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Knight to queen's bishop 3 - Snowden charged with espionage.
40hz:
On the BBC Snowden meeting in Moscow with Human Rights Lawyers:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23283684
-Carol Haynes (July 12, 2013, 04:23 PM)
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I think this part of the mentioned article pretty much says all there is to say that's of any substance:
The Kremlin repeated its earlier condition on Friday.
"Mr Snowden could hypothetically stay in Russia if he first, completely stops the activities harming our American partners and US-Russian relations and, second, if he asks for this himself," President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
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Mr. Putin has got what he wanted, A chance to posture for his young nationalistic supporters and trash talk the USA for a bit. But now that the showboating is over, it's time for Mr. Putin, Politburo street thug that he is, to get back down to doing business with the other rival gang before the situation gets out of hand.
Russia is holding a badger by the hind leg with Mr. Snowden. And now it's Washington's turn to enjoy watching Russia try to figure out how they're going to drop it and not get bit after all the previous tough talk to the world press about being an "independent nation" and not dancing to the Obama administration's tune.
This back and forth is almost a moment of comic relief in the larger tragedy.
:(
Renegade:
Russia is holding a badger by the hind leg with Mr. Snowden. And now it's Washington's turn to enjoy watching Russia try to figure out how they're going to drop it and not get bit after all the previous tough talk to the world press about being an "independent nation" and not dancing to the Obama administration's tune.
-40hz (July 12, 2013, 05:03 PM)
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It's very simple. Cop out by citing the UN and international law, etc. etc.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/12/edward-snowden-to-meet-amnesty-and-human-rights-watch-at-moscow-airport-live-coverag
http://wikileaks.org/Statement-by-Edward-Snowden-to.html
The only ones here that are between a rock and a hard place are the US politicians.
Woohoo for typewriters~! :P :D
cmpm:
PERHAPS the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not YET sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing WRONG, gives it a superficial appearance of being RIGHT, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.
Paine, Thomas (2009-10-04). Common Sense (p. 1). Public Domain Books. Kindle Edition.
40hz:
The only ones here that are between a rock and a hard place are the US politicians
-Renegade (July 12, 2013, 07:28 PM)
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How little you know about US politicians and intel apparatchiks if you believe that makes any difference.
Squeeze slime between a rock and a hard place and it simply oozes out and then reconstitutes as a brand new puddle of slime.
:P
40hz:
the Chess analogy is an interesting one
-TaoPhoenix (July 12, 2013, 09:10 AM)
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Especially considering chess is a rather unusual game where both sides start out evenly matched, and begin the game with as much as they're ever going to have. After that, it's a matter of not making more mistakes than your opponent does.
In some respects, it's not really possible to 'win' a chess game in the traditional sense of the word. All you can do is try your best not to lose
And the only way that can happen is if your opponent makes more mistakes than you do.
I think that's exactly what's going on with Snowden's asylum bid. None of the players (except for some overly vocal elements in the American government) are trying to win anything. They're just trying very hard not to lose in what has since become a war of words.
Welcome to The Village, Mr. Snowden!. ;)
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