Look I get it... Being in a Russian prison has to be terrible. Being trans or lesbian or whatever the hell Griner is only makes it worse.
But when you knowingly take contraband into a country against their laws, wtf do you expect? I don't take religious books into the DPRK. I don't bring radioisotopes into USA (without proper documentation and storage). And I sure as hell don't bring drugs into Singapore, Russia, or anywhere else where they have capital punishment for possession or shit-hole prisons.
Griner has no one to blame but Griner. And Biden lets a patriot rot under a foreign correctional system - most likely for following orders - instead of letting Griner pay for her own mistake.
You have SUCCINCTLY summarized the situation....this is pretty much what I told my wife this morning when she asked, "Who the hell is Brittany Griner?" I noticed yesterday that Xiden, HeelsUp Harris and presumably some media whore Griner family member FLED to the cameras yesterday to breathlessly announce that "BRITTANY IS FREED!"...and that all of the typical useless media whore mainstream and sports outlets picked it all up. I'm sure the TikTok generation lapped up every second of it...
I'll preface what I'm about to say by clarifying that this is my opinion, which is influenced by my life experiences and interactions I've had with people in the armed services:
The real irony here, is that if Paul Whelan is anything like any of the marines I've met, he'd tell the administration to take Griner instead of him. Because he's a real man. Because he's a soldier. Because if Whelan was spying (I think he was) he always knew there was the possibility he could end up being charged, imprisoned, tortured and executed for espionage. But ultimately, because Griner is a Civilian and he is a Marine. No self-respecting marine (bad discharge or not, court martial or not, retired or active, able or lame) would let a civilian suffer in their place. Whether Griner is Trans, lesbian, liberal, smokes pot, or wants the national anthem unplayed. Because a marine fights for our freedom, even our freedom to be ungrateful and ignorant idiots and assholes.
So, in a way, I think taking Griner could have been the right decision, if Whelan was allowed to make that call. But for Biden to flatout choose Griner over Whelan is shameful.
I didn't even hear Biden say, "we hope as a former soldier, Whelan will understand if not approve"... Because that would take balls and actually owning the hard decision.
That's a good AND insightful take. And I couldn't agree more with your last three sentences...at least the fake president is staying true to character.
She summarized it very succintly.
Whelan has 3 problems.
He is a man
He is white
He is heterosexual
Griner beat him in all of this. KEK.
Beat him in 2 of these, it's a man, man!
Trans get +2 points so beats him 4/3
Trans
Tran = Pretender
"That's not your mother, it's a man, baby!" - Austin Powers
Look I get it... Being in a Russian prison has to be terrible. Being trans or lesbian or whatever the hell Griner is only makes it worse.
But when you knowingly take contraband into a country against their laws, wtf do you expect? I don't take religious books into the DPRK. I don't bring radioisotopes into USA (without proper documentation and storage). And I sure as hell don't bring drugs into Singapore, Russia, or anywhere else where they have capital punishment for possession or shit-hole prisons.
Griner has no one to blame but Griner. And Biden lets a patriot rot under a foreign correctional system - most likely for following orders - instead of letting Griner pay for her own mistake.
You have SUCCINCTLY summarized the situation....this is pretty much what I told my wife this morning when she asked, "Who the hell is Brittany Griner?" I noticed yesterday that Xiden, HeelsUp Harris and presumably some media whore Griner family member FLED to the cameras yesterday to breathlessly announce that "BRITTANY IS FREED!"...and that all of the typical useless media whore mainstream and sports outlets picked it all up. I'm sure the TikTok generation lapped up every second of it...
I'll preface what I'm about to say by clarifying that this is my opinion, which is influenced by my life experiences and interactions I've had with people in the armed services:
The real irony here, is that if Paul Whelan is anything like any of the marines I've met, he'd tell the administration to take Griner instead of him. Because he's a real man. Because he's a soldier. Because if Whelan was spying (I think he was) he always knew there was the possibility he could end up being charged, imprisoned, tortured and executed for espionage. But ultimately, because Griner is a Civilian and he is a Marine. No self-respecting marine (bad discharge or not, court martial or not, retired or active, able or lame) would let a civilian suffer in their place. Whether Griner is Trans, lesbian, liberal, smokes pot, or wants the national anthem unplayed. Because a marine fights for our freedom, even our freedom to be ungrateful and ignorant idiots and assholes.
So, in a way, I think taking Griner could have been the right decision, if Whelan was allowed to make that call. But for Biden to flatout choose Griner over Whelan is shameful.
I didn't even hear Biden say, "we hope as a former soldier, Whelan will understand if not approve"... Because that would take balls and actually owning the hard decision.
Just my take.
That's a good AND insightful take. And I couldn't agree more with your last three sentences...at least the fake president is staying true to character.
Well technically Grindr is a man too.
Griner is a man.