Putin Does the Right Thing - Allows Edward Snowden Free Transit from Russia. "I'd prefer not to deal with this issue at all—it's like shearing a pig—too much squeaking, too little wool"

If the shoe was on the other foot, and a Russian whistleblower had fled to America while exposing illegal activity of the Russian government, would America send him back on a plane to Russia?  To face certain prosecution, maybe even death?

No f*cking way.

So we're shocked, SHOCKED, that Putin did what he did today?

Bravo, Putin.  Bravo Russia.  And now for our hero Ed Snowden it's on to Ecuador!

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that he'd rather not intervene in the case of Edward Snowden, who is wanted in the U.S. on charges of espionage for leaking National Security Agency secrets, and likened navigating the diplomacy of the situation to "shearing a pig."

"I'd prefer not to deal with this issue at all—it's like shearing a pig—too much squeaking, too little wool," Putin said during a news conference in Turku, Finland, as quoted by the Wall Street Journal.

Putin announced Snowden was free to transit out of Russia, adding "the sooner he chooses his final destination, the better it will be for us and for him."