[montanajoe]

You could not be more wrong as I said in an other post.

The Russians hope most of America shares [that] sentiment.The average Russian hates America and Americans Ive been there in the last year or so and Ive seen it...

Putin is playing his hand, although I’m sure he has no love for this traitor [Snowden], but its an opportunity to harm the USA aided by the usual suspects here..[in the USA]

[Nowhere Man]

I don't see Snowden as a traitor at all, I think he did his job to expose the wrongs that are going on now. America has a cancer and like a cancer patient (I know a lot about this, my mother is fighting breast cancer now) sometime one has to get sick and put up with a lot in order to get well. America needs the equivalent of radiation and chemo that a cancer patient uses (in many cases) to get well again and Snowden is like the chemo we need.

I don't know if every Russian has hatred for America, I can understand them being aloof though because of our leadership and us supporting the wrong sides in places like Syria and so forth. We have become the Ugly American is the last few years. I like Putin although I understand he may not have our interests at heart but if I was him, I'd play my hand for all it is worth. At least Putin looks out for Russia's interests, I wish we had a leader that would do it for us.