'US' ki naak me dum

         Edward Joseph snowden is an American computer specialist who worked for the CIA and the NSA and leaked details of several top-secret United States and British government mass surveillance programs to the press.The leaks highlighted how the US Goverment was comprising with people's privacy and accesing information.Snowden has defended his leaks as an effort "to inform the public as to that which is done under the guise of national security and clear violation of basic human rights".Snowden sent assylum requests to many countries but it was Russia which finally allowed him to stay in their country for a year thus angering the US.To undertstand the snowden situation let us revisit the two Cold war era and understand the historical background which are influencing the current developments.

'US'ki naak me dum.....

          At the end of WW2 USA and USSR(old name of Russia) were the only superpowers left.The reason for america's rise can be attributed to the money it earned by funding WW 2 in terms of weapons,ammunitions and finance it provided mainly to france,UK during the 6 long years of War. Many countries became indebted to USA and continued to repay this debt over a period of time.During the same period the USA also grew widely in terms of technology.it became the first country to land man on moon, the first to use a nueclar weapon on japan and leading manufacturer of automobiles and other allied industries.On the other hand USSR had the advantage of huge resources and land area thanks to majority central asian countries being part of USSR.It was the first country to send an artificial sattelite to space i.e SPUTNIK.The biggest difference between the two countries however lied in their respective ideologies-Capitalist US vs communist USSR.So what is the difference??
                 In Communism, the community or society solely owns the resources or the means of production. On the other hand, in capitalism, the resources or the means of production lies with a private owner.For Communists, the society is above individuals. But for capitalists, individual freedom is above the state or society. While capitalism is a self regulated economic system, communism is a government run economy. In capitalism, the individual has full control over production and decides on the price structure. Contrary to this, it is the society or the government that determines the price structure in communism.While Communism stands for abolishing private property, Capitalism stands for private property.So this was the difference in short...

The two "presidents"

               For the 2-3 decades this cold war continued until the USSR crumbled as communism could not sustain in the long run and this led to disintegration of USSR.So today Russia , the biggest among the USSR countries is a pale shadow of it's former glorius years.Russia today has a veto power in security council,has a influence in world trade negotiations but is nowhere near US.So today, US is the sole superpower in the world.With more powers comes more enemies.
                 With every second terrorist organization in the world conspiring against the US it is but natural that US has a state of art security and always has to be on it's toes . NSA national security agency is the foremost surveillance and data gathering agency of US.While working for NSA snowden came across many instrances where he realized that privacy of individuals was being compromised both in US as well as of other countries in the name of National security under US PRISM surveillance programmes. 
              Today snowden is a globally recognized  as a hero while at the same time he is a traitor for many of his countrymen because fact remains whatever good he did for the world he had to betray his motherland. "Russia has stabbed us in the back, and each day that Mr. Snowden is allowed to roam free is another twist of the knife," said Senator Chuck Schumer, a close Obama (US President) ally and fellow Democrat.
        In this particular battle between snowden and USA it is very difficult to take sides.On one hand is a man who considered  individual rights more important than his country's national security and on the other hand is a nation determined to protect itself from external threats using illegitimate means.But had it not been for snowden the truth would never have come out in the open.His courageous stand is an inspiration for whistle blowers all over the world who put their life at stake to bring the truth out in the open.This is an interesting time for world diplomacy as it is only the future that will answer the fate of Edward Snowden and it's effect on the two ideological enemies of the world the USA and Russia.