It was a brilliant PR coup for the Russians to set up an either-or choice. If he chooses Griner over Whelan, Biden's people come off looking like feckless, degenerate fools... the silly pop culture people will love it but Patriots will hate Biden even more than we do already.
If they choose Whelan over Griner, it acknowledges that Whelan WAS INDEED a spy and that Griner was a lesser choice... pop culture, vapid Idiots will hate Biden and Patriots might have a slightly better opinion about him. Slightly.
It wasn't exactly a Hobbesian Choice, but it comes damned close. Well played, Vladimir,well played.
It was a brilliant PR coup for the Russians to set up an either-or choice. If he chooses Griner over Whelan, Biden's people come off looking like feckless, degenerate fools... the silly pop culture people will love it but Patriots will hate Biden even more than we do already.
If they choose Whelan over Griner, it acknowledges that Whelan WAS INDEED a spy and that Griner was a lesser choice... pop culture, vapid Idiots will hate Biden and Patriots might have a slightly better opinion about him. Slightly.
It wasn't exactly a Hobbesian Choice, but it comes damned close. Well played, Vladimir,well played.
Just a far fetched thought, but what if Trump and Putin arranged this….
Biden shows his colors by choosing the anti-American POC trans Griner, which makes waves in the media.
A few weeks later, out of the blue, Trump works an art of the deal with Putin to release Whelan, who Biden had left behind.
OOOooohhh.... plausible, just plausible.
If that happens, the media will suddenly spin Whelan as a clear and present threat to "our democracy".
That would mean Trump is colluding with Putin. And leaving a Marine to rot in jail longer than needed, just to make himself look tough.
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No
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Absolutely
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hobson's%20choice
Thank you for enriching my vocabulary today :-)
Hehe, my pleasure.
Of course, the correct choice was to demand both and not budge a single micrometer until they agreed.
True, but Old Joe & Co. just HAVE to show repeatedly just how stupid they all are.