Kurt wrote:Alphabet wrote:I wouldn't go crying any tears over Whelan. He's a major POS.
I won't doubt that.
But in order for US citizenship to have value overseas we gotta retrieve idiots and some skeezballs sometimes.
Especially since Jimmy Carter is too old to travel.
I mean, I get that, but how often does it actually happen for us nobodies? I doubt that much.
The whole situation is a weird assortment of thoughts and opinions for me.
I literally give zero fucks about Griner. Don't care what sex Gringer sees itself as, Griner's politics...zilch. On one hand, I'm like, fuck yes America. It's a fucking plant and thanks for once doing your fucking job that we pay you to do. On the other hand, I'm like..your dumbass out to have known better.
I learned that lesson the hard way (of sorts) by having a loose round in a backpack the TSA found. I had no idea it was there. After some hours of being talked to, I got let go, but a month later I got a nastygram from them, and a fine of $2500. Now, I strip every single piece of luggage before I pack.
Whelan on the other hand was a convicted criminal before he went to Russia, and did spy things. Demoted from e6 to e4 for being a thieving piece of shit, further demoted to e1 and got a Big Chicken Dinner out of the USMC. How he got a corporate security gig after that, and having 4 legit passports, is either some grossly incompetent employer, being really good at forging documents and covering your tracks, or being a CIA asset.
I'm going with number 3, Alex. So, fuck him.