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The biggest bully in the schoolyard doesn't have much trouble getting the other kids on his side. Incitatus Jul 2013 #1
The trouble with being a bully, though... Scootaloo Jul 2013 #13
They have no right SamKnause Jul 2013 #2
...and they're not... brooklynite Jul 2013 #28
Financial terrorism? treestar Jul 2013 #47
The problem with making promises you can't keep... Bonobo Jul 2013 #3
Belive that if you want ceonupe Jul 2013 #35
Destruction and holding and controlling a territory are different animals. Bonobo Jul 2013 #40
Dead people are defeated people ceonupe Jul 2013 #42
Only if you kill them all. Bonobo Jul 2013 #43
We Get tom_kelly Jul 2013 #44
Our former ally got thrown out. Igel Jul 2013 #90
tell that to N Korea Lurker Deluxe Jul 2013 #48
The 38th parallel was a compromise with the USSR. nt Bonobo Jul 2013 #49
So ... Lurker Deluxe Jul 2013 #70
If the US army wasn't there, they STILL would not come across. Bonobo Jul 2013 #72
no its our bombs radars drones that keep it in place ceonupe Jul 2013 #83
Riiiight! Lurker Deluxe Jul 2013 #86
Rah rah. Bonobo Jul 2013 #88
Elucidate, my dear Watson. You have my interest. raccoon Jul 2013 #80
The goal was to go light and strategic and setup a US/Western style system of gov. business and bank ceonupe Jul 2013 #85
did you get an erection when posting this? frylock Jul 2013 #96
a potentially a major set back for the Intelligence Industrial Complex to have one whistlebower Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #4
You should build this into an OP and elaborate upon its themes. Very HardTimes99 Jul 2013 #68
thank you - I'll have to give that some thought Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #76
I've not seen that the United States has done this. Bolo Boffin Jul 2013 #5
you're being disingenuous Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #6
No, I am not. There's a very specific charge being laid by the OP. Bolo Boffin Jul 2013 #7
I suppose when the Vice President of the United States calls the President of Ecuador Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #9
"ask him to deny Snowden asylum" =/= "says countries cannot offer asylum" Bolo Boffin Jul 2013 #11
Goddamn there are some dense people on DU Scootaloo Jul 2013 #14
Goddamn you are getting close to the line there, Scootaloo. Bolo Boffin Jul 2013 #21
Actually we would call that Tien1985 Jul 2013 #30
semantics is all I have heard so far - spying is not REALLY spying, secret is not REALLY secret Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #32
So the United States cannot respond at all in a negative way to a country Bolo Boffin Jul 2013 #59
Yes, that's what I'm saying. Tien1985 Jul 2013 #94
Threatening a course of action well within America's right to take is threatening, yes. Bolo Boffin Jul 2013 #95
Yeah, poor little you. We'll start collecting donations for your traumatic moment, there Scootaloo Jul 2013 #64
You need to resist this tendency of making your arguments so close to personal attacks. Bolo Boffin Jul 2013 #67
The greater the insults, the weaker the argument accompanying them, I have noticed. nt MADem Jul 2013 #101
Washington Warns Snowden May Only Travel to the US (Jay Carney WH Spokesman statement) Ichingcarpenter Jul 2013 #10
Your link is bad. Bolo Boffin Jul 2013 #12
if we are going to discuss things here ,, there has to be an element of seriousness Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #16
No, "trying to deny someone asylum" is not the claim of the OP. Bolo Boffin Jul 2013 #20
they have not threatend nuclear strike or an invasion and occupation,no... Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #26
Fair enough Ichingcarpenter Jul 2013 #17
Please see link below for official transcript. idwiyo Jul 2013 #41
Stand Corrected he did say it Ichingcarpenter Jul 2013 #45
No, he did not say "may not" Bolo Boffin Jul 2013 #57
The US is obligated under international law to accept Snowden's version of events alcibiades_mystery Jul 2013 #61
Well, when you put it like that Bolo Boffin Jul 2013 #62
There... KharmaTrain Jul 2013 #79
How about this? Bonobo Jul 2013 #15
The diplomatic bullying is apparent to S.A. Ichingcarpenter Jul 2013 #18
That's not the United States saying you can't. Bolo Boffin Jul 2013 #19
It is -in diplomatic speak. nt Bonobo Jul 2013 #22
Here are a few quotes from Carney: morningfog Jul 2013 #31
Thank you for proving my point. Should not =/= may not. n/t Bolo Boffin Jul 2013 #37
It's called International agreements and law. And no, the US isn't "telling" any nation to turn kelliekat44 Jul 2013 #54
None. n/t micraphone Jul 2013 #8
None whatsoever malaise Jul 2013 #23
Hope this answers your questions gholtron Jul 2013 #24
Haiti ? GeorgeGist Jul 2013 #29
My apologies. gholtron Jul 2013 #33
You do understand there are fugitives from other countries roaming the world, right? randome Jul 2013 #25
Yes. You are right. They have extradition agreements with us. djean111 Jul 2013 #38
That's certainly correct alcibiades_mystery Jul 2013 #50
And therin lies the threat. djean111 Jul 2013 #55
Exercise of sovereignty alcibiades_mystery Jul 2013 #58
I never said the US has no right to exercise its sovereignty. djean111 Jul 2013 #69
You're right to look at the power angle here alcibiades_mystery Jul 2013 #84
There is a difference Ken Burch Jul 2013 #100
No legitimate right whatsoever, but woo me with science Jul 2013 #27
Luis Posada Carriles. The US needs to STFU. hobbit709 Jul 2013 #34
+1 n2doc Jul 2013 #39
More to the point, many of the countries that have extradition treaties HardTimes99 Jul 2013 #71
What, the world is supposed to accept blindly that Venezuala does NOT torture? randome Jul 2013 #75
Pardon me, but if you maintain that the U.S. retains one iota of moral standing HardTimes99 Jul 2013 #77
We are no better nor worse than any other country. randome Jul 2013 #81
If you look only at the subject of invading countries without authorization HardTimes99 Jul 2013 #89
We did some shitty things in the recent past. No argument there. randome Jul 2013 #92
They can grant asylum, we can impose consequences shawn703 Jul 2013 #36
No...they give asylum (as many have suggested, to "stick it to the global bully"), and the US is alcibiades_mystery Jul 2013 #53
Well, not to personify too much, but as an example.... socialist_n_TN Jul 2013 #65
I don't think it would come to a conflict of that nature shawn703 Jul 2013 #66
Sure, but if my neighbor takes as a house guest the person who burglarized my house alcibiades_mystery Jul 2013 #87
Not entirely. We don't have to grant them tariff/trade concessions, and we MADem Jul 2013 #102
None but diplomatic contacts can talk with others treestar Jul 2013 #46
I didn't know diplomacy meant giving orders to other countries Progressive dog Jul 2013 #51
Any country in their right mind would try to stop a country from doing the same... allin99 Jul 2013 #52
It's because the US occupies the moral high ground! Violet_Crumble Jul 2013 #56
When you carry the responsibility NM_Birder Jul 2013 #60
You have an interesting view of how diplomacy works Recursion Jul 2013 #63
Ever since WWII america has spread their wealth to help other countries especially southernyankeebelle Jul 2013 #73
The U.S. has the 'right' to demand things from other countries. Those HardTimes99 Jul 2013 #74
We Are The Great and Mighty Oz... er... America! Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #78
Countries do not live in vacuums. They have to deal with each other. MjolnirTime Jul 2013 #82
Every political prisoner has the right to seek asylum. PDJane Jul 2013 #91
Little hyperbolic in the op aren't you? Sheepshank Jul 2013 #93
Since you posed the question in legal terms onenote Jul 2013 #97
They don't have any right ... sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #98
What right does the US have? The US is the decider in all matters of international indepat Jul 2013 #99
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