Was he a patriot for telling other countries that we were spying on them?
Was he a patriot for telling other countries that we were spying on them?
Natural Immunity Croc
thank you weso1!
And thats fine if his intent was to protect the American people. His intent was much more than that. He clearly had an axe to grind with the government because he went to our biggest rivals and shared with them what we were doing. That crosses a line.
If all he did was expose the domestic issues then he would be a Patriot in my eyes. Now he is just a coward and a traitor.
Natural Immunity Croc
a) please tell me you weren't really surprised to learn there was domestic spying -- please
b) why didnt Snowdon stand up and get arrested in St Louis and go through a trial? Imagine the info that would be exposed through a trial and the day by day drip by drip news stories -- now there will be no trial - just a guy that broke his word for no good reason. Other than what... ?
c) the intelligence community is monitoring US correspondence. I am shocked = Shoot, what will we learn next? They are still holding detainees in Gitmo
I just don't understand the outrage. And where was this outrage when it really mattered. Seems to me that all that could possibly (if anything) to come out of this is just another knee jerk reaction. Which is what got us into this in the first place. A knee jerk reaction.
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the issue the government has to deal with is how do they protect 300M people.
It is real simple to say the "government " should be open and in sunshine - but the reality is how ... ?
How? I detest the notion that I have no privacy -- but after this program has been in affect for ten years -- how do you reel it back?
this issue makes it look like binLaden won.
I take it back about Eisenhower. Eisenhower in 1944 was a hero and patriot. Eisenhower in 1954 was a pig installing the Shah and really setting this whole affair in motion
Last edited by 57Brave; 08-12-2013 at 08:07 PM.
Every government that has ever existed at any point in civilization has lied to its citizens.
Natural Immunity Croc
Who in this scenario are our allies?
Natural Immunity Croc
Bleh... I'm imagining posts I made that I didn't wind up posting that I thought I did. While my reply was a quote from thethe, my post was really about the general idea that truth is what makes a patriot. This is of course way too simplistic and really just pretty absurd. Because we absolutely need some state secrets to remain secrets. I mean... it was a very general statement both Crumpfish and sturg made. It wasn't about US spying on allies.
Of course I see the difference, but it's not for Snowden to decide whether or not we should be spying on certain allies assuming he doesn't have all the info.
^ edited for clarification.
Last edited by weso1; 08-12-2013 at 10:18 PM. Reason: You better clarify.
thank you weso1!
Carp (08-13-2013)
I fail to see how this is good for anyone.
The US is not going to stop spying, nor should they stop. We have now pissed off 2 big allies, one of them being a former enemy from a not so distant past. This aftermath of this is going to cost the American taxpayers millions of dollars in all likelihood.
Good for the people indeed.....
Last edited by Carp; 08-13-2013 at 01:20 AM.
Um pretty sure that Snowden can't wheelhouse kick like Jason Bourne. Stupid McCain
Basically everyone outside the UK and it's commonwealth children (the nice white ones, at least).
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Snowdens a puss. if he was a real patriot he'd return and have his day in court. Instead the dude is being used by a country with a horrendous human rights problem.