Let's just say the entire idea was completely and absolutely unthinkable. So, whomever believed it was okay to even think they could carry out such a plot is at least that much a threat to the USA national security and that of it's allies.
July 3, 2013
...Morales was forced to land (click here) at an airport in Vienna, Austria, where his plane landed after France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy reportedly refused permission to fly over their territories, as last night.
"Austrian officials said Morales' plane was searched early Wednesday by Austrian border police after Morales gave permission," . "Bolivian and Austrian officials both say Snowden was not on board."
"We're talking about the president on an official trip after an official summit being kidnapped," Bolivia's U.N. Ambassador Sacha Llorenti Soliz told reporters in Geneva, according to Britain's .
Speaking to reporters at Vienna's airport last night, Morales used similar language, adding that the governments of France, Italy, Portugal and Spain had made a mistake of historic proportions....
In order to understand how grievous this issue is every nation's leader should be in this circumstance and understand what occurred. This could be Angela Merkel, Vladimir Putin, David Cameron or Barak Obama. The leaders of nations globally don't travel battle ready. They travel along secure flight paths to avoid danger. These flight paths are well planned.
The airports these leaders land in and take off from are ready to handle any emergency, medical or otherwise. There are people on standby to assist when government leaders attend important global meetings. These are huge events where many leaders attend. If for some reason there was some kind of tragedy at such a meeting there would be many nations with their leadership reacting to trauma. These meetings are very well planned, both for the sponsoring country and those attending. I kind of think of these meetings like the Olympics only of higher order of concern.
To think President Morales was removed from his secure flight path is the first insult to the security of that man and his status. To realize then he was forced to circle in airspace without a resolve is the second insult to the man and his status. To realize this is occurring in European airspace implicates the entire European Union and their standards for operation of such safe airspace. Then the plane was forced to find a place to land for the sake of fuel, either friendly or hostile. Then the plane was boarded while President Morales was forced to sit someplace unknown to his nation in a waiting room in an airport.
This is bizarre. This is more than bizarre. Bizarre is not allowed in the security of leaders of sovereign nations.
Now, what were the people that boarded looking for? Mr. Snowden. Based on what? Intelligence, information received from the Russia foreign service? Please some kind of reason other than a populous television show. Nope. The security of this man and his status was compromised because of a populous television show where he was living up to his image to the folks back hom.
This was not a reason to board a President's plane. Let's just take this one step further. What if Mr. Snowden actually had assistance by the stewardess he laid the night before and was smuggled on to the President's plane. Then he is found in a baggage compartment by those searching the plane. He is apprehended. What then happens to President Morales? Is he an accomplice? Does the government that searched his plane have plans to hold the plane without fuel and arrest President Morales.
To say this was a bad idea doesn't begin to explain how completely unthinkable these actions sincerely are.
