>The United States says Whelan is “wrongfully detained” and has repeatedly denied that he is a spy and demanded his release, proposing several different deals.
>”I know the US have all sorts of proposals, but it’s not what the Russians want. So they go back and forth, like throwing spaghetti against the wall to see what sticks,” the BBC quoted him saying.
Russia is a terrorist state. You cant negotiate with them. This is the facts of today.
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What was he doing in russia in the first place?
Facts are simple: Americans have an affinity to go to countries that are not friendly with USA.
Boo Hoo. You travel to a tyrannical country, expect to experience tyranny.
Once again. He’s a disgraced dishonorably discharged Marine. He’s a soy
Here’s unsympathetic reality, if you want to go to countries known to arrest foreigners as part of their foreign policy, you are on your own, don’t you expect government to fix your stupid
Lee Harvey Oswald was a weird loner former marine who ended up in Russia then came back and shot JFK.
Theres a precedent that helping this guy come back might be a bad thing.
America doesn’t want him back. Good riddance.
Should’ve learned how to play basketball
Well – what do you expect them to do?
Get used to potatoes and borscht, I guess.
I have a simple question for him: What the hell were you doing there?
All TV channels in Russia repeat daily that they are at war with NATO and USA. What did you think would happen?
Too bad he isn’t a lesbian basketballer, he’d be home beating his wife in no time.
Dude was a criminal before he went to Russia and was most likely committing crime there as well. Discharged from the marines for identity theft or something like that
I would feel abandoned too. Russia and Russian prison is a fucking shit hole.
He should’ve just had a weed pen on him
But they’ll swap a fucking wnba player for a Russian arms dealer!
Yeah no one feels for this guy
…For what reason did he go there?
Don’t go to a third world shithole that hates Americans. I’ll never understand these people who go to Russia, Iran, North Korea, etc.
Sorry bro you are not a basketball player.
Imagine being held captive in toiletless russia. Awful.
The guy visited or tried to visit Russia’s only tank factory in the middle of its largest war since WW2. Also said factory is located in the middle of nowhere Russia with only a train line providing real access to the area.
If it quacks like a duck and looks like a duck then it’s probably a US spy. Feel bad for the guy but it’s kinda a risk of the profession.
“The problem is, it’s MY life wasting away”
um sir you were told to leave a while ago.
Did the US force you to go to Russia? Take responsibility for your own actions.
He should have been a female professional basketball player intentionally smuggling weed if he wanted help.
Too bad he’s not a WNBA player and we don’t have a spare merchant of death to trade 🤷🏻♂️
Too bad you’re not a shitty basketball player
He should try identifying as a black WNBA player, that seems to do the trick.
He should consider becoming a WNBA player
I mean he should we waste our time grabbing the fucking basketball player who should’ve finished out her sentence
The US embassy issued out reports to NOT go to Russia at the start of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. So.
We don’t have any more arms dealers to trade for him, and he doesn’t play women’s basketball.
Why’s nobody talking about the teacher who’s still detained in Russia with a chronic condition? Fuck Whelan, let’s talk about Marc Fogel.
Guy decided to play spy games that were way over his head, for money, thinking being an American gave him a get out of jail free card. The Biden admin has been heavily focused on returning Americans held overseas, to the point of heavy criticism for some of the deals it has brokered. For… some reason… this guy is not on the list.
As a disabled combat veteran of the usa and Ireland, I have no sympathy for Paul Whelan. He’s an idiot.
He wasn’t arrested as a serving Marine, he was arrested as a guy from the US fucking around in Russia. So of course the US government is not going to any great lengths to free him.
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>The United States says Whelan is “wrongfully detained” and has repeatedly denied that he is a spy and demanded his release, proposing several different deals.
>”I know the US have all sorts of proposals, but it’s not what the Russians want. So they go back and forth, like throwing spaghetti against the wall to see what sticks,” the BBC quoted him saying.
Russia is a terrorist state. You cant negotiate with them. This is the facts of today.
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What was he doing in russia in the first place?
Facts are simple: Americans have an affinity to go to countries that are not friendly with USA.
Boo Hoo. You travel to a tyrannical country, expect to experience tyranny.
Once again. He’s a disgraced dishonorably discharged Marine. He’s a soy
Here’s unsympathetic reality, if you want to go to countries known to arrest foreigners as part of their foreign policy, you are on your own, don’t you expect government to fix your stupid
Lee Harvey Oswald was a weird loner former marine who ended up in Russia then came back and shot JFK.
Theres a precedent that helping this guy come back might be a bad thing.
America doesn’t want him back. Good riddance.
Should’ve learned how to play basketball
Well – what do you expect them to do?
Get used to potatoes and borscht, I guess.
I have a simple question for him: What the hell were you doing there?
All TV channels in Russia repeat daily that they are at war with NATO and USA. What did you think would happen?
Too bad he isn’t a lesbian basketballer, he’d be home beating his wife in no time.
Dude was a criminal before he went to Russia and was most likely committing crime there as well. Discharged from the marines for identity theft or something like that
I would feel abandoned too. Russia and Russian prison is a fucking shit hole.
He should’ve just had a weed pen on him
But they’ll swap a fucking wnba player for a Russian arms dealer!
Yeah no one feels for this guy
…For what reason did he go there?
Don’t go to a third world shithole that hates Americans. I’ll never understand these people who go to Russia, Iran, North Korea, etc.
Sorry bro you are not a basketball player.
Imagine being held captive in toiletless russia. Awful.
The guy visited or tried to visit Russia’s only tank factory in the middle of its largest war since WW2. Also said factory is located in the middle of nowhere Russia with only a train line providing real access to the area.
If it quacks like a duck and looks like a duck then it’s probably a US spy. Feel bad for the guy but it’s kinda a risk of the profession.
“The problem is, it’s MY life wasting away”
um sir you were told to leave a while ago.
Did the US force you to go to Russia? Take responsibility for your own actions.
He should have been a female professional basketball player intentionally smuggling weed if he wanted help.
Too bad he’s not a WNBA player and we don’t have a spare merchant of death to trade 🤷🏻♂️
Too bad you’re not a shitty basketball player
He should try identifying as a black WNBA player, that seems to do the trick.
He should consider becoming a WNBA player
I mean he should we waste our time grabbing the fucking basketball player who should’ve finished out her sentence
The US embassy issued out reports to NOT go to Russia at the start of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. So.
We don’t have any more arms dealers to trade for him, and he doesn’t play women’s basketball.
Why’s nobody talking about the teacher who’s still detained in Russia with a chronic condition? Fuck Whelan, let’s talk about Marc Fogel.
Guy decided to play spy games that were way over his head, for money, thinking being an American gave him a get out of jail free card. The Biden admin has been heavily focused on returning Americans held overseas, to the point of heavy criticism for some of the deals it has brokered. For… some reason… this guy is not on the list.
As a disabled combat veteran of the usa and Ireland, I have no sympathy for Paul Whelan. He’s an idiot.
He wasn’t arrested as a serving Marine, he was arrested as a guy from the US fucking around in Russia. So of course the US government is not going to any great lengths to free him.