On Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 5:03:01 PM UTC-7, The NOTBCS Guy wrote:
> > > Biden should have got a lot more for what we had to give back.
> > She isn't coming back alive.
> >
> > Think: Putin is a lot of things -- stupid IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
> >
> > There are a metric ton of Americans who would like to broadcast her Russian execution on Pay Per View Television.
> Then you should have no problem explaining why her death hasn't already happened.
Because Putin is winning and he knows it.
That's happening for the same reason there hasn't been a tac nuke either in the Ukraine, a NATO base in Europe, or a convenient American city in the last six months.
Putin knows he has significant support over here, and that political party is winning -- at least for now.
Putin is a lot of things, but two things you need to remember he is: Cunning and Patient.
> Do you honestly think that if she dies in Russian captivity, the next two responses won't be:
> (a) a bullet in Bout's brain, and
I'd like to know how that would actually harm anyone other than Bout in that scenario.
> (b) USA putting pressure on the IOC to make absolutely sure that no Olympic Athletes from Russia / Russian Olympic Committee / It's Russia Dammit competitors are allowed to compete at any future Olympics until Putin and all of his cronies are out of business?
We're pretty much at that point already, are we not? I mean, if you're talking a full-out ban, we'll see come Paris, but this is more than interesting. Putin is actually winning at schisming tennis for the same reason.
> You're right about one thing; Putin has the upper hand, and I doubt he'll settle for "two of yours for one of ours." Watch it end up being something like, "Two of yours for two of ours, and your assurance that Ukraine does not get into NATO" - something that wasn't going to happen anyway.
Which is one of the reasons I believe Griner will never again be seen on these shores alive. He has all the cards at this point.
Mike