Does The Whole World Have To Dance To America's Tune ?

[sunny-dave]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23158242

Outrageous hardly starts to cover it.

The President of an independent country has his personal jet diverted all over Europe because the septics think he may have someone they want to apprehend on board.

Whatever you think of the actions of Edward Snowden, nothing can excuse the behaviour of the US government in interfering with the legal passage of Bolivian president Evo Morales' plane. The frankly supine kowtowing of the other countries is shocking too.

[emmie]

no, but it often seems like that.

[emmie]

did you mean septics, like it if you did.

[maggiebee]

"septics" what are they when they are at home?

[emmie]

tanks perhaps..

[daffy654]

Septic Tank= rhyming slang for Yank

[sunny-dave]

army slang = yanks

[AB Editor]

This isn't the way to make friends.

But then, do they need friends? Don't they just need compliant states who need the US?

A bit like Germany within the EU right now.

[emmie]

ah now i get it..

[maggiebee]

Penny drops!!

[sunny-dave]

Ab_Ed - I live in hope that ignoring the advice "remember to be nice to people on the way up, you might need them on the way down" may return to haunt the US in some karmic future.

[emmie]

mind you at least we are not having to deal with George W, he might well have blown the thing to smithereens.

[bazwillrun]

Its ridiculous when you consider some of the garbage that we have given "asylum" to over the years, and still do

[youngmafbog]

All the 'Septics' can do is ask. It is up to other countries if they want to act so I am not sure how you blame entirely the 'Spetics'. Putin referred to them as friends, are you suggesting he too is in their pocket?

Snowden is a traitor, the Americans have little choice but to pursue him with all vigour.

[bazwillrun]

"Snowden is a traitor,"

that depends on your perspective....you could class all whistleblowers in all walks of lie as trators if you wanted to

[Bazile]

Yes - this treasonous subversive must not be allowed to escape the clutches of the US .
He must be apprehended and face the music .

When the US says jump - we must reply - how high ?

[Bazile]

//mind you at least we are not having to deal with George W, he might well have blown the thing to smithereens. //

Do the US shoot down airlines - i'll have to ask the Koreans.

[Jeza]

I don't often come on here during the day but having heard the news and read SD post I have to say I totally agree with him. How would Obama react is that happened to Air-Force One. I think we could all guess.

[emmie]

it has caused a diplomatic stink, as it should..

[youngmafbog]

Bax, the Americans have classified him as a traitor, not me, and as such they are obliqued to pursue him in whatever means is legal.

Ignoring the Anti American stance most have on this site ,I would suggest there was a good chance Snowdon was on the plane.

[youngmafbog]

Sorry'Bas'

Fat finger syndrome again I'm afraid.