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White House disappointed with Russia
AP via Yahoo ^ | 8/1/13 | AP

Posted on 08/01/2013 1:01:54 PM PDT by TangledUpInBlue

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is "extremely disappointed" in Russia's decision to grant asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, the White House said Thursday.

In its first public response to Russia's move in defiance of U.S. wishes, the Obama administration said it was not a positive development for U.S.-Russia relations and said that it undermined Russia's record of law enforcement cooperation with the U.S. The White House added that it is re-evaluating whether President Barack Obama should attend an upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: benghazi; fastandfurious; impeachnow; irs; russia; snowden
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To: TangledUpInBlue

I’m sure the feeling is mutual.


21 posted on 08/01/2013 1:54:41 PM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
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To: TangledUpInBlue
White Hut disappointed with Russia

Me too. Vlad ...er... exaggerating his manly exploits.


22 posted on 08/01/2013 2:08:33 PM PDT by caveat emptor (!)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

>>Putin’s best strategy might be to just wait.

Of course. That was our best strategy during the collapse of the Soviet government too. But, there were still some anxious moments as submarine and missile bases stopped paying and feeding the people who had the keys to the bunkers and silos.


23 posted on 08/01/2013 2:14:35 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: caveat emptor

Putin goes fishing and laughs at odumbo.

Who ever thought I would respect the leader of Russia more than the president of the U.S. Pathetic!


24 posted on 08/01/2013 2:17:16 PM PDT by DaveA37
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To: caveat emptor

You know what they would say about that picture if he were holding a sucker.


25 posted on 08/01/2013 2:22:04 PM PDT by Steamburg (The contents of your wallet is the only language Politicians understand.)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

To prevent U.S.-Russian relations from deteriorating any further, why doesn’t Obama send his trusted team of diplomatic experts, John McCain and Lindsey Graham, to Moscow to fix everything, just as he’s sending them to Egypt to fix that country’s problems?

Obama is at a major disadvantage when dealing with someone like Vladimir Putin, since Obama’s major ‘’opponents’’ during his presidency have been almost exclusively individuals of such weakness and foolishness, i.e., Republicans, from John Boehner to Mitch McConnell to John McCain, that he has never had to face anyone like Vladimir Putin, someone strong, intelligent, and aggressively interested in getting his way.

Obama should probably stay as far away as possible from the Russians and their superior leader during the remainder of his presidency.


26 posted on 08/01/2013 2:31:04 PM PDT by Bluestocking
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Thanks to my Orthodox Christian Brothers in Russia!!!!

YES to Snowden, YES to Americans’ right to be free from surveillance, NO to “gays”, and NO to obama!!!!


27 posted on 08/01/2013 2:32:43 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Honorary Serb

Hey, the Russians have a better government than we do right now.


28 posted on 08/01/2013 3:27:15 PM PDT by DesScorp
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To: TangledUpInBlue

The temporary asylum for him might just be to allow ease of application for permanent asylum in a place of his choice, and ease his transit there. If Putin really want to tell the current occupant of our White House to shove it, he’d have granted the whistle-blower permanent asylum, which might happen yet if the Kenyan clown-show keeps pushing it.


29 posted on 08/01/2013 3:27:46 PM PDT by OldNewYork (Biden '13. Impeach now.)
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To: caveat emptor

your stupid source claims that a 21 km pike would have sunk to the bottom of the lake.


30 posted on 08/01/2013 6:24:46 PM PDT by sergeantdave (No, I don't have links for everything I post)
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To: TangledUpInBlue
"'Russia has stabbed us in the back, and each day that Mr. Snowden is allowed to roam free is another twist of the knife,' Schumer said.”

Schumer was probably expecting a response more in the manner that he was accustomed to.



Perhaps comrade obama should tread lightly with Putin lest someday he find himelf in Snowden's shoes.

31 posted on 08/01/2013 10:52:46 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: colorado tanker
Of course it's working. The Russian inscription means "overload"

The right picture would be like this:


32 posted on 08/01/2013 10:57:05 PM PDT by Freelance Warrior (A Russian.)
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To: sergeantdave
your stupid source claims that a 21 km pike would have sunk to the bottom of the lake

Hmm... Not likely to be that many lakes a 21 km pike would even fit into.
33 posted on 08/01/2013 11:42:20 PM PDT by caveat emptor (!)
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