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Seriously, I would love to hear Edward Snowden's opinion. Not much on his twitter about it though.
by 8bitchemistry 5y ago
Seriously, I would love to hear Edward Snowden's opinion. Not much on his twitter about it though.
- csee 5y agoHe blamed the US media for stoking tensions in the lead up to the invasion. Then silence.
- 8bitchemistry 5y agoPerhaps he doesn't want to find a new place to live, in contrast to Assange and Moreno.
- bink 5y agoDoes he even have a valid passport? Doesn't seem like he even has the option.
- sofixa 5y agoHe could get a Nansen passport. But i don't see which country would take him, so it's torture/jail in the US or silence.
- csee 5y agoSure I get the silence but there was no need to blame the US media in the first place. Silence in the first place would have been fine for the Kremlin.
- Aachen 5y agoGiven that people here are apparently specifically looking at Ed's words, maybe it wouldn't though. The first thing to die in war is the truth, I've heard said. The Russians need all the good publicity they can get, every bit they can reduce blame or normalize the actions is going to result in lesser sanctions. Ed might have been politely asked and realized it was not a question or suggestion; we don't know.
- Miner49er 5y agoMaybe it's his honest opinion?
- older 5y agoSo he's not that selfless hero after all and his actions are motivated by personal safety? Is this what you're suggesting?
- qbasic_forever 5y agoConsidering that he's sheltering in Russia right now I would strongly suspect he's going to keep his mouth shut no matter what his opinion is about it. If Putin kicks him out he will be extradited and thrown in a US federal prison solitary confinement cell indefinitely while 'awaiting trial'.
- d23 5y agoDisappointing tweets from him imo. But like others have said, he’s been taking refuge in Russia so he’s kind of in a terrible spot.
- raverbashing 5y agoMaybe he only now realized he's just an asset. (As opposed to Assange in the Equatorial embassy, which was given asylum for purely humanitarian reasons)
- tspiteri 5y agoHe retweeted Suchkov's summary of Putin's "address to the nation regarding his decision on Donbass" (https://twitter.com/m_suchkov/status/1495831112102338563 https://twitter.com/m_suchkov/status/1495831112102338563). No surprises there about where Snowden's loyalty currently lies.