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In reply to the discussion: BREAKING: Venezuelan President Maduro WILL GIVE political asylum to Snowden (updated) [View all]rso
(2,271 posts)This is an issue where I part ways with my DU friends. I am a progressive who joined DU last year and enjoyed reading posts and opinions from like-minded individuals. However, I most vigorously disagree with the Snowden love-fest that I see here. He is nothing but a self-serving, headline hunter who admits that he obtained his job for the sole purpose of betraying the Nation. He escaped to China and is now in Moscow. Of course, we all know that China and Russia are beacons of freedom and transparency !. If he had genuinely committed his act for idealistic reasons, he would have turned himself in. But Snowden is in it for the fame, the headlines and for what he hopes will be a comfortable life somewhere in exile. I sincerely hope that his escape plans fail and that he is brought back to the US to face justice.