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In reply to the discussion: I Am Beyond Sick/Tired Of Being Called An "Authoritarian NSA Apologist". [View all]HumansAndResources
(229 posts)Are we going to continue to believe Known Liars in government? Are we going to continue fall for the smears of those that expose them?
Look into Yugoslavia - how the US broke up the existing peace treaty to get that war going, so the Transnationals could grab up all of that land, resources and put those people into the land of "Want a drink? - pay Pepsico for the privilege." The cold war ended - did we get Peace? No, NATO expanded to the Russian border, just as they feared it would - their justification for the Eastern Bloc was proven true. Then the Georgia sneak-attack, and on and on.
So far, only the Bolivians and Venezuelans have managed to "say no" to the "offer they could not refuse" - the "we will own your country or else" offer - from Mafia-Transnationals and their "Intelligence" assistants. THAT is what all this is about - not "our safety."
There has been Zero Accountability for the West's war-crimes, most committed by "Intelligence" services and the State Dept - usually when some Natural Resources needed to be stolen for Billionaire-interests. Heck, Kissinger even gets invited on CNN as an "honored guest." How many millions' blood does one need on one's hands to be considered a "criminal"? Just take Indonesia and East Timor for starters - never mind Pinochet (for Rockefeller's Copper Mines) and Operation Condor (google "sausage links" with that).
So, yes, we darn well better oppose giving more power / surveillance to these "intelligence" agency war-criminals and known torturers. We have some of the goods on them, thanks to Mr Snowden. Hopefully, he can live in Iceland some day - or even the USA, if we elect a President "Of The People" vs one who will buckle "For The Transnationals."