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Snowden will halt the revelations abruptly. He would be a fool to break the agreement with Putin. Putin is a man of his word, and expects the same from Snowde
by rfctr 13y ago
Snowden will halt the revelations abruptly. He would be a fool to break the agreement with Putin.
Putin is a man of his word, and expects the same from Snowden.
Information may continue to leak, but not from Snowden. His part of the show is finished (and luckily for him, he's not even bruised!).
- andreypopp 13y ago> Putin is a man of his word :-)
- rfctr 13y agoAny 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.
- jbooth 13y agoBeing 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.
- rfctr 13y agoProof, please? Soviet-designed doesn't mean Russian. Soviet designs are in manufacturing all over the world, including countries much closer to Iraq.
- jbooth 13y agohttp://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2004/01/10/evidence_cited_of_russian_arms_in_iraq/ http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2004/01/10/evidenc... It's a he said, she said, of course.
- andreypopp 13y ago> 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.
- ivan_gammel 13y agoThat could be done via 3rd party like Ukraine without direct involvement or even awareness of Russian government.
- andreypopp 13y agoReason? He's politician.
- greenburger 13y agoHe's well known to fake publicity stunts, such as: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2045848/Vladimir-Putins-Black-Sea-scuba-diving-treasure-stunt.html 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).
- mjolk 13y agoCan you provide proof to otherwise? I'd imagine you've done proper research on the topic of Putin's honesty due to the flippant response.
- Mc_Big_G 13y agoHe's a politician.
- andreypopp 13y agoBasically, he's a politician ;-)
- 7s 13y agoI'm always amazed how the public opinion of putin ranges from "evil dictator" to "clever politician".
- 1qaz2wsx3edc 13y agoIsn't it the same for every politician?
- JamesArgo 13y agoTo become an evil dictator, it's often necessary to be a clever politician.
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- 7s 13y agoI had trouble putting this in words. By "clever politician" I mean people seeing Putin on TV or something and saying, "Ah, thats very clever" or even "Pretty amusing how he dealt with/did x". Media coverage in Central Europe is always very critical towards Putin, and while their stories may be distorted in some respects, I still believe them about many civilian rights beeing violated under his influence.
- 7s 13y agoI'm always amazed how the public opinion of putin ranges from "evil dictator" to "clever politician".
- grimtrigger 13y agoMy guess is that Putin would be happy to have Snowden break the agreement, as long as he doesn't go to the press and take credit for it. Putin's government has been working constantly to undermine America's foreign influence, and these leaks go a long way towards doing that.
- osmsiberiano 13y ago> Putin's government has been working constantly to undermine America's foreign influence Can you elaborate on that? Any concrete examples of how they were doing this? From the same Putin's regime we hear the same about the US, although just guesses, no facts. I'm curious how the west sees that.
- grimtrigger 13y agoI have no doubt its true for the US too. They're competing for influence in many parts of the globe. Its not a rigorous example, but I think the front page of RT (the Russian - state backed media outlet) is a good example. Most of the US based stories are highly critical of the US government. It's also no coincidence that Julian Assange has his own show on RT. I also believe Russia's backing of Assad is mostly an attempt to block Western influence in the middle east. But there's probably a number of reason and thats just one.
- mjolk 13y ago>Information may continue to leak, but not from Snowden. His part of the show is finished (and luckily for him, he's not even bruised!). In my opinion, being exiled from your home and living the rest of your life with the world superpower ready to kidnap you is relatively bruising.