-Whelan ain't the saint some are making him out to be.
-He should not be in a Russian prison.
hmmmm....this goes through channels...maybe a little short on information to support this
The responsible thing was to turn down a trade for an arms dealer. That would be irresponsible to turn a man, who has a share of responsibility for the world’s wars.
Trump was right once again.
The Rats will run with this.
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By not exchanging Whelan for Bout, President Trump has saved many lives. We should be thankful... and keep praying for Whelan and J6 prisoners.
Yeah, even John Bolton had that to say about Trump as he was trashing Biden. Only time in recent history Bolton has said anything about Trump that wasn’t an outright lie.
Russian oligarchs are now on their way to buy some of Hunter’s “artwork” as that was part of the deal. They can be in NYC on UN diplomatic passes even if sanctioned.
Trump turned down a deal and rightfully so.
I Marine does not equal 1 International Arms dealer.
The Russians believe Whelan is a spy. They say he was caught with a flash drive. He said someone gave him the drive with pictures of churches. Our government says he is not a spy. If he was a spy, legally he should be locked up. I guess it boils down to which government do you think is more truthful?
The Russian arms dealer sold arms to people we think are bad guys. We sell a lot of arms overseas ourselves. I assume we use our own dealers as well. I am sure we would say we only sell arms to the good guys. If not, how are our arms dealers different from theirs? Which government, if either, only sells arms to the good guys?
It seems to me; one view of the original trade offer depends on how you answer the above questions. Given the last few years, I am not ashamed to say that I am a bit unsure.
President Trump is the Master of the Deal - case closed. This is actually a great example of when it’s better to make no deal than screw it up like Brandon.
He’s right Viktor Bout should have never been released Biden gave him a permit to back in business many more to die.
Bloody hands Biden still on the job
I’ve studied a lot about this merchant of death and I can tell you he is vastly overrated
The biggest arms dealers are major nations
We used him to arm Jonas Savimbi
Savimbi had the right goals more or less fighting Commies but he was one ruthless mofo and that’s putting it mildly an arm chopper
Yep, really bad deal. Those are the risks but you can't release this man. And as another poster said on another thread, I never want to hear Biden or the Dems talk about gun control again. This guy flooded the world with real assault weapons that were used to kill tens of thousands. And they let him walk.