Posted on 12/08/2022 8:42:06 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Very good.
And before one gets all antiseptically self-righteous about selection of customers, best to understand odds are near 100% whatever gets bought will be re-sold elsewhere.
In a recorded meeting, Bout declared to undercover agents that the United States was his sworn enemy. He offered to sell them, as part of an extensive arsenal of heavy weapons, hundreds of surface-to-air missiles to be used against U.S. military advisers and the Colombian military.
https://news.yahoo.com/viktor-bout-arms-dealer-merchant-144317119.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
So what. Russia had been declared America’s sworn enemy. That’s warfare, not crime.
This may be the worst trade deal in history.
There should have been at least a player to be named later
I’m sure ones out there who wanted to buy arms weren’t just sitting around waiting for this guy to be freed.
Anything to keep the war with Ukraine going......
HO-HO-HO!!
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