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11. Correa wants to poke Obama in the eye

Reply to Puglover (Reply #8)

Sun Jun 23, 2013, 11:56 AM

Jun 2013

what happens when Obama pokes back?

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Guardian now reporting that it looks like Ecuador is Snowden's destination [View all] cali Jun 2013 OP

Per CNN, the Ecuadorian Ambassador has traveled to the airport hotel... Cooley Hurd Jun 2013 #1

Ecuador has been on the Twitter and Breaking sites since early this am. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #96

"It is not clear how he was allowed to leave Hong Kong if this happened." dipsydoodle Jun 2013 #2

FYI - You need a passport to board an airplane in Hong Kong jsr Jun 2013 #9

That is probably true of all airports for international flights dipsydoodle Jun 2013 #81

The issue is the extradition, which, if Hong Kong had honored it, pnwmom Jun 2013 #19

The US paperwork was bad. Lol. dkf Jun 2013 #34

Yes, that was what they said. Whatever that meant. n/t pnwmom Jun 2013 #40

Well I suppose I could've three words instead of one dipsydoodle Jun 2013 #77

So the other poster is stupid because you didn't understand their point? pnwmom Jun 2013 #86

No - that remark wasn't directed at the poster dipsydoodle Jun 2013 #89

I didn't "maliciously redirect" your statement. That's another problem with name-calling. pnwmom Jun 2013 #91

try getting on an international flight without a passport (or visa if also needed) WolverineDG Jun 2013 #29

Ed would have a passport now, though treestar Jun 2013 #51

They would if they knew the destination country would let him in muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #79

My brother on one occasion left his passport at an hotel in Amsterdam. dipsydoodle Jun 2013 #90

It is not clear because he was supposed to have been arrested pnwmom Jun 2013 #87

CNN reporting US has asked Cuba and Ecuador to either not let Snowden in or to expel him Catherina Jun 2013 #3

they look pathetic and desperate and I hope like hell that Cuba and Ecuador and cali Jun 2013 #4

U.S. is looking really bad the more they press Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #5

Well, if Cuba doesn't comply, we'll slap an embargo on them....oh, wait.... Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #6

Cuba will trade Snowden for some US concessions in a heartbeat hack89 Jun 2013 #10

Now this is an idea I like flamingdem Jun 2013 #12

I think Cuba should go for economic concessions hack89 Jun 2013 #14

True. That would be GREAT! flamingdem Jun 2013 #17

Unless it was political concessions, no Cuba wouldn't. David__77 Jun 2013 #49

With Hugo Chavez gone, Cuba is once again walking an economic tightrope hack89 Jun 2013 #70

Nonsense. Daniel537 Jun 2013 #97

Hugo wrecked the economy hack89 Jun 2013 #104

The US would never consider this. Daniel537 Jun 2013 #98

Time will tell hack89 Jun 2013 #105

The actions of a desperate man LittleBlue Jun 2013 #22

Are they our "allies" now too? nt bemildred Jun 2013 #31

If Ecuador allows Snowden in, will there be punitive economic sanctions against Ecuador put Zorra Jun 2013 #44

I don't see what Cuba has to gain but Ecuador might not want to treestar Jun 2013 #52

Apparently Hong Kong wasn't the boneheaded move some suggested. DirkGently Jun 2013 #7

You mean they did a soft shoe trying to explain their lack of backbone? flamingdem Jun 2013 #20

Hong Kong has a reputation as a haven for dissidents. DirkGently Jun 2013 #23

They reported in their HK papers that they'd asked for China to intervene flamingdem Jun 2013 #25

There is no indication information has been given to China. DirkGently Jun 2013 #32

'lack of backbone'? muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #24

My position is we don't know who Snowden is and so far he will give info flamingdem Jun 2013 #28

But you think arresting him would have been a brave move by Hong Kong muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #37

Hong Kong is irrelevant, read up on how China is in charge of all national security there flamingdem Jun 2013 #41

So you think it's *China* that would have been brave to do what the USA tells it? muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #46

If they care about relations with the US rather than a momentary coup flamingdem Jun 2013 #50

So 'backbone' was a reference to long-term strategic relations? muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #54

How deep do you think corporate persons' (who have been mining data ever since 2001, the patrice Jun 2013 #45

I don't know what you're asking at all muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #53

Responding to why he wasn't arrested. If the government is owned by corporate persons, who patrice Jun 2013 #61

I'd have thought anyone who doesn't want him to reveal any more would want a quick arrest muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #75

It can be a mistake to assume that we know everything about how/why the 1% acts as it does... patrice Jun 2013 #82

Actually, we should go all of the way back, not just 2001, because corporate attorneys are NOT patrice Jun 2013 #58

Or the dutiful apologists for them. villager Jun 2013 #55

You really should phrase that as a possible PART of a diverse whole, because "them" who patrice Jun 2013 #64

well, Patrice, it probably scales up from family/school systems when we're young villager Jun 2013 #69

I completely agree. The PRICE of avoiding the positives & negatives of this will be higher than patrice Jun 2013 #74

Correa and Ecuador bashing begins in 5...4...3 Puglover Jun 2013 #8

Correa wants to poke Obama in the eye hack89 Jun 2013 #11

Correa is an idiot if he takes Snowden flamingdem Jun 2013 #13

You think he would have learned with Assange. nt hack89 Jun 2013 #15

i think you discount the resentment and anger that many countries feel toward the U.S. cali Jun 2013 #42

I know about that flamingdem Jun 2013 #47

The world will see it in a bad light Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #18

Just like they united behind Assange ... oh wait. hack89 Jun 2013 #21

You are wrong Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #26

What reason does the world have to care about Snowden? hack89 Jun 2013 #67

You mean like Bunnypants did when Correa didn't Puglover Jun 2013 #72

The Manta airbase was a minor issue hack89 Jun 2013 #73

The last time the US tried it blew up spectacularly Catherina Jun 2013 #30

I love it here Catherina. Puglover Jun 2013 #48

That looks like my view in Guatemala! Catherina Jun 2013 #56

We have two ensuite spare bedrooms. Puglover Jun 2013 #63

I will, I will! Catherina Jun 2013 #68

Just curious, NOT AN ATTACK ON ECUADOR: Is that volcanic? nt patrice Jun 2013 #76

Imbabura. You have a good eye. Puglover Jun 2013 #80

My daughter lives in the Northwest, so I worry. I have been in an extinct volcanoe patrice Jun 2013 #83

Tungurahua to the south Puglover Jun 2013 #84

Cue Ecuador bashing. The Link Jun 2013 #16

Here comes the bashers Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #27

Let them bash away. Puglover Jun 2013 #33

Propaganda from either direction is still propaganda. Do you oppose the spread of free information? patrice Jun 2013 #38

First they have to learn a little bit about Ecuador Catherina Jun 2013 #57

Isn't that the country where the Bush's bought enormous real estate sitting on top of patrice Jun 2013 #35

Yes, that was Paraguay (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #39

Thanks! Forgive me for being so lazy about googling. Just tired & fed up here! nt patrice Jun 2013 #65

Goddam Ecuadorite commies!!!1!!111 QC Jun 2013 #36

I wonder if next thing Alexander will do nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #43

Ecuador might want to stay away from small planes... leeroysphitz Jun 2013 #59

So.... liberalmuse Jun 2013 #60

Some of my concerns include people who consider it a matter of "conscience" that others should patrice Jun 2013 #85

Here's a copy of the Ecuador/US Extradition Treaty Catherina Jun 2013 #62

Final destnation per Guardian is Ecuador Progressive dog Jun 2013 #66

Good! Now the only thing Snowden has to worry about is getting stabbed with an icepick. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #71

At least Snowden can travel Jeneral2885 Jun 2013 #78

Any damage Snowden may have done has been done. MineralMan Jun 2013 #88

actually, that's wrong. cali Jun 2013 #92

All probably at the same modest level of MineralMan Jun 2013 #94

There's one significant difference here. You were a member of the USAF. scarletwoman Jun 2013 #93

There were many priivate contractors then, too. MineralMan Jun 2013 #95

Well, the contractors didn't divulge anything, one of their employees did. scarletwoman Jun 2013 #99

Most employees at NSA MineralMan Jun 2013 #100

If you're directly employed by a government agency, you're a government employee. scarletwoman Jun 2013 #101

Well, I bow to your extensive personal knowledge. MineralMan Jun 2013 #102

Oh please. You want a National Security State in the hands of private corporations? scarletwoman Jun 2013 #103