December 9, 2022

Brittney Griner

American basketball star Brittney Griner headed home Thursday night, freed from Russian prison in exchange for the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout… But the U.S. failed to win freedom for another American, Paul Whelan, jailed in Russia for nearly four years…

“Biden’s authorization to release Bout, the Russian felon once nicknamed ‘the Merchant of Death,’ underscored the heightened urgency that his administration faced to get Griner home, particularly after the recent resolution of her criminal case on drug charges and her subsequent transfer to a penal colony.” AP News

Here’s our prior coverage of Griner. The Flip Side

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From the Right

The right criticizes the trade, arguing that it was a capitulation to Putin.

From the Left

The left supports the trade, arguing that it was the only moral choice.

The left supports the trade, arguing that it was the only moral choice.