Leading from Behind Has its Consequences, Barack

It's beginning to sound like Snowden has more information than originally thought. He's still off the radar, but it's believed he's in Moscow right now. There may be tons of documents in his possession that, if he releases, it will clearly damage national security. Doesn't it worry you that someone like Edward Snowden, a 29 year old high school drop out, military drop out, and Woody Allen-esque bespeckled nerd working for a private contractor, can have the clearance to get his hands on such sensitive information? Doesn't it worry you that he spent time in China, a country that isn't user-friendly to us and would like to rape us of our intellectual property?


This is one of the most interesting international developments to come down the pike in a long time. On one hand, we have Nancy Pelosi defending the NSA's use of phone records, while on the other hand, we have conservatives agreeing with her and liberals booing her speech defending the NSA. You have to ask yourself, what should one think about Edward Snowden's behavior? Is he simply a whistle blower, or is he a traitor willing to give away America's secrets?

At the beginning of this story we saw Snowden as a whistle blower, a young man who cared deeply about his country. He spoke about his reasons for what he did, and we might have thought he was a patriot, defending the Constitution's Fourth Amendment. But China? Moscow? And now he may be going to Cuba or Ecuador and all of these governments would love to have what he has to offer--and this is treasonous from where I stand. 

But more importantly, it's illuminating to see how Obama has so little influence with these nations. In fact, Obama almost seems like a non-entity in this fiasco. He um, ah, er, spoke about it, but, um, ah, er, doesn't seem to be leading on it. How surprising.

Right now Putin is laughing at us. There's no way that Russia is not going to gain from this--Obama is being ignored. Leading from behind has its consequences, Mr. President, and Putin is showing you his behind. Nobody cares how upset you are over Snowden, Barry. Nobody is shaking in their jackboots. Your words are as weak as your actions, and while we may agree with you about what must be done at this point in the debacle, you are not the person who can get it done.

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