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The arrogance of lines like this is amazing. You realise there will be a time when the U.S needs it's allies help... and spying on them, does not make them wan
by 1stop 13y ago
The arrogance of lines like this is amazing.
You realise there will be a time when the U.S needs it's allies help... and spying on them, does not make them want to help.
- ufmace 13y agoArrogant? Maybe. But it's the exact thing every country in the world has been doing ever since there was a such thing as nations and diplomacy. I think it's naive to think that anybody really cares about some objective notion of fairness. As for their help, whether or not they want to help has never mattered. They will continue to either help or not help (or impede) for the same reasons they always have - whether it's in their own national interest to do so.
- BigTuna 13y ago"it's naive to think that anybody really cares about some objective notion of fairness." It seems that Brazil cared, to the tune of $4.5B in lost sales from an American company due to our eavesdropping. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/18/brazil-jets-idUSL2N0JX17W20131218 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/18/brazil-jets-idUSL2...