Russia looking for a prisoner swap…

[Gunz]

Viktor hitting the talk show circuit in Moscow.

Viktor Bout says he is dazzled by changes in Moscow over long years of US captivity

 

[AWP]

Either go fuck yourself or be an agent of change. Your call...don't be a shit bag.

'I'm not going to take a day for granted': Brittney Griner scores 10 points for the Phoenix Mercury on her return to the basketball court | CNN

“Hearing the national anthem, it definitely hit different,” Griner said. “It’s like when you go for the Olympics, you’re sitting there, about to get gold put on your neck, the flags are going up and the anthem is playing, it just hits different. … Being here today … it means a lot.”

 

[Blizzard]

Our government continues to make killer prisoner exchanges (this one on 9/11, nonetheless)...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1702035385684025365

 

[Ooh-Rah]

For a country that supposedly doesn’t negotiate with terrorists… We sure do a lot of negotiating with terrorists.

 

[Box]

By terrorists - are we talking about radical extremists that publicly act in defiance of common standards of decency while intentionality striking fear and panic into the public - purely to achieve a desired ideological outcome?

Or are we talking about the Iranians?


Asking for a friend.

 

[Blizzard]

By terrorists - are we talking about radical extremists that publicly act in defiance of common standards of decency while intentionality striking fear and panic into the public - purely to achieve a desired ideological outcome?

Or are we talking about the Iranians?


Asking for a friend.

Is that a difference without distinction?

Not all terrorists are Iranian but all Iranians are terrorists...or something like that.

 

[Blizzard]

For a country that supposedly doesn’t negotiate with terrorists… We sure do a lot of negotiating with terrorists.

That was back in the good old days. It's a brave new world...

 

[Box]

…brave new world...

Aldus Huxley was man before his time.

 

[BlackSmokeRisinG]

We should have had a great negotiator handle this delicate situation. Somebody with experience. Maybe even a book written about that experience. Something like "The Art of the Deal" or whatever.

If only.

Too bad we don't have the balls to capture their people every time they capture one of ours. I'm sure there's tons of VIP Iranians running around all over the world they could grab. China does it, they do it, well...

 

[Box]

Too bad we don't have the balls to capture their people…

The USG will roll YOU up for misinformation before they offend an enemy of the American people…
…it’s the new normal

 

[ThunderHorse]

Our government continues to make killer prisoner exchanges (this one on 9/11, nonetheless)...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1702035385684025365

At this point Kirby needs to self select...he's really shown his ass from day 1 at the NSC, at the DoD he was the only competent looking one...