The hyperbole is getting thick. [View all]

[ProSense]

President Obama is "incompetent," an embarrassed "tyrant," leader of the evil and dying "empire," etc.

Just because countries are using the lastest incident to jockey for position, that doesn't mean these countries are somehow more virtuous. In fact, many of them are among the worst human rights violators (http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023112872)

Remember when many people were waving the fake travel document and snark by Ecuador's President Correa as the last word?

Ecuador to US: Go f*** yourself.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/27/1219373/-Ecuador-to-US-Go-f-yourself

Within days, the story unraveled.

Ecuador threatens legal action against leaker of invalid travel document for Snowden
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023114430

Ecuadoran President Correa Gives VP Biden An Earful
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023130093

Ecuador

No. The president, Rafael Correa, said he was not considering Snowden's asylum request. In an interview with the Guardian, Correa said Snowden would have to reach Ecuadorean territory before the country would consider any asylum request. The US has cancelled Snowden's passport, and Correa said his government would not give Snowden an authorised travel document to extract himself from Moscow airport. "The right of asylum request is one thing, but helping someone travel from one country to another – Ecuador has never done this."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/02/edward-snowden-nsa-asylum-application-list-countries

Ecuador Defends Domestic Surveillance

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Cléver Jiménez, a member of Ecuador’s legislature who was sued in 2011 for libeling President Rafael Correa and was recently sentenced to 18 months in prison for the same offense, released a statement on Thursday criticizing the government for its involvement with Snowden and WikiLeaks in light of its own surveillance practices, calling them an “attack on civilian security and the human rights of Ecuadoreans.”

Jiménez called the situation with Snowden and Julian Assange, who has been living at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for over a year, a “smokescreen to distract the world and the country from the serious corruption of the government.”

Jiménez criticized Correa’s government for the documents published by BuzzFeed, finding the letter related to a possible drone deal to be most alarming.

“An alarming detail is that this last purchase is for the creation of drones, unmanned aerial vehicles, which are used for surveillance programs,” Jiménez said.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/ecuador-defends-domestic-surveillance

The Errors of Edward Snowden and His Global Hypocrisy Tour
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002311287272

Here we go again.

Why are countries still cooperating with the United States on Snowden?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023156720

Why Won’t Anyone Take Edward Snowden?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023162351

Here's the deal: The same people who were pushing for President Obama to be primaried and impeached, calling for him to step down, and trying to convince people that he was going to lose big are still at it.

Here's my position: He is still the one of the best Presidents this country has ever had. Hands down.