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In reply to the discussion: Edward Snowden: What To Expect When You're Defecting [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)10. When Putin's OPPOSITION says "Get the hell outta here," he's got to feel like he's been hung out to
dry: https://www.nsfwcorp.com/scribble/5595/4c86cbaf3b57ac2b44925571f9fe068e6626156c/
And then theres murdered opposition journalist Anna Politkovskayas newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, which broke its sullen silence to tell Snowden to leave Russia, where hes been making the oppositions life harder by making Putin look better:
Well, what can you say? If that infantile leftie Snowden really wanted to be a hero, he should return to the USA: crucify or not crucify, theyd probably give him 10 years, and hed do five.
Snowden wanted to become a digital worlds Christ without having to hang on the cross. Now Snowdens going to spend not five years, but the rest of his life as a guest of the FSB.
That, to me, is rather BRUTAL, particularly the "infantile leftie" and "digital world's Christ" remark. Of course, the more Snowden talks, the less likely it will be that they "give him ten, and he'll do five." He keeps running his mouth, and the damages mount. It's like he has a paint can and a brush, and he''s busily painting himself into a corner!
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Meanwhile GG sits woth his snug self in Brazil and Assauge is holding up in an embassey.
Thinkingabout
Jul 2013
#3
I have revealed the truth to you, I don't see myself as a whistleblower, now the truth
Thinkingabout
Jul 2013
#18
I do think they are fucking with him--they want him to go home. They don't really want to help him.
MADem
Jul 2013
#4
Yes, it seemed to start when RT said he could stay in the airport indefinately
flamingdem
Jul 2013
#6
When Putin's OPPOSITION says "Get the hell outta here," he's got to feel like he's been hung out to
MADem
Jul 2013
#10
Snowden won't see a reference to Lenin's "Left-Wing Communism: an Infantile Disorder"
struggle4progress
Jul 2013
#19
No it isn't. They're an investigative paper. Their focus is Russia--politicians, criminals, etc.
MADem
Jul 2013
#54
Russia runs on PUTIN time. If Putin wanted Snowden ensconced in a dacha, or a Moscow flat, that's
MADem
Jul 2013
#27