[thefactor]

Two things can be true at once:

-Whelan ain't the saint some are making him out to be.

-He should not be in a Russian prison.

[MinorityRepublican]

-Whelan ain't the saint some are making him out to be.

Seems like it.

[Rural_Michigan]

I’m thinking option 1. Either that or Griner is not who we think she is.

[Leaning Right]

> Whelan ain’t the saint some are making him out to be. <

Whelan volunteered to join the Marines. You’ve got to give him some credit for that. Yet he got a Bad Conduct Discharge. You’ve really got to mess up to get a BCD these days. From what I understand, Whelan was a thief.

So, yeah. Most reports just say that Whelan was a Marine. Better to say that he was a Marine with a BCD.

[Krosan]

A third thing is also true - giving Bout for a civilian hostage is too lopsided.

Hostage-taking must not pay. Otherwise it encourages more of it.

[1Old Pro]

Whelan ain't the saint some are making him out to be.

He may be a saint, but he was still used as a spy.