Snowden's Poke in Obama's Eye

We got to see Edward Snowden on almost every news outlet, again today, wishing us all a Merry Christmas.  None of those outlets mentioned that he was not in Great Britain for this show, but in Russia, where he is not going to be allowed to speak unless it serves the Russian interests.  For an enlightening interview see Putin's press conference, where he talks about Snowden and spying, saying spying is a normal behavior in almost every country and not to be too concerned about it.   http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/12/19/putin-on-obama-i-envy-him-because-he-can-do-something-like-this-and-get-away-with-it/

At the same time, he is using Snowden to poke a finger in the eye of the U.S. President, almost every time he thinks he can.  His quote from the press conference was that he envied Obama because he could get away with it.  Then he jabs him with another Snowden interview, just to see if he will.

 Obama has done the same thing, so they are like two kindergarten children smacking each other, out of spite.  Billie Jean King, who Obama sends to Russia to represent the U.S.,  is not going to make him any friends in a town where the mayor has threatened to arrest any openly gay person.  We shall see when the time comes, how that works out for either of them, but Snowden is something else.

Snowden is a daily reminder that Obama acts like every other world leader when he spies.  The Chinese, Russians, Israelis, French, Germans, and British have all gotten caught spying, probably more than once, in the last few years.   The world expected something else from Obama, and we have to wonder what that was.  Maybe that was why he managed to get a Nobel Peace Prize before his Presidential jet ever got warmed up.  The world thought he was different.  Putin is telling us, he wasn't.        Amazon books: