for a very long time, she hates America, let's see how she likes it in a Russian prision .. or is she being used as an example. will be set free just before midterms and the joke thinks they did a great job of freeing her.. my thoughts

Lets say you owned a company but one of your employees was bashing it as publicly as possible. Would you keep that employee on? She loved the money? Fame?, it's pretty obvious she didn't love the country.

"there" stupidity

Yeah that was bad. Thanks for pointing it out. It's been corrected.

Or perhaps she was looking to increase her chances of landing some lucrative sponsors?

At what cost

Many of the same folks that want guns outlawed are happy with trading a gun runner for her. Some things you just can't make up. lol

Bet she’s happy that she doesn’t have to hear the USA National Anthem for 9 years.

I, for one, am not sure that "she KNOWINGLY broke Russian law". I believe that she testified that she was not AWARE that an illegal substance was in her suitcase. If that is true, then no one can ever be sure about the "knowingly" part of the story.

I bet that they do drugs - to keep their minds off how their leaders have siphoned off their country's wealth and made them into "a gas station masquerading as a country". They do NOT believe ANYTHING that the government and government TV tells them. I doubt that they EVEN have a middle class. At least Britany Griner gave their sad lives some form of entertainment through her basketball skills.

Sorry from what I have read she brought the pot into Russia and is now going to pay the price. She hates it in America maybe she can apply for Russian citizenship while in prison.

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I agree 100%. She disrespected our flag, our anthem and our veterans, but once in trouble, wants our country to help save her.

Right on!

She played in the Olympics for the glory and the medal. You don't disrespect the flag and the many veterans who died defending it because you LOVE the country.

1. People who died defending something aren't veterans. They're dead soldiers. Veterans are the ones who lived to tell about it.

2. They didn't die defending the flag. They died defending the freedom of our country's citizens. This includes the freedom to protest peacefully, and that includes the freedom to kneel.

There is nothing disrespectful about kneeling to peacefully protest when you feel the government is doing something wrong. There IS something disrespectful about pretending otherwise and weaponizing the flag.

The USA will foolishly swap her out for far more valuable assets; Putin will come out way on top in the deal giving up a small time toker for one or more big time thugs. Then she'll find and pay some ghost writer to write a book about her Russian penal adventures and make some bucks and maybe some rubles off it. One thing is for sure, she is now world famous. Frankly I had never heard of her but I cannot remember the last time I watched a basketball game of any league, male or female. I doubt she could have dreamed up a better publicity stunt to make worldwide headlines and eventually cash in big time.

Maybe they'll make a movie of it!

You realize the CIA has been dealing arms to third-world insurgents since the 1950s. But I guess that's ok because they're legally authorized to do covert deals. Very hypocritical to make a big deal out of releasing a Russian arms dealer when our own government has been doing it for decades.

And I thought what she had was just CBD in which there is little or no THC and which is totally legal in the U.S., though I maybe wrong about what she had.

It's all just a political ploy by Russia. She did nothing wrong; she simply made a mistake.

Looks like Griner is in the country club of Russian prisons. No gulag for her! She has her own bathroom and refrigerator and can order food on-line. Inside Brittney Griner's possible new home locked up in Russian prison

So, if one of us responding to this thread decided to go to some country, ignore their rules and laws, and be caught, charged and imprisoned, would we get national attention and prisoner exchange consideration?

Hates the USA, doesn’t want the National Anthem played. Wants the government to bring her “home”. Ooo -Kaaaaaaaaay!

What our flag stands for are the values in the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

I read the article. The country clubs in The Villages are much nicer!

Whether it is legal in the US is irrelevant. She did do something wrong; she violated Russian laws and she admitted it. She has been playing ball in Russia for several years. You would have thought she would be aware of the laws. You don't screw around with foreign drug laws.

She now has 9 years to ponder her poor choices starting with her disrespect of US by kneeling at Nation Anthem.

She should have known what she packed. However, 6 months in a Russian prison might be the same as 2 years here. They haven't been trying to get the man out before now. Why is a basketball player more important.? Her letter went straight to Biden. If I wrote him about HR 82, it would never get to him.

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For a non patriot that does not respect America or it's Flag and smuggled drugs, I don't really concern myself. Way more problems here at home to be concerned about.

Just because someone salutes the US Flag hardly makes one a "patriot". All kinds of charlatans play with symbols which mean next to nothing to them.

I would say this woman cares for US values more than most.

Reportedly, what she was carrying was hash oil, which is a super-refined version of marijuana. Much higher THC levels. Think Everclear vs Fireball.

Also, don't forget she PLED GUILTY. This was not some sham trial where she was railroaded by a kangaroo court. Folks may not agree with a foreign justice system or their sentencing guidelines, but she admitted her guilt, and is suffering the consequences within that system.

Sorry but she only cares for herself.

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Her arrogance allowed her to bring her US legal drug to Russia ( actually only legal in the state she received it). And she deserves her sentence. But this situation is a double edge sword. She, and her teammates, should have never been allowed to go to Russia to play basketball, with the conflicts we are having with them. The statements made by this president to Putin seals the control Putin has over the Americans over there.

Well said man about!

Ha, those were exactly my thoughts.

What a crock. The national anthem represents more than just the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. It also represent 400 years of racism and a century of imperialism and imposing our power and influence on other nations -- which is why I detest the national anthem and "its rockets red glare and bombs bursting in air," which represents a nation of violence and is being reflected today as we speak. How much better to have "America the Beautiful with brotherhood from sea to shining sea" as our anthem.

You are joking right?

She did not want our National Anthem played at her games. She kneeled when it was played, openly disrespecting our country and what it stands for.

There is some serious irony here. She is asking our country, which happens to be her country, a country she hates, to get her out of jail for a crime she committed in a country that hates our country. Her arrogance is unbelievable! Let her rot in prison.

I have a feeling if she was white, definitely would be a different story.

The news stories would be reduced to Paul Whelan's previous level. The media coverage of Griner's arrest was the best thing to happen to him.

Our country stands for its history, laws, culture, etc. and not whether or not athletes chose to salute the US Flag. So what if they kneel. They do have the Freedom of Speech this represents. Which is one of the things this great country stands for and not the phony patriotism of wags on television trying to keep their ratings by pandering to the lowest instincts of people.

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It’s a rather harsh sentence but this is not the USA. She played in Russia for several summers. I’m surprised she didn’t learn any Russian. Cannabis is legal in some states but it is still illegal at the federal level which means she also was not allowed to cross state lines with it. Too bad for her that she did not get caught in the US with it. She would have gotten a slap on the wrist.
There are sniffing dogs at the airports. Live and learn!