Putin the Predictable: Guest Snowden

It takes no savvy to know what Vladimir Putin will do next. Putin (Vova or VVP, as he is known by Russians) can be counted on to do exactly what his declared "enemy" - the United States - does not want him to do. He will do so, moreover, unadorned with diplomatic language or tact. Putin's granting of asylum to fugitive Edward Snowden is just another on a long list of examples. Putin sends ships full of supplies to Syria during Assad's lowest point in his civil war as President Obama declares Ass...