Viktor Bout: "The Merchant of Death"

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  • @davids6698
    @davids6698 2 роки тому +1158

    Can't imagine how upset the agents working on this case are. All that effort, all those resources for a capture that's now a chess piece in a political game

    • @ЯнМиллер-к3ф
      @ЯнМиллер-к3ф 2 роки тому +27

      The finale of the movie The Lord of War ends the same way. Agents are great, everyone can disperse. The film was shot about Viktor Bout, and the film turned out to be prophetic on 08/12/2022.

    • @Snp2024
      @Snp2024 2 роки тому +24

      There is chance he will target those agents families

    • @Djpremium
      @Djpremium 2 роки тому

      That’s what I’m wondering too

    • @nobodycares2164
      @nobodycares2164 2 роки тому +1

      to condemn a person not for crimes, but for the fact that he is Russian. Typical fascist state.

    • @divacroft1034
      @divacroft1034 2 роки тому

      Hello Mr putin...LORD OF FUKIN WAR here..IM BACK FROM HOLIDAY...want 5k tons of C4 in ukraine? I can deliver it by tuesday... As bonus i add few dozen k of ak :D

  • @bjkearns2
    @bjkearns2 2 роки тому +2363

    12 years after this clip...we traded an extremely dangerous man for weed smoking basketball player.

    • @elseascotty9346
      @elseascotty9346 2 роки тому +2

      Smh i hate blm this ish can’t stand denounce Biden

    • @juanvilleda8377
      @juanvilleda8377 2 роки тому +96

      "the most extremely dangerous man the on face of planet earth"🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

    • @ADDVCTXDMUSIC
      @ADDVCTXDMUSIC 2 роки тому +31

      @@juanvilleda8377 tell me someone more dangerous at this point please?

    • @ADDVCTXDMUSIC
      @ADDVCTXDMUSIC 2 роки тому +18

      Juan Villeda was he supporting Al Qaeda and other dictators? I don't think so; the US government is terrible but if you think anyones more dangerous than Viktor Bout you need to actually read about Viktor Bout

    • @flaviusjconstantius
      @flaviusjconstantius 2 роки тому +114

      A weed smoking FEMALE basketball player. It would’ve been bad enough with some random NBA player, but we really decided to release this boy for someone who is watched by 10 “fans” max all season.

  • @calebboyer9793
    @calebboyer9793 2 роки тому +628

    "Rarely does the US want anybody, more than they wanted this man." What a great opening line.

    • @mattmcclellan4011
      @mattmcclellan4011 2 роки тому +46

      How incredibly embarassing

    • @calebdixon784
      @calebdixon784 2 роки тому

      Ye embarrassing not only the hypocrisy which is acceptable tbh because we are American well most of us here but the dumb trade for an it she etc

    • @wallwrittR
      @wallwrittR 2 роки тому +9

      “How embarrassing “
      ~Prequel Yoda

    • @dls951
      @dls951 2 роки тому +12

      looks like Joetato wanted Brittney Gainer more, if a Biden supporter can explain this lunacy, that would be great.....

    • @TheNataliasmith
      @TheNataliasmith 2 роки тому +6

      That opening line did not age well 😩😞

  • @andreykotovsky
    @andreykotovsky 2 роки тому +820

    This aged like fine milk

    • @charlieparker5950
      @charlieparker5950 2 роки тому +5

      Right?😂

    • @noblelewis4620
      @noblelewis4620 2 роки тому

      Hahaha one of the funniest comments

    • @bclark08181
      @bclark08181 2 роки тому

      Spoiled milk….

    • @birdness
      @birdness 2 роки тому

      You've never had an original thought in your life.

    • @icyx9268
      @icyx9268 Рік тому

      omg yes but such a dismissive discracful way to look at this investigation

  • @JackJackJack123
    @JackJackJack123 2 роки тому +1018

    CBS will now tell us that he really wasn’t all that bad.

  • @weedo3
    @weedo3 2 роки тому +1205

    Thank God he's in jail forever. It would be disastrous if he ever got out.

    • @bluedollaz3331
      @bluedollaz3331 2 роки тому +43

      Hahaha this guy a legend they need to let him out

    • @MissMaweja
      @MissMaweja 2 роки тому +21

      He was just released 😓

    • @josephruffin6360
      @josephruffin6360 2 роки тому +9

      😂😂😂

    • @officialjdez
      @officialjdez 2 роки тому +48

      Lmaooo I had never heard such a clear sarcastic tone through text until your comment 🤣

    • @73elephants
      @73elephants 2 роки тому

      Intrepid KGB agent Biden has busted him out, haha!

  • @juanvilleda8377
    @juanvilleda8377 2 роки тому +295

    Who’s here after his release

    • @divinelyleo2162
      @divinelyleo2162 2 роки тому +5

      Me!

    • @divinelyleo2162
      @divinelyleo2162 2 роки тому +9

      I want to know more about this man

    • @juanvilleda8377
      @juanvilleda8377 2 роки тому +6

      Bro this is crazy af... I want to know what Nicolas Cage gotta say

    • @keithjackson2035
      @keithjackson2035 2 роки тому

      Me. He seems to be really good at his craft.

    • @mikeh7917
      @mikeh7917 2 роки тому

      All you mean conservatives that want to score cheap political points even though appeasing the LGBTHSKFKEJXB+++ community is WAAAY more important than holding a harmless geezer.

  • @187mrsmith
    @187mrsmith 5 років тому +206

    Basically the government hated that he was better at their hustle than they were simple

  • @grantashcraft7659
    @grantashcraft7659 2 роки тому +335

    So we're about to let this guy go, after keeping him in cage for a decade, for a basketball player...

    • @uscbro69
      @uscbro69 2 роки тому +4

      Hahahaha

    • @AppaloosaDreams
      @AppaloosaDreams 2 роки тому +33

      The idea of releasing Bout from prison, is insane.

    • @kaydensevison7318
      @kaydensevison7318 2 роки тому +38

      Woman’s basketball player at that

    • @StanWareTheIconic
      @StanWareTheIconic 2 роки тому +49

      Who brings weed to a country at war!? A female basketball player, that's who.

    • @i4inzhavinthat
      @i4inzhavinthat 2 роки тому +5

      @@StanWareTheIconic war started 4 days after she landed

  • @Ronbo710
    @Ronbo710 9 років тому +496

    Bout's only crime was not having an eagle on his ID .

    • @calgar42k
      @calgar42k 3 роки тому +17

      He ll be extrated from the US in a few weeks

    • @InitialFailure
      @InitialFailure 2 роки тому +6

      Uh, well I think it's the crap tons of weapons he illegally sold but yea.

    • @kingofsaturn555
      @kingofsaturn555 2 роки тому +1

      @@calgar42k how wrong is wrong the answer is wrong

    • @carloreid3545
      @carloreid3545 2 роки тому

      Lol

    • @andreykotovsky
      @andreykotovsky 2 роки тому +3

      @@calgar42k well...

  • @tabasco9070
    @tabasco9070 2 роки тому +83

    12 years ago you would never think this dude had anything to do with a wnba player

    • @divacroft1034
      @divacroft1034 2 роки тому

      you mean drugs trafficker?

    • @Mellow84
      @Mellow84 2 роки тому +7

      Gay Black dope smoking WNBA Player

    • @icyx9268
      @icyx9268 Рік тому

      @@Mellow84 haha

  • @reggiemass909
    @reggiemass909 6 років тому +173

    He didn't transform warrior boys into mindless psychopaths...the warlords did that by feeding them drugs and human hearts.

  • @hairyrope1912
    @hairyrope1912 2 роки тому +226

    Imagine believing that the US government had no idea who he was or what services they bought from him

    • @KyleGravesLive
      @KyleGravesLive 2 роки тому +17

      For real, he had great deals I’m sure for the US, it’s not illegal when the US buys from the merchant of death

    • @b1bbscraz3y
      @b1bbscraz3y 2 роки тому

      literally the CIA was just mad he cut in on their business

    • @jimmiematho8082
      @jimmiematho8082 2 роки тому +7

      It's come out he's made over 1,100 deliveries for the US in the Middle East

    • @PiyeGotcha
      @PiyeGotcha 2 роки тому

      Where can I learn more about this ?

    • @dwl3006
      @dwl3006 2 роки тому +5

      I believe it, the U.S. government is not one singular entity but dozens if not hundreds of competing offices and branches that often don't communicate with each other. Top that off with the fact that all of them are incompetent.

  • @christopherjordan6380
    @christopherjordan6380 2 роки тому +160

    And all it took was a multi-million dollar athlete with a vape pen to get him released. What a world

    • @mitchellkimball3442
      @mitchellkimball3442 2 роки тому +11

      Hey there a hundreds of wnba fans that would have been devastated if she didn’t come back. He will just go back to his old peaceful ways and the world will be a much better place 🙏🏻

    • @SaTuHsFy714
      @SaTuHsFy714 2 роки тому +5

      she ain't worth multi millions`

    • @Zm-jt4uf
      @Zm-jt4uf 2 роки тому +1

      wnba💀💀

    • @ttdttd4211
      @ttdttd4211 Рік тому +1

      Uh... She? She is a man baby . Got that deep male voice.

  • @Latsaab
    @Latsaab 2 роки тому +334

    Who in their right mind would trade a charizard for a magikarp?

    • @ElJefe-47
      @ElJefe-47 2 роки тому +10

      Fr, what was Russia thinking 🤦‍♂️ W for US

    • @roderickwilliams67
      @roderickwilliams67 2 роки тому +4

      🤣🤣🤣 I can't

    • @TH-mh1pk
      @TH-mh1pk 2 роки тому +6

      For a shiny magikarp? Il do that trade...🙃

    • @Latsaab
      @Latsaab 2 роки тому +1

      @@TH-mh1pk hmmm🤔

    • @R4Clover7
      @R4Clover7 2 роки тому +20

      Nah, a magikarp has potential to become something great, she a ratatat.

  • @Luchoveli
    @Luchoveli 2 роки тому +118

    And this is who the Biden administration wants to trade for Britney griner 🤣🤣🤦

    • @adrianblount8049
      @adrianblount8049 2 роки тому +1

      Right I’m here for it

    • @lenniejones1061
      @lenniejones1061 2 роки тому +5

      Exactly!! Free this man😂😂 he sold guns even to America troops at a point… free this man, they had to set him up to arrest him. I would be mad too if I was Russian ..

    • @MrQuikz123
      @MrQuikz123 2 роки тому +3

      Well he officially got traded now lmao

    • @brotherlogicrmf2199
      @brotherlogicrmf2199 2 роки тому

      Get off Joe Biden's back, he's just trying his best to desperately help democratic House of Representatives and senators get reelected in September. He's also about to forgive student loans before midterm elections. During an inflation and a possible recession.
      Get off Joe Biden's back, allow him to f*** up the country.

    • @Luchoveli
      @Luchoveli 2 роки тому +2

      Biden is officially the weakest president in US history

  • @schmitty5461
    @schmitty5461 6 років тому +67

    1:25 "He transformed these young adolescent blah blah blah" They where cutting each others arms of since before he just upgraded there equipment. Not saying it was right but come on.

  • @christiancarey3814
    @christiancarey3814 2 роки тому +57

    Dude was so good at his job the US even did business with him

  • @michaelpeterson1482
    @michaelpeterson1482 2 роки тому +98

    After viewing this segment I am absolutely convinced that the most unequal prisoner exchange in the history of prisoner exchanges was made when they traded Bout for Grinder.

    • @alb12345672
      @alb12345672 2 роки тому +4

      I think he is a changed man. He wished Griner the best of luck and he would love to shoot a game with her.

    • @megaranhas7301
      @megaranhas7301 2 роки тому +6

      My question is who of the two of them hates America more

    • @grandmasterschwank
      @grandmasterschwank 2 роки тому

      @@megaranhas7301 grinder most definitely bout made too much off our government to hate it

    • @detectiveandy6323
      @detectiveandy6323 2 роки тому +2

      it was a great trade; Bout was only averaging 5 pts. and 2 rebounds a game!

  • @mediocreman6323
    @mediocreman6323 6 років тому +244

    1:27 - “He transferred these young adolescent warriors into incidious mindless […] killing machines” - yeah, right, without that arms dealer, they would have been kind and peace loving snuggles, each and every one of them…

    • @chodeoriki4113
      @chodeoriki4113 3 роки тому +4

      @Adam O'Hare sad but true.

    • @crand20033
      @crand20033 2 роки тому

      The Russians want this guy in exchange for Britney Griner. I don't think that's a fair deal. He is a deadly threat to all Americans.

    • @naturaleixo924
      @naturaleixo924 2 роки тому

      This!!!!

    • @PalBatey
      @PalBatey 2 роки тому +16

      The US military does this on a daily basis.

    • @eMPee584
      @eMPee584 2 роки тому +3

      can't be tried for arson if you only poured the gasoline but didn't light the match, right..?

  • @ihorcherepakha9525
    @ihorcherepakha9525 2 роки тому +70

    "His empire so sophisticated, so complex, hidden behind a thick curtain of front companies that even the US government unwittingly contracted with two of his companies". Now he is free...

    • @analfloss453
      @analfloss453 2 роки тому

      US will do business again with him. This time, with all the weapons in Afghanistan, he will be selling American arms by the ton

    • @analfloss453
      @analfloss453 2 роки тому

      And Pennies on the dollar lol

    • @NotShowingOff
      @NotShowingOff 2 роки тому

      None of this works without Putin. None of it

    • @Jaqen_Hghar
      @Jaqen_Hghar 2 роки тому +2

      The US "unwittingly" did business with him _wink wink_

    • @b1bbscraz3y
      @b1bbscraz3y 2 роки тому +1

      "unwittingly". someone believes in Santa Claus

  • @generaldave6873
    @generaldave6873 4 роки тому +231

    The DEA calling someone trouble is priceless.

    • @bertroost1675
      @bertroost1675 2 роки тому +21

      The hypocrisy is off the charts on this "story"

    • @InitialFailure
      @InitialFailure 2 роки тому

      Oh man, you're so edgey.

    • @hansj.hobein5762
      @hansj.hobein5762 2 роки тому

      The US arms any "terrorist" group to commit regime change. Then call it civil war
      justifying invasion.

    • @Guitarisforgrins
      @Guitarisforgrins 2 роки тому +1

      @@bertroost1675 exactly

    • @Janet_Airlines802
      @Janet_Airlines802 2 роки тому +1

      The pot calling the kettle black. The DEA and CIA have armed the most dangerous people on earth, it’s ok for them though because it helps their agenda. They have literally armed the people that took the twin towers down. At one point in Syria the DOD backed rebels were fighting the CIA backed terrorists who included members of Al-Queda. American taxpayers were paying for the bullets on both sides of the battle.

  • @rankful
    @rankful 2 роки тому +101

    top 5 arms dealer of all time. GOAT numbers

  • @Ellieangel777
    @Ellieangel777 2 роки тому +75

    Really you traded him for a stoner basketballer? I'm sure she would have gotten out of jail eventually they couldn't keep her in jail forever for that offense, But to release this guy is absolutely ridiculous I smell a conspiracy going on here.... Something tells me they were just looking for an excuse to let this guy go free

    • @lahaina4791
      @lahaina4791 2 роки тому

      The swap bought millions of votes.

  • @reesefc3114
    @reesefc3114 2 роки тому +57

    Can’t wait to watch the Sprite Lay Up Cam now that Viktor Bout is freed “ most dangerous man on the face of the earth”

  • @sjewitt22
    @sjewitt22 7 років тому +256

    How these people can be such hypocrits is amazing.

    • @bertroost1675
      @bertroost1675 2 роки тому

      These US gov't guys are such pig liars.

    • @TheCiaMKultra
      @TheCiaMKultra 2 роки тому

      Totally ! The us government just granted Ukraine 150 mil in Arms deals to supply and support their army . Which the "need" ( debatable ) to fend off an Army that dwarfs their front line . All the money goes back to the 1% who own the arm dealerships ! Just a circle of violence that innocent 😇 people get caught up in the money power grab ! Disgusting to see man's inhumanity to man .........

    • @antontrapkov9129
      @antontrapkov9129 2 роки тому

      So American so naive so fake

    • @lahaina4791
      @lahaina4791 2 роки тому +2

      Practice makes perfect.

  • @calebwithers3845
    @calebwithers3845 2 роки тому +91

    The intro alone makes the Griner trade absolutely LAUGHABLE....what a joke

    • @kairosquerencia4011
      @kairosquerencia4011 2 роки тому

      Yes, Russia, China and Iran think the current Leftist US government is the joke of the decade ....and they seem determined prove it time and time again.

    • @ElJefe-47
      @ElJefe-47 2 роки тому +1

      Cry

    • @calebwithers3845
      @calebwithers3845 2 роки тому

      @@ElJefe-47 Killer burn 👍

  • @dwightstjohn6927
    @dwightstjohn6927 4 роки тому +59

    Lord of War: "your boss, the President, who sells MORE GUNS IN A DAY than I do in a year.................."!!

    • @X_Meechie_X
      @X_Meechie_X 4 роки тому +2

      And thats very true.

    • @Seth9809
      @Seth9809 3 роки тому

      But they weren't sold to Charles Taylor......

    • @FormerGovernmentHuman
      @FormerGovernmentHuman 3 роки тому +3

      Tevo77777
      You missed the part before that line.
      The government doesn’t always want their fingerprints on it, that’s why they need freelancers like me
      Something along those lines

    • @Seth9809
      @Seth9809 3 роки тому +1

      @@FormerGovernmentHuman Yeah, but like 99% of the sales made by the US and Russia are made to other states.
      Basically, no American firm or politian is making serious money off selling guns to broke terrorist or right wing groups.
      They're making billions off selling fighter jets to like Canadia or somewhere.

    • @mrdragonage7446
      @mrdragonage7446 3 роки тому

      @@Seth9809 and where did you get that information? Did the white house and Kremlin gave you that info on a silver platter, 77777 agent?

  • @aminsoudani5673
    @aminsoudani5673 8 років тому +96

    He made more money than them that's the main reason

  • @billmoran3219
    @billmoran3219 3 роки тому +58

    Funny how they washed over the fact that the feds did business with this guy. DEA should have been investigating that further too.

    • @mrdragonage7446
      @mrdragonage7446 3 роки тому +7

      I don't understand why DEA is meddling in this. It is not even their area.

    • @wicked1rish
      @wicked1rish 2 роки тому

      @@mrdragonage7446 what do you mean?

    • @lahaina4791
      @lahaina4791 2 роки тому

      @@wicked1rish Really?

  • @Mcchrs
    @Mcchrs 6 років тому +24

    CIA USED HIM WHEN IN BENEFITED THEM

  • @leonaza7.273
    @leonaza7.273 2 роки тому +54

    2008 “This is the most dangerous man in the world…We got the Merchant of DEATH!” ⚰️2022 “ He isn’t dangerous, basically equal to a weed smoking basketball player.” ⛹🏾‍♀️🏀🤷🏽

    • @starhunter7275
      @starhunter7275 2 роки тому +1

      Because she's black.. lol

    • @b1bbscraz3y
      @b1bbscraz3y 2 роки тому +2

      2005 "the US government doing business with him literally contributing to his profits". but that apparently doesn't matter to you? or what

    • @ashplattsii1fan92
      @ashplattsii1fan92 2 роки тому +2

      @@b1bbscraz3y don't expect more thinking from bootlickers, they think America didnt do business with him or that there isn't americans doing the same thing as him

    • @antipro4483
      @antipro4483 2 роки тому +1

      He isn't dangerous anymore. The entire indurstry is built on trust and Connections. after spending 15 years in prison He has neither. Most of His old contacts are dead or in prison. Those that are still Out there don't want anything to do with him, because he is being watched by multiple Secret services and can't be trusted

  • @leonaza7.273
    @leonaza7.273 2 роки тому +19

    2008 “The game is over…..” 2022 “we’re back baby!” 🎉😂🏀🏀

  • @edricklawrenceong7776
    @edricklawrenceong7776 4 роки тому +60

    Call him evil for selling arms, but know that the largest arms suppliers in the world are the governments of the USA, Russia, China, France, and the UK, the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council.

    • @InitialFailure
      @InitialFailure 2 роки тому +3

      Selling stolen weapons*

    • @ankitsaggi2039
      @ankitsaggi2039 2 роки тому +1

      someone's been watching lord of war

    • @Blacklist324
      @Blacklist324 2 роки тому +1

      You mean his employers.

    • @Herman47
      @Herman47 2 роки тому

      There's a big difference between governments selling weapons to other governments, and a rogue arms dealer arming anti-democratic guerillas seeking to violently overthrow governments.

    • @ashplattsii1fan92
      @ashplattsii1fan92 2 роки тому +1

      @@Herman47 😂 these countries literally do that everyday but ol bout is so "dangerous"

  • @Connor_Dempsey
    @Connor_Dempsey 2 роки тому +35

    If Trump released Viktor Bout they would impeach Trump again

    • @badger297
      @badger297 2 роки тому

      Can we stfu about Trump already?

    • @davidnavarro4821
      @davidnavarro4821 2 роки тому

      BS, Trump literally released 5K Talibans in the wild for his botched peace deal.

    • @Herman47
      @Herman47 2 роки тому

      Trump got 5,000 Taliban Terrorists sprung from prison -- no impeachment whatsoever for that, Connor.

    • @Herman47
      @Herman47 Місяць тому

      How is exchanging a foreigner whose prison sentence is mostly over for a newly incarcerated American a "high crime or misdemeanor"?

  • @stevegable2707
    @stevegable2707 5 років тому +92

    I have to say I hate the way governments keep using "terrorist" as an umberella word for their agenda !

  • @darylhenry9595
    @darylhenry9595 2 роки тому +43

    60 Minutes should interview the agents that spent so much to time to catch this guy and ask them about how they feel about him being released for not good reason

    • @b1bbscraz3y
      @b1bbscraz3y 2 роки тому +1

      they should also ask everyone in the US government who did business with him and literally contributed to his profits why they did that when they knew all this same information

  • @thedwightguy
    @thedwightguy 3 роки тому +72

    I started watching "Sixty Minutes" when it debuted, got a degree in political science, and now that I have seven decades under my belt of life experience, I'm not as comfortable watching this one sided "US, the good guys with white hats, AGAINST THEM, the dark side that's always guilty of everything. Life isn't that simple. EVEN IF you stormed the steps of Congress you should know that.

  • @moechonguns
    @moechonguns 2 роки тому +20

    First 45 seconds can simply tell you why this trade would be worse than the 1975 bucks trading Kareem to the Lakers

  • @mesropmadzharyan6727
    @mesropmadzharyan6727 2 роки тому +12

    Let’s trade him for a gay basketball player .

  • @increasekru5123
    @increasekru5123 2 роки тому +26

    So we trade Viktor Bout "The Merchant of Death" for WNBA player Brittany Griner, anyone that watches this video seriously knows that the United States would be absolutely crazy to make this trade.

    • @BTM866
      @BTM866 2 роки тому +1

      So only a matter of time until the trade is made then 😂

    • @hudsonr.743
      @hudsonr.743 2 роки тому +5

      @@BTM866 We at least need a first round pick out of this deal

    • @blakemoorhead8966
      @blakemoorhead8966 2 роки тому

      Trade Tom Brady for a child

    • @AlwaysChillinx
      @AlwaysChillinx 2 роки тому

      Welp

    • @kellyrateau1068
      @kellyrateau1068 2 роки тому

      About that 😂

  • @lennymecca968
    @lennymecca968 2 роки тому +16

    I haven’t gotten through the first 30 seconds of this and I already know it’s aged like fine wine. Unreal we let this happen.

    • @jackstoltz1379
      @jackstoltz1379 2 роки тому

      You have to think he hated the American capitalist. And our government hates America and capitalist aka the democrat communist hate the Republic. They take care of there own

  • @idkwhatsgoingon4584
    @idkwhatsgoingon4584 2 роки тому +32

    Not only did we release this menace, but for an "athlete" who I bet if you asked her fans about her stats and career, couldn't tell you crap

    • @dwl3006
      @dwl3006 2 роки тому +3

      Her career is irrelevant.

    • @idkwhatsgoingon4584
      @idkwhatsgoingon4584 2 роки тому

      @@dwl3006 actually it is, if your important enough to release a terriost, than your so called fans should be able to tell why your so important.

    • @dwl3006
      @dwl3006 2 роки тому +1

      @@idkwhatsgoingon4584 Her citizenship is what makes her important, not her career. Imagine if a 15-year-old American citizen was arrested or held hostage, and you'd say "oh but they don't even have a career so let's leave them to rot or die"
      I am not even saying we should have made the deal, but whether we should or shouldn't have, has absolutely F all to do with her career.
      She was an American citizen and that's all that's needed to warrant the protection of the United States.
      Just think about Israel's policies towards its citizens.

    • @idkwhatsgoingon4584
      @idkwhatsgoingon4584 2 роки тому +2

      @@dwl3006 so we ingoring the fact that the Marine and teacher are also Us Citizens bit were fine leaving them there

    • @idkwhatsgoingon4584
      @idkwhatsgoingon4584 2 роки тому

      @@dwl3006 plus idc if their 15 or a citizen, it's not worth realizing a terrorist over

  • @chrishutchinson7611
    @chrishutchinson7611 5 років тому +27

    They used this guy to do the dirty work. They even admitted they worked with him

  • @aldogaviria3181
    @aldogaviria3181 2 роки тому +7

    American News Media 2010: “Victor Bout is a dangerous man and must be stopped”
    American News Media 2022 after he was traded for Britney Griner: “Ehh Bout isn’t that bad”

  • @ZombieProdigyUS
    @ZombieProdigyUS 7 років тому +23

    Why don't they just mind their business and let him sell??? Not our country, not our problem.

    • @dillhole2800
      @dillhole2800 6 років тому +3

      Zombie Prodigy it can easily become your problem lmao

    • @pastamane7167
      @pastamane7167 6 років тому +1

      cuz hes evil

    • @huzcer
      @huzcer 4 роки тому +5

      You don't really understand then how the US created 9-11 for itself in Afghanistan in the 1980's

    • @Calvbread
      @Calvbread 3 роки тому

      Wtf

  • @hoochdeeznuts5270
    @hoochdeeznuts5270 6 років тому +42

    Love how they threw him under the bus while the majority of the time he was running guns for the federal government

  • @blackmatterlives9865
    @blackmatterlives9865 2 роки тому +12

    "Trade him for the basketball guy"- Biden

  • @adamcuneo7189
    @adamcuneo7189 2 роки тому +19

    "We got this man in custody, it's an absolutely great feeling." Lmao, and I bet he would never have imagined or expected of what would happen 12 years later.

    • @that1guy167
      @that1guy167 2 роки тому

      I wonder if he voted for Biden? And if he did I wonder if he regrets it. Laughing not laughing

  • @ReadTheMusic
    @ReadTheMusic 4 роки тому +44

    Viktor Bout, Barry Seal. All legends. I'm not saying they're moral, legal or right; I'm just saying they're legends.

  • @robdlc438
    @robdlc438 2 роки тому +42

    I’m surprised this hasn’t been censored yet. Maybe they’ll just edit it and say the DEA profiled him and set him up.

    • @fartkerson
      @fartkerson 2 роки тому

      Despite the proof that this hasn't been censored by it's existence alone you have somehow proven to yourself that it's already been censored. It's like you're propagandizing yourself with your own stupidity.

  • @joeylewis2912
    @joeylewis2912 2 роки тому +16

    So we just traded the " merchant of death " for a pot smoking lesbian basketball player sounds like a good trade good job joe biden

    • @cornonthecob1268
      @cornonthecob1268 2 роки тому

      It's Joseph Biden!@

    • @donw3861
      @donw3861 2 роки тому

      LGBTQ+ and BLM is all that matters.... 😜👍🥰

  • @damianb2702
    @damianb2702 8 років тому +106

    it's like putting a car salesman in jail because car accidents kill people.

    • @hoedemakerbart
      @hoedemakerbart 8 років тому +8

      yeah, he only sold weapons. But he sold it on the black market, that's why they wanted him.

    • @lou4781
      @lou4781 8 років тому +33

      That is one of the most idiotic analogies I've ever heard.

    • @damianb2702
      @damianb2702 8 років тому +1

      spudnic88 i can bet you I am way more educated than you are boy.

    • @KA-iq2ko
      @KA-iq2ko 6 років тому +3

      car salesman? what about automobile manufacturers?

    • @crand20033
      @crand20033 2 роки тому

      You can go anywhere to buy cars. But plotters against US interests can't just go anywhere to buy a weapons like stinger missiles, grenades, and five hundred AK-47's.

  • @markblocker4969
    @markblocker4969 2 роки тому +8

    The interview we need now is from that detective 😂

  • @GGMcMurray
    @GGMcMurray 2 роки тому +4

    And democrats talk bout gun control

  • @Eric-steele
    @Eric-steele 5 років тому +15

    Pot calling the kettle black

    • @jaygill5582
      @jaygill5582 5 років тому

      Can we use African American instead?

  • @Xxmeca421xX
    @Xxmeca421xX 2 роки тому +6

    This will go down in history as the worst trade of prisoners by a president.

  • @connorriley7511
    @connorriley7511 2 роки тому +14

    I wonder how these guys feel now, all that hard work just to let him walk and not even get the better end of the deal smh.

  • @MrKryonix
    @MrKryonix 7 років тому +8

    This is just the alphabet agencies taking out competition, the largest arms dealers in the world are the alphabets.

    • @hoondaily270
      @hoondaily270 3 роки тому

      I wish they would holler at all the boog boiz and cut us a deal we also like guns !!

  • @youlikedyourowncomment5151
    @youlikedyourowncomment5151 2 роки тому +7

    So they want to trade a wnba player who couldnt dunk on command for a guy 2 people in this doc said is "the most dangerous person on the planet", "THE MOST DANGEROUS PERSON ON THE PLANET!!!!!", sounds like a fair trade.

    • @KristinaUSA-x5n
      @KristinaUSA-x5n 2 роки тому +2

      A WNBA player with a skeleton tattoo and See No Evil.

  • @nitrospice1222
    @nitrospice1222 2 роки тому +16

    The CIA has a rich history of doing exactly what Viktor Bout did.

    • @purplespeckledappleeater8738
      @purplespeckledappleeater8738 2 роки тому

      Bout was working with the Russians to do exactly that. The Russian Government made it very clear the wanted revenge for the Soviet-Afghan War.

  • @corymccollett1427
    @corymccollett1427 2 роки тому +81

    I feel like it would be real smug of us to act like we don’t have our own Victor Bouts running around in the shadows.

    • @Justin-fg2im
      @Justin-fg2im 2 роки тому +14

      We do its called the "Military Industrial Complex"

    • @wallwrittR
      @wallwrittR 2 роки тому +3

      Fr! The pros don’t get caught. We wouldn’t know about them unless they did get caught

    • @dls951
      @dls951 2 роки тому +3

      the question is who would be dumb enough to trade Victor Bouts for a gay basketball player?
      I'll tell ya in 3 words, Joe'tato!

    • @rideout963
      @rideout963 2 роки тому

      Definitely Bouts competition

    • @jimmiematho8082
      @jimmiematho8082 2 роки тому +1

      I don't understand what you're saying our own Victor boat he was our boy he did 1150 deliveries for us....USA.

  • @loone7256
    @loone7256 2 роки тому +21

    I wonder how these guys are feeling about all this work being ruined for Britney griner 🤣🤣

    • @YusuphYT
      @YusuphYT 2 роки тому

      What work. The man is as innocent as we are. We commit these same crimes everyday. We should be hung with him. Otherwise let him go!

    • @keeloweoac9397
      @keeloweoac9397 2 роки тому

      Woah

    • @wicked1rish
      @wicked1rish 2 роки тому

      not sure why its funny. its fken sad

    • @b1bbscraz3y
      @b1bbscraz3y 2 роки тому

      "all this work" as if they didn't know everything about where he was as a result of literally contributing to his profits by doing business with him. hmm, strange virtue signaling going on here recently

  • @File-xo5if
    @File-xo5if 2 роки тому +3

    The pot calling the kettle black.....

  • @cpmow831
    @cpmow831 2 роки тому +11

    “Unknowingly worked with two of his companies”. Just like there were WMDs in Iraq…

  • @goEZfuller9
    @goEZfuller9 2 роки тому +5

    USA don't like competition

  • @Mark-tb1zq
    @Mark-tb1zq 2 роки тому +9

    The United States talking about someone being a Merchant Of Death ☠️ is absolutely hilarious 😂

    • @mardichaios4422
      @mardichaios4422 2 роки тому +1

      True lol

    • @slimetruck
      @slimetruck 2 роки тому +1

      True but he’s one man though supplying whole civil wars that’s crazy

    • @seanin1990
      @seanin1990 2 роки тому

      Merchant of Death meet The Master of Death.

    • @itzamia
      @itzamia 2 роки тому +1

      @@seanin1990 Is that going to be you? Are you going to throw on a costume that says Master and wear a big D mask?
      Meet the Master of Death☠️👻

    • @b1bbscraz3y
      @b1bbscraz3y 2 роки тому

      @@slimetruck worse than one single country's government killing untold numbers of innocent civilians in multiple countries with little to no good justification for decades?

  • @Nolaready
    @Nolaready 2 роки тому +3

    Viktor probably watching this, smoking a fat cigar, still in shock that the United States traded him for a lesbian. 😂😂😂

  • @user-td6rb
    @user-td6rb 2 роки тому +11

    those DEA agents are definitely seething rn

  • @PsychAtreides
    @PsychAtreides Рік тому +1

    He essentially does what the US does all over the world.

  • @PhoenixAscending
    @PhoenixAscending 2 роки тому +3

    And we let him go for a female basketball player, who would not even stand for the flag and anthem. Disgraceful

  • @steveo999
    @steveo999 2 роки тому +12

    Lord of war II in the making I guess? Hopefully Brittany gets a cameo

    • @baomao7243
      @baomao7243 2 роки тому

      ROFL

    • @TH-mh1pk
      @TH-mh1pk 2 роки тому +1

      Lord of War 2 with special guest, Brittany Griner!

  • @bobdollaz3391
    @bobdollaz3391 2 роки тому +4

    I would've freed Bout and told Russia to keep Brad Grinder

  • @redilex4964
    @redilex4964 2 роки тому +1

    We traded a unloaded semi automatic rifle for a bag of weed. 😂😂😂 . Yep that is America for you.

  • @MoneyOverFame
    @MoneyOverFame 9 років тому +37

    "Lord of war" movie on Netflix brought me here.

  • @elitesnipzz1744
    @elitesnipzz1744 2 роки тому +3

    Best trade ever made in the history of the WNBA “He is the most dangerous man on the face of the planet”

  • @FlyingSkyy
    @FlyingSkyy 2 роки тому +10

    Well... yall don't got him no more LMAO

    • @szlava3641
      @szlava3641 2 роки тому

      Lets go Brandon 🙄🙄🙄

    • @vich3359
      @vich3359 2 роки тому

      @@szlava3641 trump would've traded him for nothing if daddy Putin had asked 😂😂

    • @szlava3641
      @szlava3641 2 роки тому

      @@vich3359 Get some mental help ASAP. Insurance covers it. You're still stuck on that narrative? 🙄

  • @jessicaholden7216
    @jessicaholden7216 2 роки тому +34

    They just let him go he is only 55. He is still really young. We’re in big trouble.

    • @brianhassett1994
      @brianhassett1994 2 роки тому +4

      We're going to have to deal with Griner's big mouth also.

    • @Almostthere1234
      @Almostthere1234 2 роки тому +4

      @@brianhassett1994 they will treat her like Nelson Mandela

    • @brianhassett1994
      @brianhassett1994 2 роки тому

      @@Almostthere1234 Expect a book.

    • @Almostthere1234
      @Almostthere1234 2 роки тому +1

      @@brianhassett1994 from her?

    • @davonross1022
      @davonross1022 2 роки тому

      @@brianhassett1994 O nah the book coming soon probably an HR and a half Hulu doc on how the lag was

  • @BTM866
    @BTM866 2 роки тому +3

    And now he's going to be released for someone caught with a vape pen because she is slightly famous 😂

    • @bersanji
      @bersanji 2 роки тому

      She deserves the deal.

  • @brad25ism
    @brad25ism 2 роки тому +1

    Victor Bout was not supplying arms to U.S. soldiers in IRAQ, what they failed to tell you is he was supplying U.S. arms to the other side that's why they wanted him so bad. The U.S. is the worlds top arms manufacturer and sales... even our enemies have American made weapons bought from our allies.

  • @capitalist4life
    @capitalist4life 9 років тому +61

    If someone commits a murder, you can't blame the guy who sold him the weapon. Bout's customers, not Bout himself, are responsible for their crimes.

    • @dct4lif
      @dct4lif 9 років тому +5

      capitalist4life The man was set up watch BBC documentary on Viktor Bout. Its amazing how the propaganda media in the US can make an innocent man into a "merchant of death"

    • @capitalist4life
      @capitalist4life 9 років тому +6

      ***** Agreed. The USA was probably the source of Israel's (secret) nuclear weapon stockpile too. They're not quite as religiously extreme as the Saudis though.

    • @alexmason113
      @alexmason113 8 років тому +1

      capitalist4life luv ur way of thinking and username

  • @OkaneHaus
    @OkaneHaus 3 роки тому +4

    4:02 "Victor Bout's tentacles reached so far and so deep..."
    Sounds like hentai...
    I'll just excuse myself now...

  • @ryanharris9196
    @ryanharris9196 2 роки тому +10

    I've never gone to a comment section so fast in my life

  • @joerogaine3093
    @joerogaine3093 2 роки тому +7

    We should've at least gotten the imprisoned US Marine for him.

    • @wicked1rish
      @wicked1rish 2 роки тому

      Nah... he was a marine and anyone who defends America for its freedoms is public enemy #1 to the democrats. If he had spit on our country we would have got him back though

  • @malcolmferguson4869
    @malcolmferguson4869 2 роки тому +6

    Biden released this man in exchange for a basketball player...

  • @johnsonfoster7903
    @johnsonfoster7903 2 роки тому +8

    this is the dude we’re swapping for brittney Griner?

  • @littlebabyhoho6750
    @littlebabyhoho6750 2 роки тому +30

    Someone please archive this video and everything else you can find about this guy. After what just happened, it may start to be censored.

    • @obosumba
      @obosumba 2 роки тому

      Don’t be stupid. Why would this be censored? Neither Russia nor Putin control CBS. But they just might control Fox.

    • @vich3359
      @vich3359 2 роки тому +2

      I bet you wear tin foil 😂

    • @philipstowers4741
      @philipstowers4741 2 роки тому

      Why does everybody keep saying it'll be deleted/censored?

  • @luisk6007
    @luisk6007 2 роки тому +14

    Russia better throw in some protected first round picks in the Britney trade smh

    • @---kr3zg
      @---kr3zg 2 роки тому +2

      Lmao 🤣

    • @optimusprime-fr4rc
      @optimusprime-fr4rc 2 роки тому

      Lol . They traded this monster guy for britney 😂😂

    • @MadeBySwan_
      @MadeBySwan_ 2 роки тому +1

      How tf you predict this 🤔

    • @fleischwolf82
      @fleischwolf82 2 роки тому

      @@MadeBySwan_ was obvious from the start

    • @MadeBySwan_
      @MadeBySwan_ 2 роки тому

      @@fleischwolf82 it was obvious a war lord was gonna get traded for a WNBA basketball player ?

  • @LDPIX
    @LDPIX 2 роки тому +11

    Why tf they didnt get paul whelan out as well is a massive failure.

    • @szlava3641
      @szlava3641 2 роки тому +4

      He didnt fill out all the boxes on the diversity checklist.

    • @Vennillion
      @Vennillion 2 роки тому

      @@szlava3641 he filled out all the wrong check boxes

    • @b1bbscraz3y
      @b1bbscraz3y 2 роки тому +1

      because that's how negotiations work 12 year old

  • @---kr3zg
    @---kr3zg 2 роки тому +6

    Sleepy Joe is about to let the merchant of death go for a basketball player lmao 🤣

  • @mrspacely603
    @mrspacely603 2 роки тому +23

    Im surprised not a whole lot of ppl have came through here recently with the Griner situation going on.
    This swap cannot happen... Its a huge national security issue if he gets out man..
    I hope they come to an understanding and bring her back. But man.. Idk about this one.

    • @ABC-48483
      @ABC-48483 2 роки тому +10

      Russia can keep griner, USA doesn't want her back

    • @demarcusmac2813
      @demarcusmac2813 2 роки тому +9

      It's not gone happen. Russia just asked cuz they no he not getting out.

    • @columbusohio72
      @columbusohio72 2 роки тому +1

      Everyone doesnt have all the free time like you do

    • @jacktheripper5661
      @jacktheripper5661 2 роки тому +5

      A dangerous arms dealer named “the merchant of death” for a gay woman’s basketball player who’s only crime was having a vape pen. Yeah keep her there.

    • @myviews9369
      @myviews9369 2 роки тому +1

      Good deal,
      Ginger is African +Gay so she canbe traded for anyone

  • @doodlenoi
    @doodlenoi 2 роки тому +12

    I wonder what NATO thinks about them trading the merchant of death to Russia during a war lol.

  • @ohenetwum3358
    @ohenetwum3358 2 роки тому +2

    The US didn't 'unwittingly' collaborate with him at one point in time, they knew exactly who he was but saw the advantage in working with him. The partnership of convenience.

  • @JavTheRipper
    @JavTheRipper 7 років тому +36

    Why did the DEA go after him and not the ATF?

    • @sz42781
      @sz42781 6 років тому +7

      Jav The Ripper Probably reciving payment in drugs, easier to nail him for the drugs

    • @jakebeninato9938
      @jakebeninato9938 5 років тому +4

      Jav The Ripper I know this comment is a year-Old, but the “Hunting LeRoux” book (about cybercrime lord Paul LeRoux), explains that the DEA has an elite team called the 960 Group, which specializes in doing these types of high-end, international targets, and were personally asked by the US Treasury to get Bout. Plus, Bout sold weapons to narco-terrorist groups like FARC in Colombia and more.

    • @MrMaxyield
      @MrMaxyield 5 років тому +10

      DEA is worldwide...
      ATF is within US borders only...

    • @messyj3527
      @messyj3527 4 роки тому +1

      Jake Beninato the fact that the treasury asked them to get Bout is a dead giveaway that the only reason he was arrested is money

    • @someguy5444
      @someguy5444 2 роки тому

      @@MrMaxyield wait how? Like they literally are just inside the borders and if they ever splash out it's pure corruption. They have no right to the world 😂

  • @ShadyCool
    @ShadyCool 2 роки тому +1

    If Bout resumes his arms trade for Russia, he won’t be arrested the next time he’s caught because there’s no point in wasting that effort.

  • @R2Manny
    @R2Manny 2 роки тому +4

    I wonder how the DEA feels about all this in 2022… 😅

  • @benjaminkell3726
    @benjaminkell3726 2 роки тому +1

    Crazy the DEA failed for so long they have such a history of winning 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @JakubRosman
    @JakubRosman 2 роки тому +4

    All this just reminds me of the ending scene in the movie Lord of War where Yuri said he won't be put away but some important big wig is going come through the door and say that he's free to go.

  • @michaeljohn8905
    @michaeljohn8905 2 роки тому +1

    I love my country but the Hypocrisy is palatable .

  • @modernwize
    @modernwize 2 роки тому +6

    we all know why you came here.
    - disappointment.