Back in 2008, I was told that if I voted for Obama, the US would be more respected on the world stage than we had been in the previous eight years of the Bush administration, so this is probably all my fault, because I didn’t vote for Obama, so sorry. But anyway, Hong Kong could have stopped Ed Snowden, the NSA-contracted leaker from leaving and they didn’t. <\/p>\n
The New York Times <\/a>said that China made the call to let Snowden leave;<\/p>\n From China\u2019s point of view, analysts said, the departure of Mr. Snowden solved two concerns: how to prevent Beijing\u2019s relationship with the United States from being ensnared in a long legal wrangle in Hong Kong over Mr. Snowden, and how to deal with a Chinese public that widely regards the American computer expert as a hero. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yeah, we’re so respected in the world that Snowden is a hero for pissing on our policies.<\/p>\n Now Snowden is “somewhere in Russia”. You’d think that the Russians would be concerned about an illegal alien wandering around loose, especially an illegal alien who is wanted by all of their ally’s law enforcement entities, but apparently not. Even Politico<\/a> admits that the boobs in the White House are powerless;<\/p>\n The spotlight-grabbing international travel \u2014 just as Obama seeks to focus attention on his Tuesday climate change speech and a weeklong trip to Africa that begins Wednesday \u2014 is sure to keep Snowden\u2019s own story atop the headlines, highlighting the White House\u2019s relative powerlessness to bring him back to face charges.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n