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If he thought American was bad...
[url=http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/15/5414290/obstructed-view-how-russia-distorts-the-olympics]Obstructed view: how Russia distorts the Olympics | The Verge[/url]
Russia loves Snowden, as he is the ultimate Ace In The Holeâ„¢ for Vladimir Putin. Our weakling President is powerless to do anything. Whether it be Snowden....Syria....rubles instead of petrodollars....or whatever you can think of. Barack Obama has nothing. Therefore, I doubt life in Russia is bad for Ed at this point in time. While he might would rather be in the United States, he is believed to be living a productive life there in Russia. And as Sochi proves, it can be a beautiful place to live. I personally don't feel sorry for him, as I doubt life is half as bad as those who hate him think it is.
Hey, I'm sure Russia isn't paradise on Earth or anything but that article is just pathetic. It's basically a whinefest for a not so great writer who's editor dared to reject three of her stories. Rather than trying to change the stories so they became better or more entertaining she claims international conspiracies. Thanks, but I'll skip that nonsense.
There's only George Blake leftin Moscow from Britain's infamous traitors of the cold war. He's in his 90's now, and still lives in Moscow. I don't think Philby, Maclean or Burgess ever took to Moscow or were particularly happy there. Whilst the likes of Blunt, Cairncross, Liddell, Gow, Whitney Straight, Rothschild etc got away far more lightly in relation to their treachery, doing deals with the security services.
Perhaps Snowden should have looked at the unhappy lives of so many that became exiled in Moscow decades before him. He's certainly ruined his own life, and when it comes down to it, only he will be able to reflect in future years as to whether it was all worth it.
I didn't read anything in this article that could not be applied or adapted to an American scenario.
We put our Olympics in the best light and use the games to highlight our country and the city that hosts them. We spend too much money on building Olympic facilities. Our construction costs are also burdened by over-runs and sweet deal contracts. Our media may not be afraid of the government (although there have been recent occasions where reporters who try to tell a story that puts the current administration in a bad light have had phones tapped and received threats from the DOJ), but statistically the media (and its agents) are left leaning (which could be construed as biased), stories are rejected by editors often, and attempts have been made to intimidate reporters. All hosts countries take great care in presenting as positive an image as possible to the world.
I'm not saying Russia bad-America good, and I'm not minimizing a corrupt and dictatorial regime. I'm just saying that a lot of what this article reports is not a lot different from what happens here. We don't live in as a free and uncorruptable country as we would like to think we do.
I think its funny that people try to nitpick because they hate Russia/Putin... in the end, blah...
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