Obama Cancels Summit With Putin

[vostok]

WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (RIA Novosti) - US President Barack Obama has canceled plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for a one-on-one summit next month, the White House said Wednesday, amid US fury over Moscow's decision to grant asylum to US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.
"It was the unanimous view of the president and his national security team that a summit did not make sense in the current environment," White House Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes was quoted as saying by The Associated Press and other US media outlets.
The White House said a formal statement announcing the decision to cancel the summit would be issued shortly.
Obama's decision to cancel the meeting with Putin came after Russia decided to give temporary asylum to Snowden, a former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor who leaked details to media on US telephone and electronic surveillance programs that have triggered controversy in the United States and around the world.
Putin had said he did not want the Snowden affair to damage Russia's relations with the United States. US lawmakers and officials, however, have described Moscow's decision to protect Snowden as a "slap in the face" to the United States and urged Obama to reconsider his approach to building ties with Moscow.

 

[Ghareeb_Da_Baal]

Wow, I am Speechless!

 

[flamer84]

The civilised world should impose sanctions against Russia

 

[Falcon29]

The civilised world should impose sanctions against Russia

The civilized world should impose sanctions on AmeriCaCa

 

[474474]

The civilised world should impose sanctions against Russia

Russia won't sanction itself obviously.

The civilized world should impose sanctions on AmeriCaCa

Only Americans use cheap tactics like starving their enemy, the civilized world must deal in a civilized way.

 

[pkuser2k12]

Apni barri ayee tu kadu ro paray


sari dunya say logon ko human rights kay name par bula kay tamasha karwatay thay ab kyun mar rahay ho jab ye tumharay saath ho raha hay

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

That is pretty rude.

Obama is just coming off as a sore loser.

 

[T-123456]

That is pretty rude.

Obama is just coming off as a sore loser.

You do know,its not up to Obama to decide?

 

[Serpentine]

The civilised world should impose sanctions against Russia

I love it when you guys think you are civilized and others are savages, despite the fact that your countries have the darkest histories, have fought the majority of wars in history and are responsible for death and suffering of hundreds of millions of people in past century.
If being civilized means something like that, we people prefer to stay uncivilized.

 

[flamer84]

I love it when you guys think you are civilized and others are savages, despite the fact that your countries have the darkest histories, have fought the majority of wars in history and are responsible for death and suffering of hundreds of millions of people in past century.
If being civilized means something like that, we people prefer to stay uncivilized.

Huh,my country did what now?

Chris Rock - Black people hate white people - YouTube

 

[Serpentine]

Huh,my country did what now?

Chris Rock - Black people hate white people - YouTube

I'm not talking about Romania, but the big powers who have included themselves in the exclusive 'Civilized world' club amd look down to others as if they are uncivilized or subhumans.
In a wider extent, the 'Western World'.

 

[Götterdämmerung]

Putin must be roflmao.

BTW didn't Obama say at the beginning of the Snowden incident that he is all cool and doesn't care much about a small time hacker? Shortly after the no flight incident with the Bolivian plane and now this? What a bad liar!

 

[Ghareeb_Da_Baal]

maybe they can whats app each other and make up?

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

I love it when you guys think you are civilized and others are savages, despite the fact that your countries have the darkest histories, have fought the majority of wars in history and are responsible for death and suffering of hundreds of millions of people in past century.
If being civilized means something like that, we people prefer to stay uncivilized.

Flamer84 is an Indian, though since he is cheerleading for the West I guess he also considers himself to be a part of the West.

 

[Wright]

Kennedy, Reagan would have went on with the meeting. Obama lacks a spine, he cant look Russians in the eye like the former presidents did.