Posted on 08/07/2013 8:08:27 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat
Original title: "Russia Responds To Obama Snub: "We Are Disappointed... But The Snowden Situation Wasn't Created By Us" (had to be truncated)
Earlier we reported that in an act of embarassing political ineptitude not to mention detente reminiscent of the Cold War's worst days, the US president did his best Freudian transferrance attempt today by blaming Putin for his ever escalating headaches caused by one 30 year old NSA whistleblower, and cancelling bilateral talks with the Russian president. And can anyone blame him: with the US increasingly slighted by both superascedent eastern powers, Russia and China, the US finds itself in a position in which it has never been - where foreign nations get to simply say "no." Here is what else Russia is saying in the aftermath of Obama's childish response.
From BBC:
The Kremlin says it is "disappointed" the US cancelled bilateral talks in September, after Russia granted asylum to intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign affairs adviser said the move showed the US could not develop ties with Russia on an "equal basis".
Russian foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday Russia was not to blame over the Snowden affair.
"This decision is clearly linked to the situation with former agent of US special services [Edward] Snowden, which hasn't been created by us," he said during a phone conference with the press.
"For many years, the Americans have avoided signing an extradition agreement," Mr Ushakov said, "And they have invariably responded negatively to our requests for extradition of people who committed crimes on the territory of Russia, pointing at the absence of such agreement."
But he added the invitation for the bilateral summit was still open.
"Russian representatives are ready to continue working together with American partners on all key issues on the bilateral and multilateral agenda," Mr Ushakov said.
It's sad when Russia makes more sense than the American president. And speaking of the American president, here is his official stance for the reason he escalated:
The decision to cancel the US-Russia summit comes the day after Mr Obama appeared on an evening chat show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, in which he condemned a newly enacted anti-gay law in Russia.
"I have no patience for countries that try to treat gays or lesbians or transgender persons in ways that intimidate them or are harmful to them," Mr Obama said.
So... it's all about the homosexuals?
Then again, as always happens in politics, it is likely all just for show...
” He was all scarred up from shell splinters and the bullet wound.”
Same as my dad
Sorry yours died so young. My dad suffered all his life from his wounds, but he lived to be 78.
Oh, this is indeed disturbing,
Now because of the Trayvon acquittal every black child is hiding in their homes scared to go to school or even sleep because they think that roving packs of white NRA gunnies are coming for them.
And they all look like what Obama’s kids could of looked like,
This is like what happened at Rosewood .
Repent, give up you guns and seek penance from Rev Jesse or Rev Al. You still can be saved.
I agree with both of you. Pravda in the soviet days wasn’t as audacious of propaganda as today’s USA media. Putin even with his plutonium poisonings is more straightforward and honest than Obama. This is no longer the us of a as in the constitution. We need the cleansing of hard truths in this country or we don’t have one any more.
You know who used to make us laugh by posting similar stuff?
: fellow BDSer genetic homophobe.
He was good at it as his name implies.
LOL!
I can put the blood pressure medicine back in the cabinet.
Sickoflibs: I'll know you next time!
All sickoflibs, all of the time!
FReepers can access it any time - 24/7!
What do you says there, SOL?
<8^)
Pity, half of the respondents don’t get it without a laugh track!
Does anyone really know anyone else?
You do know that Obama was planning on reviewing all the NSA spying on Americans long before Snowden came into the picture?
Our privacy is his (Os) #1 concern after keeping us safe, and jobs, and our right to bear ... you get the idea,
What Snowden did was completely unnecessary because Obama is an honest man who would not allow the government to take away our rights.
DA-DA!
I knew it all along, after all, Obama was a long time Constitutional law perfessor!
LOL
” Obama is an honest man who would not allow the government to take away our rights.”
You sound just like John McCain, when he was campaigning for Obama in 08 : )
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