Lawls, look here. My little fingers are ever so tired. You are the same as me and all the other trolls. Do as I say not as I do. As in you have been trolling these comments. Btw, now that is censorship. Completely removing a comment that was directed at everyone. Oh, I enrage you much? btw, I am pretty sure I was right on most accounts. Besides the KBG, even that I am pretty sure it doesn't exist as it did (if it does). Then again they might hold the right to have it. We have the NSA buddy. Either way, I enjoy reading your hypocritical responses. Well the one to mine that is.
No, I only replied to the instances the were relative to my feelings.. You call to mind some ancient saw like "the pot calls the kettle black", or, "I takes one to know one". (With respect to trolling).
I'm not denying the NSA, nor should you deny the KGB. To one degree or another, they are balancing forces.
Whether Snowden is right or wrong for stealing or revealing our country's secrets, he has played into a propaganda war against the US, jeopardized our safety, and given other nations insight into our security measures, without any viable return. In other words, if he would have revealed other country's civilian spying practices at the same time, the balance of forces would remain equal. So, it's naive on mostly everybody's part here, to think other nations are NOT involved in the same types of information gathering as our NSA.
I would be very surprised, if there weren't a trade of information going on, between members of mutual defense obligated armed forces such as NATO anyway. Since no one else has had an attack on the scale of 9-11.
Prima facia, it would seem that world relations between the East and West have improved. To the extent of business relations, perhaps they have .And there you have the old, often stated paradox in play, "it's not the politicians running countries, it's the people pulling their purse strings". And so, the "war" rages on, this time with nations trying to subdue other nations by economic means.
With that said, the reason the Soviet Union dissolved, is rebellion on the part of the Czech people. Erstwhile, the Russians were running out of money simply from spending it on military purposes. People here would like to believe it was Regan's call to "tear down the wall, Mr. Gorbachev", but it wasn't.
Having the US's intelligence gathering secrets exposed, was a bold face diversion, and boon, to other country's propaganda machines and spy networks. Even nations that are ostensibly our "friends, (such as Israel), have been caught prying into our secret affairs.
Why deify Snowden for balancing the scales in the favor of other nations, when loyalty, (as should charity), begins at home.
I suppose I am guilty as charged of "trolling", since I don't have a mobile phone, and accordingly have no jeopardy, at least on that front.
But in truth, the NSA can only wade through so much irrelevant bull s***, and still leave work at 5:00 PM.
These are tough times. If you're inclined to commit an act of terrorism, I suggest you don't blab about it on a "smart phone", 'cause it's not very, "smart".
So, there aren't any right parties in this whole fiasco.
Snowden is wrong for exposing secrets.
The NSA is wrong for perhaps being too zealous in its information gathering.
The public is wrong for simply being overtly hysterical about the issue.
Keep this in mind, once power is attained, those who wield it, are very reluctant to let go of it. I suspect that after this furor subsides, the status quo will remain.
