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He was given asylum by the Russian government, snatching him from Russian soil would be a major thing that could possibly start a war.

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Get real.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvinen...

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/02/world/americas/bolivia-pre...

I see no shots being fired.

Russia is not going to start a war with the United States over Snowden.

Or: Obama is not going to start a war with Putin over Snowden. They're already spread thin (Syira, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Korea, Pacific, etc).

Lol.. the US is to Russia what North Korea is to the US - a small nuisance. Talking about Obama starting a war with Russia is a ridiculous fantasy. Heck, the US has lost every single war it started over the past two decades - even to the poorest and least organized enemies you can imagine.

"the US is to Russia what North Korea is to the US - a small nuisance."

Ha. The US military is just slightly more advanced than whatever North Korea has. In terms of sheer firepower, the US military is formidable. These so-called "lost wars" aren't pitting nation against nation, which is what US vs. Russia would be.

I'm disappointed this is the case (as a fiscally conservative US citizen), but most our of aircraft carriers have superior air firepower onboard than most countries have entirely.

"One US aircraft carrier has a more powerful air force than 70% of all countries." http://www.dump.com/aircraftcarrier/

How did the US lose the first Gulf War? I think Iraq was removed from Kuwait right?

Technically older than the last two decades?

The "wars" were won quite convincingly. They were over before they started. The problem is that the wars did not end up resulting in the kind of postwar peace envisioned after about 2001 or so (an issue that Clausewitz pointed out in the 1830s).

More likely a strong tsk tsk in a passing speech.

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