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Snowden Standoff Threatens Obama-Putin Moscow Summit

4 pointsby rbcalmost 12 years ago

2 comments

cafardalmost 12 years ago
This makes no sense. Has there ever been a summit at a time when each side did not host a number of defectors from the other? (Not that I count Snowden as a defector in the sense that Philby or Blake was.) Diplomacy would be impossible if states dealt only with states they weren't spying on. Though really, I suppose, summits are more about publicity than about diplomacy.
rbcalmost 12 years ago
Wow, a systems administrator becomes an obstacle to international relations. Impressive.