US, Russia agree to prisoner swap to release Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and others, page 4

originally posted by: Threadbarer
a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

So when they were still imprisoned it was a failure of Biden's foreign policy but now that they're free it's not important at all?

I'm quoting your statement because it is a PERFECT example of twisting the narrative!!! LOL!!! Classic!

And just how big of a failure was it after the '15 minutes' of popularity passed in the news cycle, hmmmm??? These prisoners were quickly forgotten about...except as a distant footnote to the really important story about Britney Griner, the captured basketball player jailed for dope. Had it not been for Griner, most people probably wouldn't have even known about these other prisoners. They were just an..."Oh, and by the way, these other people are being held prisoner by Russia also"

Is it important they've been set free? Yes, it is. Is it a result of some great statesmanlike action on behalf of the Biden administration to free some heroes? No. It just "undoes" a previous failure. Nothing more, nothing less.

I'll bet you that if we put (100) Americans in a room, less than (2) of them could cite the first and last names of the prisoners released...just yesterday! So yeah, it was a really BIG story, now wasn't it??? LOL!

BTW...can YOU even name the names of the prisoners released yesterday without looking on the interwebz, seeing as how it was such a big story in your mind???