The Snowden Snowjob

Whether you support him or are against him, this is certainly still up for debate. Is he the lone traitor or the lone patriot? We are not yet about to delve into this matter. However, Snowden’s allusiveness has shown the diplomatic and international pull the United States has.

Of the 15 countries which Snowden has asked for asylum 13 have said no, INCLUDING Russia and Cuba. The two exceptions are Venezuela and Bolivia, which have said “maybe” towards the issue. However, three diplomatic flexes have unfolded.

After the US has been discovered to be spying on the European Union States, Germany is outraged. Embassies and consuls across the globe have been sweeping for bugs and wires. Ecuador found some, or so they report to British authorities. In comparison, Richard Nixon is a laid back beach goer, compared to Obama’s international paranoia!

The plane of Evo Morales, president of Bolivia, was denied airspace by both France and Portugal, under suspicion that Snowden was aboard his plane. The flight was rerouted and landed in Vienna. Snowden was not on board, but the rumor alone was enough to make the sleeping giant force down his plane.

What happens with Snowden is long off from decided. But it will be up to more than just historians to comment on this one.

Reported by Muammar Hassan