Watching the media/assorted politicians/Nation-Reason clones get their panties in a wad over the activities of the NSA is very entertaining. That the evil NSA and the wicked U.S. were the only ones engaged in this gross violation of international norms - that was the fairy tale, said James Lewis, a technology policy specialist at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. It was never true. U.S. behavior wasnt outside the norm. It is the norm. And not to acknowledge this is to put the United States at great risk. Those who think otherwise seem to believe that the United States is the only actor on the world stage capable of causing great harm. That they apparently do not read or think much is fairly obvious. Why so many others listen to them may say much about American culture. Such, however, is the order of things. World Series continues tonight. Go Boston! Off to bookshop in the morning.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 13:19:06 +0000
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