I think the Russian snub is mostly because the left and everyone in the admin feel they have to do something about Russia not allowing homo propaganda being dished out to kids. This is unacceptable to the homo loving left. I think Snowden pales in comparison to that.
do you think the universe came about entirely randomly? do you think life evolved from non-life randomly? do you think science shows either of the above or do you think science points to fine tunings of our universe and directed evolution? if you accept that science shows the likelyhood of use being here by random chance is almost nil and that there is evidence of a Tuner or Something or Someone that caused a drive for life in evolution... .. then really, we are we not just speculating about the nature of the Designer?
I think you're right. As Pat Buchanan noted, we've granted asylum to scores, maybe hundreds, of russians they would have executed or sent to the gulag.
"When I joined the military it was illegal to be homosexual, then it became optional, and now it's legal. I'm getting out before the Democrats make it mandatory." - Sgt Harry Berres, USMC