The embarrassment of the US forcing European Union member nations to down the plane of Bolivia’s President Evo Morales on the “hunch” that Edward Snowden was aboard continues today, with Morales finally getting back to Bolivia to lash the US over the matter.
Morales turned the forced landing of his plane an “open provocation,” and urged the European nations involved to free themselves of US influence and not get sucked into other humiliating endeavors.
Bolivia went on to spurn a US demand for Snowden’s extradition as “strange, illegal, unfounded and suggestive,” while the Union of South American Nations criticized the forcible search of Morales’ plane.
The push for Snowden’s extradition is particularly bizarre since the search came up empty and the whistleblower is known to still be in a Moscow airport. Russia is said to be growing impatient about his being stuck in the airport’s international zone, urging him to “choose a destination.” Since he can’t even theoretically leave without asylum, that could take awhile.
And what is Evo going to do about it? Nothing. How about Maduro, this is his chance to come out of the shadow of his "holy father" Chavez. The world still waits. Ortega? … One of the Castros, the one less dead? … Just tough babble against the Yankee empire, that's all we can expect from these losers.
And what is Russia whining about? Impatient with Snowden at the airport? Well, give him asylum or give him safe passage to an embassy. Maybe Snowden should take the offer and marry that hottie Chapman. Would that get him Russian citizenship? Or are fake marriages for citizenship an American exclusive. And what's with the Wikileaks lawyers? Are they out of ideas? Why not reapply for asylum in Russia. Surely an argument can be made that Snowden isn't hurting the US, but the rogue NSA is.
And what is USA is going to do when both the Europeans and South American government decides to close the us military bases in Europe and embassies in Latin America, @Rick.., would you join the army then or the mercenaries and move to amazon jungles start eating worm beheading native people and raping women to start with, like your kind of dud did in Iraq, in the other hand you are the creation of what is vulture capitalism system, it runs through you one can smell your kind from miles away.
Just try to imagine what Amerika’s reaction would be if Bolivia (or any other country) forced down Air Force One and kept Obama cooling his heels for 7 hours while searching his plane for people they didn’t like.
Just imagine the reaction.
The self-appointed world-police are chuck full of sloppy little nutjob conspiracy theorists.
The Russians should put Snowden on an official Russian plane bound for Iceland, on a course across all of Europe, and let the French, Spanish, Portuguese, et al try to force that friggin' plane down. But of course Putin, while no doubt enjoying the US/Obama panties-in-a-twist, likely wouldn't choose to be quite so provocative.
At this moment Snowden is safe, and perhaps in a little while he'll offer the Russkies a peek at those laptops of his in exchange for an "invisible" flight to Reykjavik.
Here's hoping Snowden wins this one.