I'm sure there would be much less "interested" parties in other countries, say in South America? Why would we try to force any planes down supposedly carrying h

I'm sure there would be much less "interested" parties in other countries, say in South America? Why would we try to force any planes down supposedly carrying him there if we really wanted him to leave Russia? I would think he'd be a lot easier to extract (via Seal team et al) from a poorer South American country than a superpower like Russia. Also, if the US hadn't waved around words like "treason" maybe he'd be a bit keener on coming back of his own accord. I think we've screwed up multiple times here on an issue that, in the grand scheme of things, is fairly petty. Now we're digging ourselves deeper.