Alas for Don Don, that’s not quite how this situation turned out, cos Gershkovich just got released well ahead of the election. It wasn’t exactly for free, to be sure, a number of Russian prisoners had to be exchanged for him and a bunch of others freed at the same time (and I’m not exactly thrilled that this guy was part of the exchange)… but Putin didn’t do it for Trump, he did it for Biden. I’d feel rejected if I were Dampnut.
I did find this part of the article slightly odd, though:
The exchange is emblematic of a new era of state-sponsored hostage-taking by autocratic governments seeking leverage over rivals. It was negotiated as tensions soared between Russia and the West over the war in Ukraine.
It also offers sobering evidence of the asymmetry between the U.S. and Russia in this new, piratical order. Putin can order foreigners plucked from restaurants and hotels and given lengthy prison sentences on spurious charges—something an American leader can’t do.
Does the WSJ honestly think American leaders HAVEN’T done exactly this sort of thing? Never heard of extraordinary rendition? More to the point, does the WSJ expect its readers to believe that bullshit?
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