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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by rfctr on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @09:56AM (#6096166)
Any reasons to believe otherwise?

The only thing I hold against him is his failure, as promised, to hang Georgian president by his balls. Eating necktie is a weak substitute.

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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by jbooth on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @09:58AM (#6096181)
Being president of a large country pretty much guarantees you've had to lie and cheat at least a little bit to get there.

For one random example (not being a huge student of 21st century Russia), he promised Bush that he wasn't arming Saddam's troops. Turned out they were outfitted with a lot of Russian anti-tank and night vision gear when we got there.

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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by andreypopp on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @10:10AM (#6096245)
> For one random example (not being a huge student of 21st century Russia), he promised Bush that he wasn't arming Saddam's troops. Turned out they were outfitted with a lot of Russian anti-tank and night vision gear when we got there.

That doesn't say anything about Russia arming Saddam's troops. I'm sure there are a lot of cases U.S. arming their "allies" and then these weapons in some way became available to terrorists...

I simply don't think it is possible to know and predict how and by whom weapons will be used.

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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by rfctr on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @10:07AM (#6096233)
Proof, please? Soviet-designed doesn't mean Russian. Soviet designs are in manufacturing all over the world, including countries much closer to Iraq.
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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by jbooth on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @11:00AM (#6096543)
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2004/01/10/evidenc...

It's a he said, she said, of course.

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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by ivan_gammel on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @11:16AM (#6096642)
That could be done via 3rd party like Ukraine without direct involvement or even awareness of Russian government.
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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by greenburger on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @11:51AM (#6096858)
He's well known to fake publicity stunts, such as:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2045848/Vladimir-Put...

Remember, he comes from the KGB, eventually rising to be the FSB director (the KGB successor).

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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by andreypopp on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @10:10AM (#6096249)
Reason? He's politician.
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