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...but his protestations to have done all of this for love of country are starting to ring quite hollow. Why, because he doesn't behave in a way that comports
by rosser 13y ago
...but his protestations to have done all of this for love of country are starting to ring quite hollow.
Why, because he doesn't behave in a way that comports with your definitions of love of country?
IMO, the truest patriot is one who cares enough about his country to call out its faults. That he doesn't want to be "Gitmo-ed" or suffer "extraordinary rendition" to a place where they "interrogate" you by shoving a broken beer bottle up your ass is pretty orthogonal to patriotism, if you ask me.
- twoodfin 13y agoNo, because going to Hong Kong, then Russia, then Ecuador with a few laptops full of classified information is not something a serious person does if they're interested in the welfare of the United States. And seriously: It would have been completely illegal to send Snowden to Gitmo or any other nation. If you're worried that the President is willing to do things that are blatantly and obviously illegal and unconstitutional, as opposed to in the gray areas of national security, and that no one in the Congress or the judiciary could or would do anything about it, then hey, get that impeachment petition going. But really this is all just hn hyperventilation. If Snowden thought he was a true whistleblower, he should have followed the law, which describes exactly how he should have communicated his concerns. If that had failed, go to Congress and testify. But sneaking off to HK with (apparently) a bunch of unrelated information was not a "brave" or "patriotic" thing to do.