Britney Griner released 12-08-2022

I had to read through the whole thread before commenting because I didn’t want to repeat things that were already said.

Wait, so Whelan is a citizen of four different countries & was dishonorably discharged from the Marines? Something there (to me) doesn’t pass the sniff test.

Not saying he deserves to rot in a Russian prison but seems suspicious so not shocking the Russians think he’s a spy.

I am glad BG is home because the punishment seemed disproportionate to the crime but for the life of me, I will never understand dumb azzz Americans doing really dumb ish abroad. Particularly in countries who are not US ally/friendlies.

I have watched so many episodes of Locked up Abroad and am always astonished at dumb Americans who try to smuggle drugs into other countries then want to cry about how dangerous, awful and disgusting these 3rd world country prisons are and how heavy a sentence they got for something that back home wouldn’t have been as long of a sentence.

Like okay dummy. Before you decide to smuggle some drugs for a meager $7k, research what the maximum penalties are for the crime(s) you are about to commit as well as the state of their prisons and make sure you’re willing to take that ride if you get caught.

You’re in their country, you play by their rules and their rules may be entirely made up as they go along.

I don’t know if this is true or not but I read somewhere that Bout was stealing weapons from Russia and selling them to whoever the highest bidder was.

If there is any truth to that, it wouldn’t surprise me if he suddenly fell out of a top floor window or had a “heart attack”.