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Response to MattSh (Reply #12)

Of course...And, as a practical matter BeyondGeography Mar 2014 #1
For many it's both a lever and a fulcrum big enough to move the Earth. n/t Igel Mar 2014 #8
He'd have to be stupid to come back ohheckyeah Mar 2014 #2
he doesn't want to live in a country that spies on its citizens arely staircase Mar 2014 #6
Viktor Shenderovich just laughed BeyondGeography Mar 2014 #10
He would be an idiot to come home at this time. Mojorabbit Mar 2014 #31
True that. n/t ohheckyeah Mar 2014 #49
+1 Scuba Mar 2014 #110
Exactly. n/t Titonwan Mar 2014 #125
agreed nt G_j Mar 2014 #126
Well said. Plus he is stuck in Russia because the US pulled his passport, not by his own choice. nt cui bono Mar 2014 #135
He chose to fly there. idendoit Mar 2014 #143
and....? cui bono Mar 2014 #146
Do you do so as a thief, liar and traitor? idendoit Mar 2014 #147
Possibly. How does that change anything? cui bono Mar 2014 #148
Well, then the US government is well within the law... idendoit Mar 2014 #149
You're not proving me wrong here. What is your point? cui bono Mar 2014 #150
He's stuck in Russia because he chose to flee there. idendoit Mar 2014 #152
No, he is stuck in Russia because the US govt revoked his passport. cui bono Mar 2014 #156
Your not proving me wrong here. What's your point? idendoit Mar 2014 #159
I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was dealing with a jr. high school kid. cui bono Mar 2014 #164
I agree, it must be quite the burden. idendoit Mar 2014 #185
AND Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #182
Capt. Obtuse? Quo vadis? idendoit Mar 2014 #183
Cui hit the nail on the head Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #184
No, he doesn't want to disappear ohheckyeah Mar 2014 #50
he and putin will teach us to love the motherland arely staircase Mar 2014 #58
But for most, love of the motherland ohheckyeah Mar 2014 #84
We didn't used to be "homeland" Art_from_Ark Mar 2014 #170
Yes, and I find it offensive. ohheckyeah Mar 2014 #172
He is in Russia because the US pulled his passport. Not by his own choice. n/t cui bono Mar 2014 #134
He can come home on the passport he's holding. He just can't go touring. nt MADem Mar 2014 #151
He doesn't want to come home. n/t cui bono Mar 2014 #157
Really? For someone who doesn't want to come home, he's doing a lot of whining. MADem Mar 2014 #158
Go complain to him about it. Not sure why you are being so combative with me. cui bono Mar 2014 #165
Combative? All I'm doing is correcting your misapprehension. MADem Mar 2014 #166
You're probably right that if the conditions were right he would come home. But since you say he cui bono Mar 2014 #167
Cuba wasn't going to touch him with a ten foot pole, and all roads went through Havana. MADem Mar 2014 #171
Not exactly. Incitatus Mar 2014 #155
He should be a man and return for the torture and prison rape. L0oniX Mar 2014 #13
So let him stay. The hypocrisy of him being in Russia is deafening brush Mar 2014 #35
So I take it you would rather not know about what he has revealed about the NSA. L0oniX Mar 2014 #68
I'm glad he revealed the NSA's domestic spying . . . brush Mar 2014 #117
BS treestar Mar 2014 #64
Yeah, Russia is much for someone who doesn't want to live Cha Mar 2014 #42
Or to stay. nt kelliekat44 Mar 2014 #132
As long as he has an audience in the US for his diatribes, he will have a place TwilightGardener Mar 2014 #3
He's a coward. nt msanthrope Mar 2014 #4
Yeah, he is a cut and run coward.. now hiding behind Putin.. spewing Cha Mar 2014 #44
BS. He is trying not to get kicked out. avebury Mar 2014 #114
Post removed Post removed Mar 2014 #101
Yes, a coward hiding behind Putin.. Cha Mar 2014 #115
Teh stupid, it hurts. Zorra Mar 2014 #5
The silence of the snow. randome Mar 2014 #7
There's no business like Snow business. Whisp Mar 2014 #19
When it rains, it snows. randome Mar 2014 #37
Snow me da money. Whisp Mar 2014 #43
Snow today, gone tomorrow. randome Mar 2014 #105
Snow business I know.. Cha Mar 2014 #45
DUZY & sub-thread duzy Voice for Peace Mar 2014 #52
Good one davidpdx Mar 2014 #116
AND TURN YOUR SELF IN TO ANOTHER CORRUPT GOVERNMENT, GODDAMN IT!11 xchrom Mar 2014 #9
Yes ...you'd think he would rather be in a country that lies itself into a war... L0oniX Mar 2014 #11
Sounds like you are describing Russia, they have lied in many wars and have war Thinkingabout Mar 2014 #26
Wow. That was almost too easy, you know? randome Mar 2014 #38
Replace the word "Russia" from your statement with a blank LittleBlue Mar 2014 #51
Sad that an article like this would be taken seriously MattSh Mar 2014 #12
Why not? Your comments are to be taken seriously, DonViejo Mar 2014 #15
Correction: Some DU'ers are democracy supporters, others are surveillance state supporters. Maedhros Mar 2014 #21
Sorry, I'm not interested in guessing the motivation behind what this DU'er or DonViejo Mar 2014 #22
That's OK, plenty of other people are. nt oldhippie Mar 2014 #29
Bullshit. You defined posters' motivation as supporting Snowden (or not). Maedhros Mar 2014 #32
Sorry you disagree with me but, DonViejo Mar 2014 #65
No, it's not sad at all.. What's "sad" is Snowden's Fucking Hypocrisy. Cha Mar 2014 #46
You can say that when every other pro-Snowden post on DU baldguy Mar 2014 #55
They've been at it for awhile now. They're obsessed with this site. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2014 #100
This message was self-deleted by its author Th1onein Mar 2014 #67
Time for Ed to come home and take up spying on the TPP negotiations, drones, and Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #14
On what moral or honorable ground does our own nation stand? nt ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2014 #16
Whatever (alleged) moral or honorable grounds were drowned in the Gulf of Tonkin. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #17
Or the 'honorable ground' in Ukraine? randome Mar 2014 #40
What a joke. The neo-cons are the ones in the pit, they need to stop digging themselves deeper. reformist2 Mar 2014 #18
Thanx for the laugh marions ghost Mar 2014 #20
No corruption here! Nope, not in the U.S. of A.! MNBrewer Mar 2014 #23
Yeah, he should totally do that LittleBlue Mar 2014 #24
Because prison life is so much better seveneyes Mar 2014 #25
LOL. bvar22 Mar 2014 #27
+1000 nt MannyGoldstein Mar 2014 #127
I can't recall the poster who said this Titonwan Mar 2014 #128
He could return to the US and we would have the cost of a trial and his imprisonment or Thinkingabout Mar 2014 #28
Trust Us jsr Mar 2014 #30
Or trust.. "How Vladimir Putin and his Homophobic Henchmen are Brainwashing the Russian People".. Cha Mar 2014 #47
Getting a trial at home worked so well for Chelsea Manning! n/t backscatter712 Mar 2014 #33
That's because Manning is a military whistle blower. idendoit Mar 2014 #142
If Snowden had stated that the reason he left the US was dgauss Mar 2014 #34
Yes and all those who seek asylum to the U.S. should criticize the U.S. government. Luminous Animal Mar 2014 #36
Hmmm. Russia is bad, so Snowden must be wrong. DirkGently Mar 2014 #39
If that was the logic, you would be right. But it's not. stevenleser Mar 2014 #56
Oh BS.... ohheckyeah Mar 2014 #72
and the irony oozes all over the idea of the one he chose... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #93
Um, he didn't have any choice... ohheckyeah Mar 2014 #96
Yeah right....I forgot!!!!! VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #137
How old are you? n/t ohheckyeah Mar 2014 #138
How old are you? VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #139
Oh, but it IS the logic. And the many-th bad faith one at that. DirkGently Mar 2014 #131
"..But you did so while enjoying the protection of a KGB thug turned would-be czar.".. Cha Mar 2014 #41
I am not so sure I would have a warm cizy feeling living in Russia. At one time Thinkingabout Mar 2014 #59
Snowden can speak as freely as he wants to about BAD USA while not saying a Peep Cha Mar 2014 #60
Just what I thought, so it goes to my thoughts in the past, if he returns to the US we Thinkingabout Mar 2014 #61
Seriously? ohheckyeah Mar 2014 #73
Such a fucking hypocrite. Cha Mar 2014 #78
Why yes, yes you are. n/t ohheckyeah Mar 2014 #82
Oh good grief... ohheckyeah Mar 2014 #71
That's right.. he's going to keep bitchin' about the USA while hypocritically hiding out in Russia. Cha Mar 2014 #77
What a ridiculous ohheckyeah Mar 2014 #80
I see Snowden fans would rather see him stay in Russia with these Assholes.. Cha Mar 2014 #48
You know what... ohheckyeah Mar 2014 #75
It's the only important isssue to those who are under oppression and I stand with them. Cha Mar 2014 #79
No, you sit behind a keyboard for them. ohheckyeah Mar 2014 #81
I stand with LGBT Rights all over the World. Cha Mar 2014 #88
You post on DU, presumably while sitting. Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #97
How pathetic to think Standing With LGBT All Over the World is somehow on a "high horse". Cha Mar 2014 #99
How pathetic to think that posting on DU is standing with LGBT worldwide. nt Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #103
Well while you go around spreading your ignorance the rest of us will Stand up for LGBT. Cha Mar 2014 #104
High high horse... Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #108
Rights For All Our LGBT Family All Over The World~ Cha Mar 2014 #112
On that we agree. nt Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #113
Stay where you are, unless you want to be locked up Autumn Mar 2014 #53
.... 840high Mar 2014 #63
. baldguy Mar 2014 #54
Well, I'm glad someone finally said it. It's a shame it wasn't Glenn Greenwald. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2014 #57
What? That's Snowden's a fucking hypocritical chickenshit?.. Cha Mar 2014 #83
Many people think Snowie wound up in Russia by accident, I never did. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2014 #89
Yeah, maybe that's why they're trying to cover up his Cha Mar 2014 #90
Bill Maher says everytime he opens his mouth, he says something stupid. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2014 #92
I do believe Maher said ".. something fucking stupid".. Cha Mar 2014 #94
I stand corrected. And looks like Maduro's following close on Putin's heels. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2014 #95
He's going to end up like Jim Bakker. gulliver Mar 2014 #62
The NSA has activated their trolls in the media. former9thward Mar 2014 #66
Putin is doing Obama a favor by granting Snowden asylum WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2014 #69
A "shitstorm" from who? Tarheel_Dem Mar 2014 #91
wow, that's pretty sad WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2014 #129
What it does say alot about is what an idiot Snowden is. idendoit Mar 2014 #145
Sounds as if you're of the belief that Snowie wound up there by accident, I've never.... Tarheel_Dem Mar 2014 #180
My comments here were directed at those... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2014 #181
Weren't the founding fathers of the United States go west young man Mar 2014 #70
Damn, I just ordered Topsy Union Scribe Mar 2014 #74
Who wouldn't prefer decades in maximum security prison over relative freedom in Russia? Douglas Carpenter Mar 2014 #76
He could probably work a deal where he works while he's incarcerated or gets early release if he MADem Mar 2014 #168
I wonder about Eddie. ucrdem Mar 2014 #169
I think he could be either a Falcon-Snowman or a deep cover US agent. MADem Mar 2014 #173
Which would make Greenwald the patsy ucrdem Mar 2014 #174
A useful tool, most likely. MADem Mar 2014 #175
Ain't that the truth. ucrdem Mar 2014 #176
Only when he gets a full anc complete pardon from the president. Nothing less on point Mar 2014 #85
Sooner or later Vlad will figure out that Eddie is bad feng shui. ucrdem Mar 2014 #86
What a fucking joke. AzDar Mar 2014 #87
The stupidity of "Eddie loves Russia" is equal to the stupidity Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #98
Yet it is Snowden who extolls the virtues of Russia standing up for human rights. randome Mar 2014 #106
When you become a whistleblower of his importance, I bet you'll manage not becoming one just fine. Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #107
Fair point. randome Mar 2014 #109
Thank you. Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #111
When faced with the choice of facing the music, or fleeing to a far worse offender and saving his Adrahil Mar 2014 #121
Actually, he fled before the music started. Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #122
Oh yeah? Adrahil Mar 2014 #120
In the context of geopolitics, I agree with that quote. Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #124
False Equivalence To Fan The Flames cantbeserious Mar 2014 #102
Yeah... Putin ain't gonna let him go. He might as well get comfortable. NT Adrahil Mar 2014 #118
This is all you need to know about Eddie's Intellectual honesty.... Adrahil Mar 2014 #119
Even if Edward Snowden were to come back... Titonwan Mar 2014 #123
fuck you daly. cali Mar 2014 #130
He didn't intend to stay in Russia. The US pulled his passport so he is stuck there. cui bono Mar 2014 #133
At this point, Snowden the person is insignificant. NCTraveler Mar 2014 #136
They should teach logic in school. nt Glassunion Mar 2014 #140
They teach science in school, but some people still think Earth is 6k years old. Incitatus Mar 2014 #154
He doesn't necessarily have to come home Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #141
Eddie would have a tough time getting back here. idendoit Mar 2014 #144
There may be trouble....aaaaa heaaaaad.....! MADem Mar 2014 #153
I would be surprised if Putin let him out oldandhappy Mar 2014 #160
They are hiding FROM a Corrupt Regime, does your nose bleed way up there on that high horse? Vincardog Mar 2014 #161
Jesus fucking christ alarimer Mar 2014 #162
I want him to stay in Russia. bravenak Mar 2014 #163
come home to a different corrupt regime. nt Deep13 Mar 2014 #177
Yeah, which corrupt regime are they talking about? grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #179
No, Stay in a more Corrupt Regime..fucking Russia. Cha Mar 2014 #178
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