NSA Spying Not Very Focused on Terrorism: Power, Money and Crushing Dissent Are Real Motives Ops

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52. You anti NSA people are 'like children

General Alexander anti NSA people are 'like children who don't want to take a bath'

Previously in the interview, Alexander compares the public's negative reaction to the necessity of intelligence collection to a child's refusal to take a bath. "It's like when you were younger — well, this is for boys," he said. "You know, when you're younger, you say, 'I don't want to take a bath.' You say, 'No, I'd never take a bath. Why would we want to take a bath?' Well, you've got to take a bath, cleanliness, (et cetera). I said, 'But isn't there a better way?' Well we don't, so we had to take baths, right, or showers. What about here, what's a better way to stop terrorists?"

that is at 16mins 22 seconds

The attempt at infantilizing the very people he is supposedly working for reveals that he views these people as lesser beings and that he wants their unquestioning submission to his will.

The whistle blowing portion of the interview also reaffirms this.