Annoyed by harsh White House rhetoric about Russia’s refusal to handover whistleblower Edward Snowden, Russian Interior Ministry officials lashed the US for its “hypocritical” policy when Russia is the one doing the asking.
According to the officials, the US routinely disregards extradition requests from Russian law enforcement, denying the extradition of accused murderers and on many occasions never even bothering to respond to the requests.
All of that is entirely legal, of course, as the US and Russia don’t have an extradition agreement. Still, it makes the feigned outrage of US officials over Russia’s refusal to turn over Snowden all the more perplexing.
Indeed, Snowden’s request falls into the category of asylum seekers, while many of the people Russia sought were never seeking asylum to begin with. When the US would respond, they did so exactly as Russia does with Snowden, simply noting the lack of an extradition treaty.
America just loves to collect all the criminals from the rest of the world. I guess they still can't overcome their history.
It's okay when we do it, but not okay when anyone else does it. This is the philosophy of twits, who should be disregarded at all times.
Twits, with a military that spends as much as the rest of the world combined, and the world's largest nuclear arsenal, still the only nation to nuke another nation's cities, and proud of it. Not your average "twits". American Exceptionalism is a doctrine that will eventually lead the world into conflagration, because at a certain point in time, the rest of the world will get tired of being pushed around. That's when push will turn to radioactive shove. And the loyal Democrats and Republicans will shout, "USA #1!"
Few days ago there a news mentioning that some fascists from second worl war live in USA and having a very good life, us government is not after these people but they want to get their hand on Snowden and Assange. you see, the enemy of the state is not the fascism, but rather those who tells the truth about the Neo fascism.
But, but, it's the US of A doing the demanding…and as EVERYONE knows, when the King of the World demands, the peasants and Horsemen of the Steppe kneel. Didn't you get the memo?
The American people need to move on from arresting Snowden to arresting the NSA officials who violated their civil rights.
Robert Seldon Lady.
Double-standards, double-speak and hypocrisy are and have been hallmarks of US hegemony.
and ML3 and you have forgotten the biggest of them all, Self importance!
Where else is there a country that writes laws for other countries to obey and demands that they be fulfilled!
The USA acts more and more like the British did prior to the Revolutionary War. Sooner or later the historical outcome will be the same too.