NYT: Barring of Bolivian Plane Infuriates Latin America as Snowden Case Widens

[MADem]

47. Uh OH..... Your Catholic.Org and South China Morning Post cites are ....er...not operative.

Maybe YOU should check YOUR facts before getting all shirty with me. Another way to handle that, instead of getting smartass with that "offering your opinion" snark, might be to say "Say, what's your SOURCE for that assertion?"

Which I will gleefully--yes, gleefully--provide. You just don't have to be So. Damn. Mean. Why you delight it it, I've no idea. It doesn't help your argument, to get all snippy and pissy like that.

No matter how much you cheerlead, your pounding the keyboard ain't going to make a shit's worth of difference, so why be so doggone NASTY? Have a conversation, don't be constantly in High Invective Mode. It's TIRESOME.

Your link--and note the date, which is more recent than your sources: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/04/evo-morales-bolivia

Evo Morales: plane rerouting over Edward Snowden 'a provocation'
Bolivian president says he regrets offering NSA whistleblower asylum, but Europe should free itself from US imperialism

....Morales had suggested while in Russia that he would be willing to consider giving Snowden asylum in Bolivia.

"I regret this, but I want to say that some European countries should free themselves from North American imperialism," he said.....

It is still unclear whether European countries did block the plane and, if so, why. French, Spanish and Portuguese officials have all said the plane was allowed to cross their territory.

So, you see, I am not WRONG--you are.

Why would I make something like that up? I am interested in facts, no matter where they lead.

You want opinion? I will give you opinion. I think Pootie Poot was having a bit of fun, because RT--in English, in Spanish, in Russian--was on that story faster than anyone else. They had reporters in Vienna, ain't that special. Evo isn't stupid; he got more international "face time" out of this incident than he has ever received in his ENTIRE presidential career, which he managed to extend because they rewrote the Constitution, he got more name recognition, face recognition and more people are aware of "Bolivia" than were previous to this. It's a win-win-win for him. And because he's not stupid, he's not going to screw over his largest non-energy sector trading partner, either. He knows the difference between international trade agreements and tossing out bullshit invective for domestic and regional consumption. Something many people on this board can't parse, I've noticed.

At the end of the day, though--read it again--
Bolivian president says he regrets offering NSA whistleblower asylum.

Eddie had better not plan for a mountaineering holiday with Evo.