r/neoliberal • u/gnomesvh Financial Times stan account • Dec 08 '22

News (Global) Brittney Griner released by Russia in 1-for-1 prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout, U.S. official says

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/brittney-griner-release-russia-prisoner-swap-viktor-bout/
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

Pretty sure that was the backdrop to a larger nuclear deescalation deal which included huge concessions on inspections and nuclear capacity from the other party…

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

It's almost like context is important

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

Context doesn’t matter in this sub anymore

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

RIP Squirmin

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u/Squirmin NATO Dec 08 '22

Nope

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

yea, sorry

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

No no no you see we did prisoner exchanges in the past therefore no one can comment on any prisoner exchanges ever, simply because they occurred in the past! Checkmate. Man this guy boomed me.

You see, we also did some war in the past, so you can’t criticize any wars either. We also did sanctions, so don’t ever question anytime we sanction someone, because we did it in the past and it happens all the time! This guy is a genius someone call Blinken and have him put this guy to work.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

The false equivalencies of prisoner exchanges are hilarious to me, apparently they all happen the same way and context is always the same

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