"...do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic..."

"For the good of the Air Force, for the good of the armed services and for the good of our country, I urge you to reject convention and careerism..."
- Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Maxwell AFB, April 21, 2008

"You will need to challenge conventional wisdom and call things like you see them to subordinates and superiors alike."
- Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, United States Air Force Academy, March 4, 2011

Friday, February 7, 2014

Ed Snowden is a Magnet for Actual Traitors


The word "traitor" gets applied to everything today that is political, and that is not liked by a political faction.  Whether it's one political party not agreeing with the other political party being described as holding America hostage, or third party types being referred to as traitors, the word "traitor," and by extension "treason," has become incredibly elastic.

One of the biggest casualties in the past couple of decades has been the destruction of words.  Destroying words means destroying law and accountability.

The recent interview with Edward Snowden is excellent, although it has apparently been blacked out by many media outlets here in America, all while it's international news elsewhere around the globe.  When I make the remark that the average American today is not unlike the average North Korean, this is just one more data point.

Treated like mushrooms.

What I found particuarly disheartening, but not surprising, was Snowden mentioning public servants who expressed a desire to kill him.  Not to charge him and put him on trial for any immoral laws he broke, in order to show how lawless his previous government employers were, but to simply kill him because his non-violent actions threaten their power.  Not unlike Dr. Martin Luther King.

You don't need to be involved in violence to be courageous.  You just have to prounounce the truth, and you will be seen as an enemy.

And traitors in America, who would make war on Americans without charge or trial and in violation of our Constitution, will line up against you.

4 comments:

  1. Your opinion makes no sense. Who are the hordes of traitors in America. By making the disclosure about the existence NSAprism all are foreign adversaries would by implication been alerted about the the scope of NSA a capabilities and altered there behavior. I have read that Bin Laden had banned the use of electronic communications long before his demise. What the U.S. does in foreign lands is only limited by the integrity and morality or those in command. Inside the U.S, all goverment actions are bound by the Constitution. Are those who have acted to ignore constitutional limits the traitors you refer to?

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  2. How does my opinion make no sense? Do you understand my opinion?

    My opinion is that those in the defense industry in America, who kill Americans without charge or trial using the machinery of warfare (or who anonymously wish to do so as this interview mentions), are those engaged in treason. Treason is making war on the United States, and my opinion is that those in the business of war, who use war machinery to kill Americans, have made war on America and therefore are traitors. http://www.pickyourbattles.net/2014/01/robert-gates-right-except-when-it.html

    "By making the disclosure about the existence NSAprism all are foreign adversaries would by implication been alerted about the the scope of NSA a capabilities and altered there behavior." I don't know what you're saying here.

    "I have read that Bin Laden had banned the use of electronic communications long before his demise." Yes, it didn't take Snowden to convince those we were at war with that they were being tracked by using electronics.

    "Are those who have acted to ignore constitutional limits the traitors you refer to?" Yes, when they violate the Fifth Amendment and take the life of an American without due process of law.

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  3. Spoken like anti-Christian bigot Mikey Weinstein, Nidal Hasan, Bradley Manning, and Benedict Arnold. Attaching due process to a US citizen cavorting with and providing aid and comfort to the enemy on the battlefield while ascribing treason to those Americans defending US forces is perverse and dishonest. Suddenly, you declare the US military traitors. US citizens enjoying their God-given liberties don't live among the enemy as the enemy puts rounds down range at US forces. You're ignorant about application of Constitutional rights and their abrogation, more likely dishonest - integrity violation.

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  4. Way to go straight into left field Jim Kirk. Attaching due process to a US citizen...um, yeah, kind of like, you know, it specifically says to do in our Constitution.

    If you don't like our Constitution, Jim Kirk, and you'd prefer a less free and much more powerful military state, I've heard that North Korea is nice this time of year. They're waiting for you.

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