How DARE he compare this to Omaha Beach, even obliquely! Many of the men in this picture, fighting one of the greatest land armies ever assembled (the Wehrmacht), died on this shore, never to return home: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Into_the_...
Snowden's obstacles are a revoked passport and the charges he faces upon his inevitable return to the United States.
Calm down, the letter speaks of paying homage to the sacrifice of Omaha Beach. As in, if we don't act now and stop the injustice, we aren't worthy. He's talking about you and me, not Edward.
Snowden's obstacles are a revoked passport and the charges he faces upon his inevitable return to the United States.