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    > Ecuador too of all countries is taking an anti-US stance. It's a
    > strange country to claim to be supporting human rights
If you're already on unfriendly terms with the U.S. it would seem to be in your interest to undermine them and cast them in a bad light.

You don't need noble intentions to score political points by accepting a high-profile refugee fleeing from a government largely hostile to you.




The strangeness he's referring to is on Snowden, not Ecuador. Of course Ecuador is doing this to spite the US. However, Snowden shouldn't be surprised when it becomes convenient for Ecuador to change its mind once he is no longer useful.




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