Yeah, I do agree with all of this.

It wasn't cause she is black, it is cause she is an American. There is no apples for apples release. We don't unlawfully detain regular citizens, so there can be no equitable swap. You get who you can get. If the Russians were going to release Whelan, they would have. They didn't, for Trump or Biden. Should we have left one American in jail on weed charges because the Russians didn't offer the "right one"? If you can get someone out, you get them out.

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And let's be clear. Whelan was demoted and booted on a Bad Conduct Discharge for being a thief. Not exactly a glorious record. We should still do everything to get him out, but this isn't like they abducted some Marine fresh off a shift with MSG.

Mine are:

1. Ceremony
2. Order and Chaos
3. High Ground