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Re: Edward Snowden - Useful Idiot?u
First, I'm a libertarian however I'm not an "isolationist", second - I think every superpower in the world knows we're spying on them too, as a matter of fact they probably already had the information Snowden exposed given the fact they thought so little of the information that they allowed Snowden access to it. And third none of this changes the simple FACT that our government is acting in tyrannical fashion against US citizens.
You do realize those who give up liberty for security deserve neither right?
You conveniently leave out that much of what he revealed was global intelligence processes that are directly involved with national security. It's not just home-based information he revealed.
What libertarians don't understand is that, while your ideology sounds really nice in some ways, your country would last a nanosecond in this evil world. Some government is unfortunately quite necessary.
As a conservative, I can support some of what he did, but not when he runs to China and Russia, and no doubt, undoes years of intelligence work on America's part. I have no doubt that this, in conjunction with a U.S. president whom Putin finds laughable, is largely the reason Putin is so bold and unafraid right now as he Hitlers along in the Eastern bloc.
First, I'm a libertarian however I'm not an "isolationist", second - I think every superpower in the world knows we're spying on them too, as a matter of fact they probably already had the information Snowden exposed given the fact they thought so little of the information that they allowed Snowden access to it. And third none of this changes the simple FACT that our government is acting in tyrannical fashion against US citizens.
You do realize those who give up liberty for security deserve neither right?