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Saudi Crown Prince brokered deal to swap Griner for arms dealer Viktor Bout
Posted on 12/8/22 at 11:20 am
Posted on 12/8/22 at 11:20 am
Saudi Crown Prince brokered deal to swap WNBA star Brittney Griner for Merchant of Death arms dealer Viktor Bout - who walked past each other on UAE airport tarmac - two days after America dropped Khashoggi lawsuit against the Saudi leader
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The negotiations were reportedly mediated by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the United Arab Emirates' President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, according to Arab News.
A senior administration official would not comment directly on MBS's role but said the U.S. will 'continue to lean on partners around the world' to secure the release of unjustly detailed Americans.
The swap happened at Abu Dhabi airport, where Griner and Bout had to walked past each other to reach their respective parties on the airport tarmac, Russian state media reports.
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Asked directly about the Saudi Arabian Crown Prince's role in the negotiations, a senior administration official said: 'In the course of getting to this happy result with respect to Brittney, and in the course of working to secure the release of Paul, as we continue to do, we have and I'm sure we'll continue to lean on partners around the world to work this through with us, to give us their ideas, and to impress upon the Russians how important it is to us to resolve these sorts of cases.'
'And we appreciate when those partners do help us. And I'll leave it there.'
Reports that MBS helped broker the deal came two days after a US federal judge rejected a lawsuit against him and other Saudi officials over Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi's violent death.
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Posted on 12/8/22 at 11:21 am to WPBTiger
So Biden is a puppet of putin and MBS
Congrats Mickey Goldmill you dont look like a fool
Congrats Mickey Goldmill you dont look like a fool
Posted on 12/8/22 at 11:22 am to WPBTiger
Damn
We really wanted that dude back.
We really wanted that dude back.
Posted on 12/8/22 at 11:24 am to WPBTiger
quote:
MBS helped broker the deal came two days after a US federal judge rejected a lawsuit against him and other Saudi officials over Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi's violent death.
Posted on 12/8/22 at 11:28 am to WPBTiger
Muh Khashoggi
Posted on 12/8/22 at 11:31 am to WPBTiger
Sauds just got a new Avenue for buying arms.
Posted on 12/8/22 at 11:34 am to WPBTiger
That’s impossible, I was told Saudi was the worst thing on planet earth. How could this happen??
Posted on 12/8/22 at 11:35 am to WPBTiger
Putin would have taken Trump's direct call.
Posted on 12/8/22 at 11:51 am to WPBTiger
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to secure the release of unjustly detailed Americans.
The crap that passes for journalism these days. How many eyes did this article pass and no one uses spell check?
Posted on 12/8/22 at 11:52 am to WPBTiger
Saudi royalty are to leftist politicians as the mainstream media are to RINO politicians.
Posted on 12/8/22 at 12:09 pm to WPBTiger
Lol so Biden is making deals with the Saudi’s and putin for a fricking weapons dealer.
Posted on 12/8/22 at 12:09 pm to WPBTiger
So now Joe is sucking off MSB.
Posted on 12/8/22 at 12:22 pm to WPBTiger
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unjustly detained Americans.
Except she was justly detained at airport for having weed vape pens. Paul Whelan was nabbed during a wedding trip for no apparent reason.
Posted on 12/8/22 at 1:13 pm to WPBTiger
Leftists: "We need common sense gun control, and we need it NOW!!!"
Also Leftist: "It was necessary to free the world's most notorious gun runner to get our basketball player back!"
Leftist: "Saudi Arabia is an intolerant regime that hates women and kills journalists!! The US has to fight these injustices at all costs!!"
Also Leftist: "Well, I'm glad the Prince was able to do what was necessary to get our basketball player back. It was worth compromising our principles for such an important person"
I'm no fan of Vladimir Putin or Russia's government. But from a pure negotiations stand point it was a shrewd move to leverage the woke dreamers currently in charge of the US Government to (a) get a FAR more impactful citizen (even if for bad) back in exchange for someone who has virtually zero impact on the US; and (b) embarrass the US and further diminish its credibility to the rest of the world (even though our useful idiots in the media won't acknowledge such). This would be like the US trading prime Peyton Manning for Garrett Grayson...then having a big celebration about what a great trade they made at the Colts' expense.
Also Leftist: "It was necessary to free the world's most notorious gun runner to get our basketball player back!"
Leftist: "Saudi Arabia is an intolerant regime that hates women and kills journalists!! The US has to fight these injustices at all costs!!"
Also Leftist: "Well, I'm glad the Prince was able to do what was necessary to get our basketball player back. It was worth compromising our principles for such an important person"
I'm no fan of Vladimir Putin or Russia's government. But from a pure negotiations stand point it was a shrewd move to leverage the woke dreamers currently in charge of the US Government to (a) get a FAR more impactful citizen (even if for bad) back in exchange for someone who has virtually zero impact on the US; and (b) embarrass the US and further diminish its credibility to the rest of the world (even though our useful idiots in the media won't acknowledge such). This would be like the US trading prime Peyton Manning for Garrett Grayson...then having a big celebration about what a great trade they made at the Colts' expense.
Posted on 12/8/22 at 1:17 pm to WPBTiger
So Biden shields MBS from US prosecution over Khashoggi, and then MBS gives the Russians the green light to release Griner on a swap. MBS has control over Russia because he is buying their oil. Three way deal!
Posted on 12/8/22 at 2:13 pm to WPBTiger
So not only was it a terrible trade, they had to have help to make it happen?
Good lord almighty
Good lord almighty
Posted on 12/8/22 at 2:24 pm to WPBTiger
Post this on the OT please.
Posted on 12/8/22 at 4:00 pm to WPBTiger
lol Crown Prince is laughing his arse off
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