10 Dec 2022 10:16 am
Bout spent 11 years in jail for it. Seems a fair punishment. Biden had a choice between a sports hero whose release would be popular with the country or a dishonorably discharged serviceman no one outside the political mill ever heard about. It wasn't a close call.Monderegal » 09 Dec 2022, 4:24 pm » wrote: ↑ I don't get how Biden got a WNBA basketball star in exchange for an international war criminal. Doesn't seem fair. The White House didn't even get Paul Whelan out of the deal. Victor Bout sold surplus arms to despots across the world. Even terrorists.