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Originally Posted by Buddahaid
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Better? They snipped out the majority of Whelans brothers statement in order to make it seem like the family was ok with the situation.
Here's the part they didn't include:
"She will be reunited with her family. Brittney is free. And Paul is still a hostage. But how many more times do I need to write that?" he continued. "Despite the possibility that there might be an exchange without Paul, our family is still devastated. I can't even fathom how Paul will feel when he learns. Paul has worked so hard to survive nearly 4 years of this injustice."
His statement went on to note that the Biden administration notified the Whelan family that Paul would be left behind in the exchange. David's statement noted that it was the second time the Biden administration had left Paul behind in a prisoner exchange, with the last instance coming in April.
"How do you continue to survive, day after day, when you know that your government has failed twice to free you from a foreign prison?" David added.
He pushed the Biden administration to be more aggressive in its efforts to get Americans released, going so far as to say the U.S. should arrest more Russians for exchange.
"As the use of wrongful detentions and hostage diplomacy continues around the globe, it's clear the US government needs to be more assertive. If bad actors like Russia are going to grab innocent Americans, the US needs a swifter, more direct response and to be prepared in advance," David argued. "In Russia's case, this may mean taking more law-breaking, Kremlin-connected Russians into custody. It's not like there aren't plenty around the world."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bid...l-whelan-again