It would be a very reddit take

The problem isn't "his contacts"

The problem is that he specialized in curtailing embargos and sanctions. He may as well never spoke to another arms dealer in 10 years, but he still has his knowledge and expertise on bypassing American embargos. Knowledge that Russia is assuredly interested in.

I'm hoping that in a day or two we'll hear of 2 or 3 more Americans released from Russian prisons, but I wouldn't be surprised if this was all Biden could manage.

Reddit will certainly herald it as a major victory, unprecedented in our time. That's because they are idiots.

It would be a very reddit take

The problem isn't "his contacts"

The problem is that he specialized in curtailing embargos and sanctions. He may as well never spoke to another arms dealer in 10 years, but he still has his knowledge and expertise on bypassing American embargos. Knowledge that Russia is assuredly interested in.

I'm hoping that in a day or two we'll hear of 2 or 3 more Americans released from Russian prisons, bit I wouldn't be surprised if this was all Biden could manage.

Reddit will certainly herald it as a major victory, unprecedented in our time. That's because they are idiots.