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  • Опубликовано: 31 июл 2022
  • From 2010, Armen Keteyian's report on how DEA agents captured Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms dealer nicknamed the "Merchant of Death." CNN reported that the U.S. could release Bout to secure the freedom of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, both currently imprisoned in Russia.
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  • @hassanibrahim4469
    @hassanibrahim4469 Год назад +663

    Imagine trading a 6’9 stoner stud for a man who can serve you 200,000 AK’s in the middle of the desert at 8 am on a Tuesday.

    • @revekat2053
      @revekat2053 Год назад +5

      Hopefully it only effects the devils

    • @awilliams3881
      @awilliams3881 Год назад

      ​@@revekat2053 it affects every man woman and child in war torn countries and this demon was traded for a pot head. Americans love to just cover their eyes, thinking that they just saved this woman's life when they've only enabled countless war crimes and atrocities.

    • @senorpepper3405
      @senorpepper3405 Год назад +5

      Stoner stud?

    • @Crypto82738
      @Crypto82738 Год назад +55

      @@senorpepper3405 Yeah, a stud which means the woman who plays the male role in a lesbian relationship. She/he is probably a transformer who knows

    • @senorpepper3405
      @senorpepper3405 Год назад +1

      @@Crypto82738 oh, right on. You're probably right.

  • @jureechris
    @jureechris Год назад +1322

    “Victor Bout, in my eyes, is one of the most dangerous men on the face of the earth.” So we trade him for a dope smoking basketball payer. Wow.

    • @mikemugs7
      @mikemugs7 Год назад +139

      A completely irrelevant basketball player, that plays in a league that can’t even financially support it’s self, without leeching off the men’s league. In a couple of months she’ll go back to playing in an empty arena

    • @armadillo9961
      @armadillo9961 Год назад +76

      ... a man posing as a lesbian to cheat in wnba. Its like a monty python sketch

    • @lucasbarabas2613
      @lucasbarabas2613 Год назад +22

      So russia won the trade it’s like lebron james trade to lakers for whole bus family and 2023. 1st round pick

    • @bobbywillmac5275
      @bobbywillmac5275 Год назад

      They probably put a chip in him or something to track him, or have him take of Putin

    • @solodolo4098
      @solodolo4098 Год назад

      By your slang, you seem old af. Boomer

  • @rhocke4590
    @rhocke4590 Год назад +1398

    I’d love to see a follow up interview with all of the agents after recent events.

    • @user-wy7ix1tp4f
      @user-wy7ix1tp4f Год назад +48

      They doesn't care. Received their awards and promotions years ago

    • @normanlee725
      @normanlee725 Год назад +72

      @Сергей Савушкин I am sure they care and this us beyond whatever commendations and awards they got. Because it is a slap to their hard work and it is likely that they're now in danger.

    • @anthonywlong
      @anthonywlong Год назад +9

      @@normanlee725 yeah but you act like it was a life sentence. He was getting out eventually

    • @cypress4151
      @cypress4151 Год назад +10

      I can't imagine how they feel after all the work they did to capture this criminal.

    • @kawaiinesscuresdepression2363
      @kawaiinesscuresdepression2363 Год назад +1

      Yup

  • @tedcleveland8488
    @tedcleveland8488 Год назад +155

    All the agents who spent years of catching this guy now be like
    👁️👄👁️

    • @truthseeker7474
      @truthseeker7474 Год назад +6

      What a waste of good resources

    • @bmyers6831
      @bmyers6831 Год назад +1

      Probably similar to veterans during the abrupt pull out

    • @TheBucketSkill
      @TheBucketSkill Год назад

      @@bmyers6831 Meh im just happy to be out of afghanistan

  • @OHare_DeliveryGuy
    @OHare_DeliveryGuy Год назад +364

    Russia just got 3 mansions and 2 Lamborghinis while the USA got a banana peel and 2 pairs of socks.

    • @TM-il5oh
      @TM-il5oh Год назад +19

      🍌 🐒

    • @joeswift13
      @joeswift13 Год назад +15

      They got Patrick mahomes for a 2024 6 round pick

    • @Rashard_D
      @Rashard_D Год назад

      @@leobakev9854 ............Explain Please 🤔

    • @C9-0L2-7BV8
      @C9-0L2-7BV8 Год назад +3

      Plus a basketball 🏀

    • @leviathantoobz
      @leviathantoobz Год назад +5

      And a used diaper

  • @franzrueda6796
    @franzrueda6796 Год назад +630

    Who’s here after the Brittney Grinder swap?

    • @trixkynick8303
      @trixkynick8303 Год назад +49

      Crazy deal or I’m trippin ?

    • @GriseldaBSF410
      @GriseldaBSF410 Год назад +90

      Most dangerous man on the face of the earth? Ok we'll give him up for a WNBA player that smokes weed

    • @c.c8752
      @c.c8752 Год назад +4

      I am

    • @ucancallmes794
      @ucancallmes794 Год назад +8

      Crazy stuff

    • @danielyoung5428
      @danielyoung5428 Год назад +27

      Wtf is Biden doing man

  • @807800
    @807800 Год назад +170

    He's literally called the merchant of death, took a lot of work to capture him, and he's being released just like that?
    Wow

    • @rickyalfaro4417
      @rickyalfaro4417 Год назад +19

      He’s being released for a below par, drug addict basketball player

    • @rapcentral4911
      @rapcentral4911 Год назад

      @@rickyalfaro4417 drug addict feminist lesbian that would be disagreeing with Viktor being released if it was any man locked up instead of her

    • @rickyalfaro4417
      @rickyalfaro4417 Год назад

      @@rapcentral4911 true

    • @user-gh7ks6fs7f
      @user-gh7ks6fs7f Год назад +1

      Everyone who’s he will get his old contact and do it again…we already knew

    • @latezwilliams1020
      @latezwilliams1020 Год назад

      He's not being released, just released to Russia but I agree that this was crazy!

  • @dannytanner3014
    @dannytanner3014 Год назад +58

    Viktor is disrespected with the low trade value

  • @shadmannsakib
    @shadmannsakib Год назад +651

    Well played Russia

    • @11co5955
      @11co5955 Год назад +2

      I dislike Putin. But he is such a better leader than Biden, it's amazing how much he runs circles around us.

    • @Tomorrison28
      @Tomorrison28 Год назад +40

      Gotta give it to them

    • @revekat2053
      @revekat2053 Год назад +2

      @@11co5955why do you hate America?

    • @grot2761
      @grot2761 Год назад

      @@revekat2053 For bombing civilians in Syria, Livia and more

    • @lucasbarabas2613
      @lucasbarabas2613 Год назад +2

      @@revekat2053 because his visa for 10yrs refuse in immigration hahaha

  • @fritsgerms3565
    @fritsgerms3565 Год назад +168

    So, the US exchanged this guy for a basketball player. Nuts.

    • @db.teezy.
      @db.teezy. Год назад +24

      A wnba player at that

    • @Soktastovich
      @Soktastovich Год назад +8

      We’re shocked too, but we really admire him here. So we are all happy about it.

    • @agentmueller
      @agentmueller Год назад +33

      The Russians are popping champagne tonight. Lol.

    • @lordmegatron4789
      @lordmegatron4789 Год назад +2

      @@Soktastovich that's hilarious

    • @aseamin40
      @aseamin40 Год назад +2

      Absolutely ridiculous!

  • @leonardwashington6842
    @leonardwashington6842 Год назад +137

    If that guy was overwhelmingly happy to see Viktor, when he arrived after being captured, just imagine how happy he will be to see Griner after her release!

  • @carlocalingasan998
    @carlocalingasan998 Год назад +14

    Merchant of Death is such a Badass name. Victor = Tony Stark before Iron man

    • @scorpzgca
      @scorpzgca Год назад

      WTF LMFAO THAT IS FUNNY

  • @willcarlton3906
    @willcarlton3906 Год назад +253

    Damn this dude was like the Amazon Prime of criminals 😂

    • @its-dt7si
      @its-dt7si Год назад +2

      😩🤣🤣

    • @jsoo67
      @jsoo67 Год назад +1

      That's good HA

    • @Madoobe87
      @Madoobe87 Год назад +9

      Not better than CIA

    • @lolkom77
      @lolkom77 Год назад +9

      No, more like the american government.

    • @bryantbridgewaters7177
      @bryantbridgewaters7177 Год назад +1

      When it came to arming warlords he was "Bout it Bout it".

  • @eram92
    @eram92 Год назад +712

    The messed up part is they should’ve requested at least 10 more Americans along with griner for this trade to be at least worth it.

    • @alexanderparkman4393
      @alexanderparkman4393 Год назад +2

      Viktor Bout was arrested on fake made up charges. The difference is that Brittany is actually guilty.

    • @facts_feelings721
      @facts_feelings721 Год назад +77

      🤦🏽‍♂️ This trade is ridiculous. Probably worse than the Texans trading D-Hop for David Johnson

    • @BearDwn24
      @BearDwn24 Год назад +18

      @@facts_feelings721 🤣 or even the Russell Wilson trade

    • @bebetterdobetter7836
      @bebetterdobetter7836 Год назад +21

      They did try. Russia would exchange her for Bout or do no trade at all.

    • @qhimicoasesino2989
      @qhimicoasesino2989 Год назад +92

      @@bebetterdobetter7836 No trade at all would have been better!!!!

  • @user-xs3ot6gi5z
    @user-xs3ot6gi5z Год назад +21

    The real iron man. The strongest character and steel nerves. Uncle Vitya, I wish you good health and all the best. There will be no more like him.

  • @Thadiusofx3
    @Thadiusofx3 Год назад +9

    Trading this guy for Brittney Griner is why the USA is a laughingstock of the world.

  • @bobbycash6043
    @bobbycash6043 Год назад +162

    who’s here after he was released 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

  • @ilive4retro
    @ilive4retro Год назад +746

    “One of the most dangerous men on the face of the earth.” But y’all give him away for peanuts and a pack of gum. Ok.

    • @Max-kw2hp
      @Max-kw2hp Год назад +83

      You're talking about black, lesbian woman here! She needs to be protected. Fair deal!

    • @eugenev3690
      @eugenev3690 Год назад +57

      @@Max-kw2hp 😂

    • @pierlouis7325
      @pierlouis7325 Год назад +4

      Lol

    • @andim.8788
      @andim.8788 Год назад +42

      Maybe I would actually go to an WNBA game just to boo her

    • @bmo1659
      @bmo1659 Год назад +6

      @@Max-kw2hp 🤣🤣🤣😂😂 lmao

  • @crish02
    @crish02 Год назад +28

    If this is happening in the public media. Just imagine what goes behind blinds

  • @NowAbundant
    @NowAbundant Год назад +30

    I wonder how many times Viktor Bout watched this and now laughing...getting the very last laugh.

    • @bnegs521
      @bnegs521 Год назад +2

      He spent 14 years plus in jail. I'm not sure he is laughing

    • @michaelriyuki8968
      @michaelriyuki8968 Год назад

      He has 6 years to go... He had a 25 years sentence. It was like an early Presidential pardon.

  • @facts_feelings721
    @facts_feelings721 Год назад +733

    Imagine all the people who put in hard work, sweat, and tears into his capture just to trade him for a WWWWNb I can’t even finish the sentence 🤦🏽‍♂️

    • @Ma1q444
      @Ma1q444 Год назад +11

      Fr smh

    • @C9-0L2-7BV8
      @C9-0L2-7BV8 Год назад +7

      Nah we're crazy for thinking that. We just don't wanna see americans come home... Right?

    • @andim.8788
      @andim.8788 Год назад +29

      Maybe I would actually go to an WNBA game just to boo her

    • @facts_feelings721
      @facts_feelings721 Год назад +23

      @@andim.8788 imagine if she still decides to sit throughout the anthem, what a huge slap in the face.

    • @andim.8788
      @andim.8788 Год назад +9

      @@facts_feelings721 and u know she would actually do it

  • @leviathantoobz
    @leviathantoobz Год назад +82

    Brandon out here making gr8 decisions for our country. 🤡

  • @BOAYang
    @BOAYang Год назад +42

    Honestly shout outs to Russia on this finesse and for making a fool out of the U.S.

    • @starguy2718
      @starguy2718 Год назад +2

      Given that Sniffer Joe is POTUS, Putin definitely had the advantage.

  • @Poopary
    @Poopary Год назад +5

    They released a Vladimir Makarov tier villain for a Pete Davidson look-alike

  • @joshclarke6810
    @joshclarke6810 Год назад +130

    Bout- arming civil wars
    Grinier- weed vape
    Good trade America

  • @huncho8565
    @huncho8565 Год назад +21

    I know everybody who worked this case is livid this morning

    • @SJ-vo1bw
      @SJ-vo1bw Год назад

      They're not livid. Bout is no longer the competition threatening profits from arms sales from US arms manufacturers.

  • @jackfahy2283
    @jackfahy2283 Год назад +21

    A HUGE win for Russia

    • @starguy2718
      @starguy2718 Год назад +2

      Putin vs Brandon... Putin wins, hands down.

  • @JR-ly2pu
    @JR-ly2pu Год назад +29

    Lord of war was an awesome movie. Now they’ll be able to make a lord of war sequel!

    • @an0nycat
      @an0nycat Год назад +3

      Da.

    • @alexfleming6304
      @alexfleming6304 Год назад +3

      As long as they don't change the story. He was traded for a female basketball player. He should be laughing to the airport.

    • @JR-ly2pu
      @JR-ly2pu Год назад

      @@alexfleming6304 oh he Was definitely laughing and saying suckers!

  • @zRythemHD
    @zRythemHD Год назад +364

    The CIA should be in jail since they’ve literally done the same thing as him

    • @alechendrix9367
      @alechendrix9367 Год назад +32

      Now that I think about it, right lmao?

    • @Yoshimi710
      @Yoshimi710 Год назад

      Lol they snatched him from Thailand. merchant of death coming after the wife and kids now

    • @zRythemHD
      @zRythemHD Год назад +32

      @@alechendrix9367 yes they did it in Nicaragua lol

    • @zRythemHD
      @zRythemHD Год назад +37

      @Romirah Coleman I wouldn’t doubt he’s worked with the CIA before lol

    • @dragonfruitreal
      @dragonfruitreal Год назад

      the CIA has committed countless horrific crimes but they aren't held accountable because they're too powerful

  • @renegadeMoscow
    @renegadeMoscow Год назад +84

    3:47 Who is going to believe, that US Government "unwillingly" paid him to deliver weapons to different countries?🤣🤣🤣

    • @kinggill3982
      @kinggill3982 Год назад +10

      US will disinvolve any knowledge of that

    • @josephrobinson5452
      @josephrobinson5452 Год назад

      Nobody believe it and we all know this story reported by 60 minutes is nothing but bs.

    • @MJ-xo8sk
      @MJ-xo8sk Год назад +5

      I was thinking the same thing

    • @bernardmauge8613
      @bernardmauge8613 Год назад +1

      Bout dealt with the US CIA on many many occasions. Most of its sales to African countries was approved by the US. He never considered the Americans as its enemies. Just customers. This segment is classic disinformation of the main stream media.

    • @sab4793
      @sab4793 Год назад +3

      They did it knowingly

  • @eliasdelao
    @eliasdelao Год назад +5

    So we traded this dude for a man playing in the wnba 💀

  • @mikescarlet4261
    @mikescarlet4261 Год назад +4

    they really trade Decepticon arms dealer for mediocre basketball player😂😂

  • @LifeAsANoun
    @LifeAsANoun Год назад +1011

    I cannot believe how disgusted I am about the release of this man. The people who did it should be prosecuted. How was this a fair trade? How many people were slaughtered? This is beyond the pale.

    • @krto7663
      @krto7663 Год назад +6

      Its fine man hes an honorary CIA agent at this point, ready to jumpstart more civil wars across the world

    • @coffee-vz1nr
      @coffee-vz1nr Год назад +83

      Z

    • @Soktastovich
      @Soktastovich Год назад +15

      😂

    • @eugenev3690
      @eugenev3690 Год назад +56

      Z

    • @billyjohnny6225
      @billyjohnny6225 Год назад +94

      It's nice to work with you, dear americans, very good exchange!

  • @d0m3ll0tt4
    @d0m3ll0tt4 Год назад +627

    Wow I had to do my research about this guy and this is crazy! Also for this DEA agent to know all that work, time, and risk to capture this man only for him to be traded back to Russia for a WNBA player is disheartening

    • @MasamuneStreams
      @MasamuneStreams Год назад +25

      Same here, came for research. I couldn't agree more. They literally couldn't have traded a worse prisoner option at this time.

    • @claudiabueno9373
      @claudiabueno9373 Год назад +14

      Exactly what I was thinking! What a blow to the DEA.

    • @travissoff9521
      @travissoff9521 Год назад +15

      The end of lord of War tells the story

    • @sdhsn774
      @sdhsn774 Год назад +3

      I hope you're not saying we should've traded Paul Whelan. Griner is no less important than he. Continue researchin

    • @brianbrown600
      @brianbrown600 Год назад

      @@sdhsn774 Sorry but neither should have been traded for THIS GUY! Do you let Hitler go free if they had any American? NO. This guy should have been a non-starter. Sorry Brittney! Sorry anybody else in jail over there! None of you are worth setting this man free.

  • @cypress4151
    @cypress4151 Год назад +211

    Griner voluntarily brought a vape cartridge to Russia and should have done her sentence. The fact that we let this guy go horrifies me.

    • @glormoparch5154
      @glormoparch5154 Год назад +1

      If you got imprisoned for a decade in the middle east for drinking a shot would you think that was fair? Shouldn't you be more horrified Russia wants him so bad?

    • @alb5801
      @alb5801 Год назад +12

      The only reason you think that a 9.5 year sentence in a Russian prison camp for a vape cartridge wasn’t excessive ( because it was) is because she’s not related to you!

    • @brianbrown600
      @brianbrown600 Год назад

      @@alb5801 Who's saying her sentence wasn't excessive? That's their country and we shouldn't take their rules lightly enough to enter it carrying drugs they declare illegal. What's excessive is the price paid to get her released. The man is responsible for the deaths of many thousands and Putin wanted him back and Joe delivered! Now he's back in business putting weapons of war in the hands of willing trigger fingers....

    • @alexboyce3336
      @alexboyce3336 Год назад +12

      @@alb5801 ur not taking into consideration that it’s highly illegal in Russia…breaking a law that’s not severe in America might go different in other countries and she should’ve known that before traveling

    • @MrNOAH504
      @MrNOAH504 Год назад +8

      @@paytongunter6364 Because America isn't the most friendly country in regards to her people. There are and have been great atrocities that have taken place against African American people and her not liking it is more of a problem than,coming to grips with the truth and figuring out how it can be fixed. That's it. She has respect for the country, but that doesn't mean that she doesn't feel that it doesn't have issues that need to be addressed. Her take on it is nothing more than a cry for it to be properly addressed. Nonetheless, I doubt that you and many others who read this will get it. That of and within itself is part of the problem.

  • @michaelwoloszyk3246
    @michaelwoloszyk3246 Год назад +21

    Funny how she doesn't want to recognize America or the national anthem in basketball games and yes she's crying for America to save her the minute she's in trouble. This was an absolute terrible thing to do.

    • @patrick9654
      @patrick9654 Год назад

      exactly she hated America until she needed their help

    • @michaelwoloszyk3246
      @michaelwoloszyk3246 Год назад +1

      Viktor Bout is I absolutely terrible human being. It's only a matter of time before he somehow takes what he knows and his contacts and uses it against Ukraine all for Mother Russia.

  • @uniquehomi3
    @uniquehomi3 Год назад +111

    He was legit dropping off loadout drops like warzone

    • @jayrox641
      @jayrox641 Год назад

      The dude was selling to terroist and cartels nuff said.

    • @rossicourvosi218
      @rossicourvosi218 Год назад +3

      Ahaha 😂😂😂

  • @POINDXTRMUSIC
    @POINDXTRMUSIC Год назад +165

    I wonder what that head of the DEA would say about freeing him to Russia in return for a famous American athlete held on cannabis smuggling charges? 🤔

    • @SteveXNYC
      @SteveXNYC Год назад +7

      All roads lead to Russia

    • @Mortimer_Duke
      @Mortimer_Duke Год назад

      Justice already has criticized the proposal.

    • @Mortimer_Duke
      @Mortimer_Duke Год назад +13

      @@SteveXNYC Only because, compared to Brandon, Russia has an actual leader. Not saying he’s not a maniacal lunatic, but he’s also a leader.

    • @dianahill5116
      @dianahill5116 Год назад +2

      There are two American men; that America want released.

    • @sweenytwain7095
      @sweenytwain7095 Год назад

      F*c tha dea.
      Do you know how much they contributed the downfall of American cities?
      CIA as well trafficking drugs and guns.
      George soros..Rockefeller...all of them did and do the same thing to this day

  • @Pray1989
    @Pray1989 Год назад +74

    I didn't think he was a Russian arms dealer to this extent, he was supplying whole militarys. I can't believe they let this man go smh.

    • @jeffcook2570
      @jeffcook2570 Год назад +12

      They don't just hand out nicknames like "Merchant of Death" and make movies after him called "Lord of War" for nothing.

    • @heyhoe168
      @heyhoe168 Год назад +2

      @@jeffcook2570 they actually do. Those are shallow stories for common folk. Real history is always quite different.

    • @esposexy2210
      @esposexy2210 Год назад

      Biden...that's all you need to know

    • @chrismckimmey2582
      @chrismckimmey2582 Год назад +2

      If you think selling arms is a crime you should be calling for the US biggest corporations to be arrested. Viktor bout is businessman not dictator or criminal. Mind your own business

    • @bludika
      @bludika Год назад +1

      At least the US got a USA hating wnba player back 😂😂😂

  • @shuureqium7376
    @shuureqium7376 Год назад +47

    Wait isn't he doing the exact same thing the US does around the world? How many rebels have we armed so far? Pot meet Kettle

    • @sopranos45
      @sopranos45 Год назад +11

      Oooo lol how dare you speak the truth

    • @shayaldwarka7907
      @shayaldwarka7907 Год назад +2

      @@sopranos45 what is wrong with speaking the truth? Just do not report him to make him the next julian Assange

    • @sopranos45
      @sopranos45 Год назад +2

      @@shayaldwarka7907 it's called sarcasm a lot of people don't like to hear the truth

  • @craigbates2095
    @craigbates2095 Год назад +206

    All that and were just gonna let him go for a basketball player?

    • @robertbaker9329
      @robertbaker9329 Год назад

      Rite! It’s infuriating that stupid woman basketball player even said she hates America let her rot in Russia America should turn its back on her

    • @meh4062
      @meh4062 Год назад +9

      And a supposed spy... but still not sure about this trade

    • @rayedrama
      @rayedrama Год назад +27

      Wnba player * and this is ridiculous

    • @Gambetdz
      @Gambetdz Год назад

      Whalen is a cia agent

    • @WaVyCroc
      @WaVyCroc Год назад +3

      @@rayedrama agreeed. This is NOT a good swap

  • @goodshipkaraboudjan
    @goodshipkaraboudjan Год назад +124

    "Outlaws Inc" is a phenomenal book, the author literally tagged along for a few months on one of Bouts planes and hung out with the crew. The reason they didn't get taken down for so long was simple - anyone and everyone in the game was using them. From Governments to Terrorists.

    • @dieversions
      @dieversions Год назад +7

      Even the US

    • @ZPDSurvival
      @ZPDSurvival Год назад +2

      They are just playing with our minds. The whole line up. Peace.

    • @trippplecup1563
      @trippplecup1563 Год назад +2

      Yup… we even used him

  • @DrOcKa20
    @DrOcKa20 Год назад +19

    I feel bad for all the hard working DEA Agents that spent months if not years trying to get this guy off the streets. Only to see him now be released and off to do it again.

    • @SJ-vo1bw
      @SJ-vo1bw Год назад

      The Drug Enforcement Agency wasn't the ones after him, it was the CIA. Bout is no long a threat to US arms manufacturers and their profits, so the CIA couldn't care less at this point.

  • @jellybeanz1989
    @jellybeanz1989 Год назад +16

    US government even admit in having "unwillingly" worked with him in delivering weapons in Iraq.

    • @jesusaranda1568
      @jesusaranda1568 Год назад

      The US probably only arrested him because he was doing deals without giving them there cut, they've armed Drug Dealers as well with Operation Fast and Furious but no one in the US got arrested for that.

  • @phyuckyiu7685
    @phyuckyiu7685 Год назад +48

    Lets keep the arms dealer, and teach him how to play basketball! Problem solved lolol..

  • @JG-lc5mq
    @JG-lc5mq Год назад +153

    Any GM in the NBA would say the trade isn’t even. The US needs a 6 inmate deal for this one.

    • @charliej9587
      @charliej9587 Год назад +22

      Yea,.. I'm sure the Russians stopped selling guns because of his arrest,.. he wasn't just an arms dealer,.. he was Russian intelligence

    • @rayedrama
      @rayedrama Год назад +2

      Exactly

    • @jerrodbutali3990
      @jerrodbutali3990 Год назад

      Black lesbian, dems need to save her or their useful idiots will scream racisss or homophobe.

    • @bolivartv
      @bolivartv Год назад +3

      They should be asking for Navalny. Navalny is a real treat to Putin... instead they want to trade this guy for essentially 2 role players

    • @Herman47
      @Herman47 Год назад

      Trouble is, there is not 6. Maybe three at most.

  • @menalvagor
    @menalvagor Год назад +52

    And yet this guy has more morals than the average American.

  • @officialcalvinwayman
    @officialcalvinwayman Год назад +2

    Whoa…I didn’t realize how horrible of a trade we’ve made

  • @mikedanny4074
    @mikedanny4074 Год назад +513

    Imagine getting busted for tch vape pins and getting traded for the "Worlds Most Dangerous Man"... Well timed calculated move on Russia's behalf

    • @rajbanwait325
      @rajbanwait325 Год назад +2

      👏🏾

    • @hhh-si1qo
      @hhh-si1qo Год назад +2

      She had a bottle of hashish oil

    • @JoniAntonio
      @JoniAntonio Год назад

      It almost seems as if they planted this stuff, a black lesbian basketball player is the last person white amerika wants to trade for, now making Biden look weak from Texas to Moscow. The CIA should put a hit on boot and give him 36 hour head start.

    • @marthacantu4354
      @marthacantu4354 Год назад +1

      Very bad idea. 😢

    • @stewart2589
      @stewart2589 Год назад +1

      Weed smokers aren't very bright people

  • @user-oh8qx7os7o
    @user-oh8qx7os7o Год назад +64

    Only basketball player we trading for him would have to be prime MJ I don’t see Grinder being a even trade would be a huge L for the franchise

  • @daemon2880
    @daemon2880 Год назад +7

    During this time, these men and women who risked their lives and everything to get him truly believed that he'll never ever get out again once they do catch him.

  • @suny1265
    @suny1265 Год назад +20

    "Unwittingly contracted by US government" 🤭🤣

    • @chrisbeach423
      @chrisbeach423 Год назад

      Yea right 😂 that’s no coincidence

  • @ewhigginbottom7357
    @ewhigginbottom7357 Год назад +26

    The fact that we did business with him looks suspect.

  • @SuperBigDee
    @SuperBigDee Год назад +98

    He’s back on the block 🙏🏿

  • @kawaiinesscuresdepression2363
    @kawaiinesscuresdepression2363 Год назад +9

    Just saw an interview the Russians were laughing about this trade.😂😂😂

  • @EssieWalker
    @EssieWalker Год назад +54

    They traded this guy for a basketball player. What a time to be alive! 🤦‍♀😂

    • @patrick9654
      @patrick9654 Год назад +3

      yeah but she is black

    • @EssieWalker
      @EssieWalker Год назад

      @@patrick9654 I don't understand, please explain.

    • @patrick9654
      @patrick9654 Год назад

      @@EssieWalker it is called black privilege. The white marine who fought for this country and has been in prison at least 4 times as long as her stays there while the black anti-american who has demonstrated hate for America until she needs their help is freed.

    • @patrick9654
      @patrick9654 Год назад +6

      @@EssieWalker it is easy. It is called black privilege

    • @generictoast7678
      @generictoast7678 Год назад +13

      @@patrick9654 black privelage isn’t that strong, its more of black gay woman privelage

  • @vadim666er
    @vadim666er Год назад +32

    This guy is worth like 16 Griner’s

    • @wadefoster5710
      @wadefoster5710 Год назад +11

      16 million

    • @AmericanPatriot888
      @AmericanPatriot888 Год назад

      😂👍😂

    • @nickreynolds8391
      @nickreynolds8391 3 месяца назад +1

      16 Griners plus 3 future first round prisoners in 2025 and cash considerations. And two future second round prisoners in 2027

    • @vadim666er
      @vadim666er 3 месяца назад +1

      @@nickreynolds8391 lmfao! Agreed!

  • @WRG-bh8bz
    @WRG-bh8bz Год назад +9

    Remember when we traded griner for this guy and left a marine thats been there for 4 years? Amazing leadership we have. America 2022 is a CLOWNSHOW

    • @alexm566
      @alexm566 Год назад

      @Belltown Daisy It means you put your life in service of your country

  • @ScorpionBear_AG
    @ScorpionBear_AG Год назад +39

    You guys see Viktor get received by Russian authorities with a hug and a hand shake?? 😂

    • @clightning9703
      @clightning9703 Год назад

      yep...

    • @dainiskarklins823
      @dainiskarklins823 Год назад

      Hes probably going to work for Kremlin under the table so russians dont get killed with muskets in their hands in Ukraine.

    • @ScorpionBear_AG
      @ScorpionBear_AG Год назад

      @Dainis Kārkliņš Not under the table, in plain sight. He just announced he joined a Russian Party board, they about to let the merchant loose no strings attached. It's gonna get wicked real soon, he kind of got got a political position. It's all nuts.

  • @markantoine1254
    @markantoine1254 Год назад +18

    I'd love to see an interview about those agents who caught and kept Bout all these years 😂

  • @charliesschroedinger
    @charliesschroedinger Год назад +20

    How long till Nicholas Cage is in Lord of War 2?

  • @andysanchez9651
    @andysanchez9651 Год назад +35

    That's crazy..... How are you going to trade Britney for him??? WTF???

    • @patrick9654
      @patrick9654 Год назад +8

      she is black

    • @deathhexxxgaming3431
      @deathhexxxgaming3431 Год назад

      @@patrick9654 and gay! Dear god don't forget to mention that... Biden hit two demographic when he went vote pandering this time.

    • @patrick9654
      @patrick9654 Год назад +2

      @@deathhexxxgaming3431 oh yeah. That also

    • @hillbillyhomestead1966
      @hillbillyhomestead1966 Год назад +2

      @@patrick9654 she's not a woman period

  • @Bookerdevin101
    @Bookerdevin101 Год назад +8

    You can see in his eyes, this guy wants revenge for spending time in jail

  • @natsudyy6344
    @natsudyy6344 Год назад +8

    Chased from continent to continent to now be exchanged for a basketball player 😭😭

  • @eugenev3690
    @eugenev3690 Год назад +22

    Viktor is in Russia! My congratulations!

  • @nitzaiviaa
    @nitzaiviaa Год назад +13

    WILDDDD.. 🤯 for a bball player that no one knew about… 🤯🤯🤯

  • @DM-3000
    @DM-3000 Год назад +3

    With a super idiotic trade like this, there’s gotta be more to it than what meets the eye.

  • @chev8494
    @chev8494 Год назад +9

    Our country is being led by idiots. This makes us so incredibly weak.

    • @lisas9462
      @lisas9462 Год назад

      The biggest idiot was the 🤡, and all the January 6th Insurrectionists, including the co-conspirators.
      (josh hawley, ted cruz, MTG, boebert, mitch mcConnell, lindsey graham), etc.

    • @patrick9654
      @patrick9654 Год назад +2

      well look who is president

    • @patrick9654
      @patrick9654 Год назад +1

      Yep that explains it

  • @antun88
    @antun88 Год назад +28

    I think Russia won this trade if it's one for one. US should ask some draft picks.

  • @peekodafreeko3949
    @peekodafreeko3949 Год назад +40

    best to trade him for a drug smuggling basketball player then.

    • @rayedrama
      @rayedrama Год назад +2

      😂🤣😂🤣😂 sounds like a fair trade 🤦🏾

  • @suny1265
    @suny1265 Год назад +3

    Just 12 mil Dollars Deal? I don't buy that.

  • @Technological_Monkey
    @Technological_Monkey 4 месяца назад +2

    The guy who caught him was Mike Snow and was ex 23 SAS.

  • @noahh.7642
    @noahh.7642 Год назад +62

    Yeah God really did this guy a favor because I never would ever believe that a country would trade a notorious arms dealer for a WNBA player until today. There's your divine intervention because this dude got blessed.

    • @normanlee725
      @normanlee725 Год назад

      Well, why blame God? These are decisions of men that aren't righteous at all. Heck, if there is any ounce of Godly-wisdom... the deal shouldn't have been made. Imagine those praying for the Merchant of Death to be caught decades ago? Being undone by peoples decisions... which will result in more death, chaos, and violence. Well, you reap what you sow. Expect the guy to do something against what he believes is "his sworn enemy" (which is the US).

    • @ProfibobWot
      @ProfibobWot Год назад

      This Guy definetly got blessed somehow...

  • @Soktastovich
    @Soktastovich Год назад +202

    Damn it’s really out of my mind how ours were able to get our guy back. But I’m happy he’s home.

    • @vergessen5971
      @vergessen5971 Год назад +63

      Yeah you guys got us good this time lol

    • @Nutticus
      @Nutticus Год назад +31

      Viktor Bout is someone for a nation to be proud of.

    • @eduarddv00
      @eduarddv00 Год назад +47

      @@Nutticus he was and always will be pivotal in securing russia's strategic political interests in parts of the world normally too far for moscow to exert significant influence. he will be an invaluable asset once again

    • @Nutticus
      @Nutticus Год назад +22

      @@eduarddv00 best part is i am sure Moscow will assist him in reestablishing all his connections he had prior to his arrest.

    • @oluwadamilola6233
      @oluwadamilola6233 Год назад +9

      Good job Russians

  • @senyashchukin391
    @senyashchukin391 Год назад +5

    -Mr Bout, how many deaths are you responsible for?
    -Da.

  • @08C6PaceCar
    @08C6PaceCar Год назад +24

    Glad to know him and Britney griner are both home safe!

  • @022171
    @022171 Год назад +180

    I remember my first time playing fantasy football, years ago. My team was loaded with wide receivers, but I had nothing at quarterback. I offered to trade an elite receiver for, basically, a scrub quarterback. I was a novice, didn't know any better. Naturally, the guy took me up on the trade. I believe I still hear him laughing to this day. This reminds me of that.

    • @harryflemming9924
      @harryflemming9924 Год назад +1

      lol, that was prior to having a exploited illiterate freak let its entitlement catch 9 yrs - didn't see this much effort for Whalen - oops forgot, he doesn't have multiple parasites feeding off his teet

    • @scottlosey4978
      @scottlosey4978 Год назад +3

      Who was the quarterback that you received?

    • @022171
      @022171 Год назад +9

      @@scottlosey4978 Patrick Ramsey. For Torry Holt. When Holt was at his peak. I know, enjoy the laugh! I did, however learn from it & went on to win multiple leagues over the years.

    • @brando4422
      @brando4422 Год назад +4

      @@022171 I used to bet on the Bulls as a kid in 00 when they were a hot mess, with a kid in my class every week with my lunch money. He would literally laugh knowing I couldn't help myself with my stubborn pride both knowing I was making a bad decision but did it anyways. Lost about 9/10. I threw my parents hard earned money away and lost many lunch meals, just like our government will throw away lives wasting resources just like they are for this deal of incompetence and blind ignorance. Difference was I was a dumb child not playing with lives as an adult. I still get messages every blue moon from him if I want to waste money on a bad bet. Both parties never forget dumb trades or bets even if we think they forgotten about it. I imagine Russia is thinking holey he'll they are gullible and can't believe it's even entertained as both guys probably thought you and I were bluffing or idiots. Everyone is gonna want to make bets with America thinking why not if they make this what won't they do. Honestly you and I weren't even played this lopsided. We get nothing and they get an expert in arms who was made for this conflict with all the weapons sent in his back yard.

    • @quispy3505
      @quispy3505 Год назад

      Same, my first time playing fantasy I had no idea about "value of position" and went off name value, just like the us is doing. So, I went off name value and projected points that espn had. Qbs had more, so in 2018 I did a straight up trade trading away joe mixon for mitch trubisky

  • @victormontes3499
    @victormontes3499 Год назад +49

    Damn, we need an updated interview with these guys. I would like to know their thought on the trade with a pot head.

  • @weiyang6417
    @weiyang6417 Год назад +3

    The game isn't over. What a bad trade...

  • @jerryferko8309
    @jerryferko8309 Год назад +1

    watched this interview again ....................... and i am stunned .........how this deal was made .........totally disgusting .....

  • @dfattyadams123
    @dfattyadams123 Год назад +21

    No one man can do this alone. He (Bout) "had access to planes." Really. Who are the other players and how many are American?

    • @JosedeJezeus
      @JosedeJezeus Год назад

      He gets help from Russia, duh. That's why he was living there. He's one of Putin's sociopath friends.

  • @chavezbullycamp
    @chavezbullycamp Год назад +149

    They treated this madman for a basketball player 😳

    • @leviathantoobz
      @leviathantoobz Год назад +23

      A wnba basketball player at that, Lmao!

    • @andim.8788
      @andim.8788 Год назад +16

      Maybe I would actually go to an WNBA game just to boo her

    • @spiritranger9202
      @spiritranger9202 Год назад

      😂

    • @jax46
      @jax46 Год назад

      Because it’s all bs

    • @glormoparch5154
      @glormoparch5154 Год назад

      Why do they want a madman so badly?

  • @gibusspy5544
    @gibusspy5544 Год назад +4

    Viktor Bout is the very man who made Lord Of War as his inspiration

  • @carolbrady658
    @carolbrady658 Год назад +3

    Viktor is home

  • @TheShahofBaltimore
    @TheShahofBaltimore Год назад +25

    We are giving up THE MERCHANT OF DEATH for a WNBA PLAYER? Seems Fair!

  • @BIGSUCCC
    @BIGSUCCC Год назад +21

    and now this man is being exchanged for Britney Griner, LMFAO wtf ???

  • @atlas1070
    @atlas1070 Год назад +12

    Eu me pergunto, nesse exato momento, como esse documentário envelheceu bem, heim... Como vinho! Haha

  • @ReyRakolta-fh4cv
    @ReyRakolta-fh4cv 8 месяцев назад +1

    I like how Louie can't help but Smirk.
    It's Not Over Even when it's over

  • @matthewcanta
    @matthewcanta Год назад +14

    This will be one of the greatest mistakes in American history

  • @gabe9832
    @gabe9832 Год назад +60

    What’s crazy is if Britney Griner did the same thing in America she could have potentially went to prison longer. We freed her for doing something that is literally illegal in the country she is in. Marijuana isn’t legal federally for medical or recreational use, you can’t take it on planes even in the states.

    • @DJcyberslash
      @DJcyberslash Год назад +2

      It was a vape CARTRIDGE not marijuana. You must watch Fox News.

    • @agentmueller
      @agentmueller Год назад +1

      @@DJcyberslashit was a HASH cartridge, wtf are you trying to imply, that it was just nicotine? I’m a card holder myself and the wax carts are literally concentrated cannabis. So yes, she broke the law. What about the other guy who did the same crime in Russia and got the same sentence but isn’t famous and is white? Hmm..

    • @that1guy246
      @that1guy246 Год назад +21

      @@DJcyberslash you know that there are Marijuana vape cartridges right?

    • @bryanman8323
      @bryanman8323 Год назад +37

      @@DJcyberslash it was a vape cartridge containing marijuana, which by the way is still marijuana, is your tv even on? 🤦🏽‍♂️

    • @sophy10000
      @sophy10000 Год назад +6

      A thc vape cartridge. Still illegal in the country she got caught.

  • @baralah
    @baralah Год назад +17

    "I feel more empathy for America than I would feel any hate" - Viktor Bout 2022. Let that sink in!

    • @Herman47
      @Herman47 Год назад

      What does he feel toward Africa, given all the weapons he has sold to those undermining African governments?

    • @baralah
      @baralah Год назад +2

      @@Herman47 well he's not a Disney white knight from Hollywood comrade, so I doubt he holds much personal emotion from that experience. The very same opinion is how I feel toward my tenant comrade.

  • @kaiza9184
    @kaiza9184 Год назад +4

    Guess who had the last laugh 😂

  • @Broccoli_32
    @Broccoli_32 Год назад +14

    12:38 I wonder how this guy feels now that his own country has betrayed him

  • @robwasilewski9273
    @robwasilewski9273 Год назад +79

    This prisoner swap is going to be risky

    • @ralphfirst8188
      @ralphfirst8188 Год назад +3

      This was 2010 if the US does that for basically someone I never heard about - and I love basketball. Yeah ok arms dealer for Brittany yeah won't ever ever -- eva eva happen.

    • @ashleelarsen5002
      @ashleelarsen5002 Год назад

      @@ralphfirst8188 yeah it will, Biden cares too much about his popularity

    • @charleshill7524
      @charleshill7524 Год назад +3

      @@ralphfirst8188 want to bet

    • @xavierleonreyes
      @xavierleonreyes Год назад

      No I won’t they’re all in cahoots the deep state and all the powerful people in the world know what they’re doing

    • @RR-lv3tp
      @RR-lv3tp Год назад +3

      Its not gonna be risky, because its not gonna happen lol smh

  • @youtubemodsaresnowflakelef7692
    @youtubemodsaresnowflakelef7692 Год назад +25

    The World's most notorious arms dealer isn't Viktor Bout by a long shot. It's the US President and Congress, whoever that is at any given moment.

    • @justinhumphries4674
      @justinhumphries4674 Год назад +1

      Yeah, they sell the most arms in the world. They wanted to knock out the competition...

    • @augustnoon1548
      @augustnoon1548 Год назад +1

      It’s okay if you arms deal just as long as it doesn’t go against Americas agenda or if you don’t give them their “share”

    • @Herman47
      @Herman47 Год назад

      There's a difference between selling arms to governments, and selling them to anti-democratic guerrillas intent on overthrowing governments.

  • @Youknowwhoin2024
    @Youknowwhoin2024 Год назад +5

    'In just 12 short years the US found a man it wanted more.....'

  • @OLMmedic
    @OLMmedic Год назад +16

    Seems like the USA just doesant want competition supplying for wars

    • @o4tw382
      @o4tw382 Год назад +2

      Couldn’t of said it better.

    • @adamsridge8263
      @adamsridge8263 Год назад

      Useful for a time, then straight under the bus when they need a scapegoat. There's only one country who is the real lord of war. The same country who dropped an nuclear bomb on other humans

  • @user-yo9zt6mp9p
    @user-yo9zt6mp9p Год назад +134

    Поздравляю Виктора с возвращением на родину

  • @maxwellwallace4392
    @maxwellwallace4392 Год назад +4

    All of the federal agents hard work to get this dangerous man into custody went down the drain for a vape pen.

  • @carlosvelez-rengifo7167
    @carlosvelez-rengifo7167 Год назад +2

    Lol and we traded a pothead for him lol