Anthonyn Cordesman on Edward Snowden

Interesting story .

i watched a tv show last night hosted by john stossel--a libertarian.

he had several guests who provided an argument that the us is heading in the direction of the roman empire.

i agree with some of the other comments, that the US should avoid foreign entanglements.

i think Jefferson and others warned against such endeavors.

as to snowden, informing zus citizens about unconstitutional activities of the govt is a good thing. don't know if he leaked any "secret information".

as for spying, the US is not alone in such an activity--other countries spy on us, e.g., China, Russia, etc. .

Mrtennis,
Stossel provides a unique perspective that you won't often find in today's media. Being a Liberterian, my views are much aligned with Mr. Stossel although I keep an open mind about every issue and try not to let politics influence the outcomes of my thoughts on those issues.
Several stories have been written on comparisons of the US history and that of the Roman Empire. The playing field is too inadequate to make any reasonable comparison. The world is much too different. Things happen much faster.

Snowden is not and has never been a spy. He was employed as an
intelligence contractor and has become a human rights whistleblower, a concerned citizen. Only when his safety was compromised did he flee. If he didn't leave when he did, we never would have heard the name Snowden, he would have been locked up so deep in Guantanamo you would not have heard from him again.
I'll rep at an earlier post, Snowden is a hero. I hope he lives to tell the truth.

p.s. his odds for living increased greatly when he flew to Hong Kong.

Go see the movie Dirty Wars if you want some perspective on what the US is doing around the world.

Is this what our founding fathers had in mind?

Zen, What?