{"id":36996,"date":"2013-08-07T11:39:20","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T15:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=36996"},"modified":"2013-08-07T11:39:20","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T15:39:20","slug":"obama-snubs-putin-over-snowden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=36996","title":{"rendered":"Obama snubs Putin over Snowden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chief Tango and Ex-PH2 send us links to the news<\/a> that Obama plans to skip his one-on-one meeting with Vlad the Putin ahead of the G20 meeting next month. <\/p>\n

Authorities in Moscow last week granted temporary asylum to Snowden, who is wanted by U.S. authorities for leaking classified intelligence information to newspapers.<\/p>\n

That decision infuriated Washington. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., called on the U.S. “to fundamentally rethink our relationship with Putin’s Russia.”<\/p>\n

In a statement Wednesday, the White House noted cooperation in some areas, such as policies toward Afghanistan and Iran, but said Moscow\u2019s decision to help Snowden was \u201cdisappointing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I thought about this real hard, but I decided that whether Obama went to the meeting or skipped it, I was going to call him a “pussy” so he really couldn’t win either way. I think that’s the way most of the Right saw this – a “no-win” for Obama. But mostly only because his foreign policy team headed by John Kerry couldn’t convince Putin to turn over Eddie Snowden. So yeah, I really blame Kerry, but Obama gets the “pussy” label because he picked that buffoon Kerry as his Secretary of State, probably just to make Hillary Clinton look good.<\/p>\n

So instead of going to Moscow, Obama will go to Stockholm, because I guess Sweden hasn’t done anything to embarrass this administration yet. From the Washington Post<\/a> (Amazon Post?);<\/p>\n

\u201cSweden is a close friend and partner to the United States,\u201d Carney said in a statement. \u201cSweden plays a key leadership role on the international stage, including in opening new trade and investment opportunities through the U.S.-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, advancing clean technologies, and promoting environmental sustainability.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Besides, there are more Muslims in Sweden, anyway, it’ll feel more like home to the President. I’m sure John Kerry can piss them off before he gets there without even half-trying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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