I would say its a win-win. You guys are forgetting. He has to go back to RUSSIA. I would rather stay in Federal prison.

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[Dimmauk]

LOL @high value prisoner. Im sure we got all the information we needed from this guy and we were done with him.

What information did Russia get from their high value prisoner? How to run the weave and/or how to get a weave?

[Forte]

it is more important for the innocent to go free than for the guilty to be punished, but if this guy gets back up to his old shenanigans huge utilitarian loss for the species in the aggregate. his weapons killed a whole lot of people.

No, he won't.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazi...-bout-00044556

First, Bout is a spent force who will be out of jail in a few years anyway. His business depended on personal relationships and trust among the parties. After being out of the business for more than a decade, Bout has neither of those left in the shadowy world in which he once operated. Second, Bout needed access to a global network stretching from Afghanistan to Europe, Africa and South America. That network has morphed through several generations of new actors, markets and gatekeepers. Bout has no currency in that world now. Finally, Bout depended in the early years on the gross negligence of the former Soviet states to allow him to simply fly out aircraft and weapons in a spree of de facto privatization of one of the world’s most advanced arsenals. In his later years, he was reined in by the Russian state under Putin, no longer able to freelance at will and without unfettered access to massive caches of weapons. It is unlikely he would have any freedom of movement in the weapons trade unless he was in the direct service of the Russian intelligence services, and now he is burned beyond the ability to be useful in any significant capacity.

[Krandor]

The bit about him somehow going free in a few years is silly. He was up for parole, but highly doubtful it would have been granted.

The rest yeah.

[Forte]

The bit about him somehow going free in a few years is silly. He was up for parole, but highly doubtful it would have been granted.

The rest yeah.

Point is he was in jail for long enough that he doesn't matter anymore.

[Richybear]

So when is the Mike Bibby for Saddam Hussein trade announced?

[Forte]

So when is the Mike Bibby for Saddam Hussein trade announced?

Real talk? If Mike Bibby was arrested in Iraq and they wanted Saddam Hussein, I'd give them Saddam Hussein. Have fun with a dead body I guess.

[Rhyis.]

the dudes success came from the fact that nobody knew who the hell he was. he was under everyone's radar, until he wasn't, which is why he got caught.... he isn't under the radar anymore. atf & interpol will be on his ass for the rest of his life

[Krandor]

Bout is useless as an actual arms dealer at this point, but Putin showing that he can get a guy like him out of prison probably earns him some brownie points with other undesirable types.

[Forte]

https://twitter.com/Marina4Colorado/...54691734327298

Some folks would rather get back a box.

[Cail]

the conservatives on my bookface are up in arms over this

[Byrthnoth]

Warmbier seems like a German insult.

[Gokulo]

Or a pokemon name

[Forte]

the conservatives on my bookface are up in arms over this

That's the secret: They crave something to be outraged about. It's how they've been trained. Fox News and it's various spinoffs and copycats. Nothing engages people more than being outraged at something, even if it's something they have been lied about.

[Athas]

I mean really, he's not Magneto - he's an arms dealer who got caught arms dealing, which makes the future dealing of arms rather difficult.

[Dimmauk]

That's the secret: They crave something to be outraged about. It's how they've been trained. Fox News and it's various spinoffs and copycats. Nothing engages people more than being outraged at something, even if it's something they have been lied about.

This is how they keep them distracted and voting against their own best interests.

[Krandor]

Reddit isn't exactly a conservative breeding ground and it seems pretty upset about the swap, unless it's all some big psy-op

[Tyrath]

Bout is useless as an actual arms dealer at this point, but Putin showing that he can get a guy like him out of prison probably earns him some brownie points with other undesirable types.

Oh okay, we should let American citizens suffer so that Putin can't earn brownie points.