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In reply to the discussion: NOW It IS About Snowden. [View all]aquart
(69,014 posts)Our allies whom we have been trying to keep from becoming enemies despite competing interests. His simplistic little sci-fi mind does not grasp the intricate push pull of international relations. You don't seem to understand how different it is from national relations, either.
He wants to put Brazil above the United States, let Brazil have him. Let Venezuela have him. I would prefer not to have a trial just because of ignorant crap like this.
THE FLAMING IDIOT DOESN'T THINK SPY AGENCIES SHOULD SPY! And many at DU agree wholeheartedly. Not me. But the balance is delicate. And secrecy will always lead to coverups of really awful decisions, so leaks and cleanups are regularly necessary.
What is ridiculous is the belief that any of this will ever end. Or that it's not right to spy on people. Of course it's not right. That's why spying is dangerous and caught spies are left to swing slowly slowly in the wind. Unless there is a gentlemen's agreement prisoner exchange.