other benefit conferred on the hostage takers putting the value on the american citizen and an incentive or would be hostage takers around the world. people have a concern for the individual taken. a president has to have a humanitarian concern for the 30 million americans who are potential hostages. can you leave brittney griner rotting in a penal colony? no. it doesn t mean you do a swap. you put more pressure on the russians. what if that doesn t work? she stuck there. women s basketball player. have you put enough pressure on them? the other point is if you want to be in the swap business it ought to be like for like. the problem we face is that russians, terrorists trump up