Re:Bolivia says Morales' plane diverted, apparently over Sno...
by spottr on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @06:03AM
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Currently Polish government is so pro-USA that our Minister of Foreign Affairs preemptively declined asylum for Snowden using his Twitter [1][2]. It's funny, because instead of building better relations with our neighbors "we" are constantly trying to please the US. This trend continues despite being given nothing but empty promises for years. So yeah, our gov likes to think and say (loudly) that those relations are pretty good -- hard to say if it's because they want to keep their face or for whatever reason. I think that US also likes this arrangement a lot, because free service can't be bad [3].
[1] https://twitter.com/sikorskiradek/status/351959186072027139 [polish]
[2] https://twitter.com/sikorskiradek/status/352062021082165249
[3] http://rt.com/news/poland-drops-charges-investigation-136/
Re:Bolivia says Morales' plane diverted, apparently over Sno...
by smackay on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @05:57AM
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I think you are seeing the "true" influence of government to government relations, rather than the general sentiment on the street or the empty rhetoric from officials. France made a big noise about the spying allegations but quickly blocked access to its airspace.
Personally, the action by France and Portugal this made this whole web of deceit even more unpalatable. Time for a few leaders to grow a pair.
Are they that good? I got an impression they were pretty good while Poland was still promised things like joining the visa waiver program. Now I think many people are quite annoyed at the outcome / delaying for years. The whole project of rocket interception sites is also bringing up some interesting questions lately.