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Only an idiot stands toe to toe with a more powerful opponent.
Originally posted by neo96
David and Goliath comes to mind, so does a decade long war by a bunch of people 'living in caves'.
People give the US government too much credit, and they are also giving Snowden too much credit.
1. Goliath was the aggressor and, giant or not, it was still a man vs man "fair" fight. Both of those play a large factor and neither is applicable here, as the aggressor is Snowden by releasing this information we all have a right to hear.
2. The decade long war kinda falls into your idea of giving the US government too much credit. Also, I think you're making a mistake assuming that was a war we ever attempted to actually win. The goal was gridlock, not victory. Total victory could have been acheived in less than a week, but for some inexplicable reason the US never entered Afghanistan with that in mind.
Originally posted by dreamingawake
A recent polls(not that I see those as trustworthy says 56 percent of American's support Prism: Majority of Americans Support NSA Programs
I posted: www.abovetopsecret.com...
"Any analyst at any time can target anyone, any selector, anywhere. Where those communications will be picked up depends on the range of the sensor networks and the authorities that analyst is empowered with. Not all analysts have the ability to target everything. But I sitting at my desk certainly had the authorities to wiretap anyone from you or your accountant to a Federal judge to even the President if I had a personal e-mail."
"over time that awareness of wrongdoing sort of builds up and you feel compelled to talk about. And the more you talk about the more you're ignored. The more you're told its not a problem until eventually you realize that these things need to be determined by the public and not by somebody who was simply hired by the government."
Originally posted by burdman30ott6
Mr. Snowden is a clever gambler.
reply to post by Wrabbit2000
Treason isn't some vague notion. It's not what we say it is or what we'd like it to be. Treason is defined, like no other crime in the United States, right in the US Constitution itself......and Boehner is a blithering idiot who also needs shown the door in the next election he's up in. Republican or not. He's a fool with ignorant statements like that, as if he knew what he was talking about.
But not everyone thinks Snowden was so heroic.
Originally posted by cuckooold
So the deal is the NSA can know everything about us, our emails and phone conversations, and we the people are permitted to know nothing?
If you find something out about the workings of the US govt, and tell someone you are a traitor?
People give the US government too much credit, and they are also giving Snowden too much credit.