I’m beginning to understand the term “irony” a bit more as I watch Edward Snowden’s attempt to escape the long of U.S. law.

Snowden is being charged with espionage in relation to his release of classified information from National Security Agency files. Snowden once worked for the NSA. Thus, he broke an oath he took to protect national security secrets, correct?

He claims to have done it in the interest of full disclosure, free speech and all that kind of thing.

But get this. Where has this man gone to escape the feds’ clutches?

Hong Kong, which is part of the People’s Republic of China; Moscow, the capital of the one-time Evil Empire, which has turned into a country, Russia, that doesn’t provide its citizens nearly the freedom that we enjoy here; he’s asking for asylum in Ecuador, another country hardly known for its freedom; and he’s now reportedly seeking entry into Cuba, one of two Marxist states in the Western Hemisphere.

What do all these places have in common? One thing that comes to mind is that if Snowden were a citizen of any of these countries, he would be arrested, locked up, tried, convicted and possibly executed for his crimes.

Ironic, don’t you think?