Today's Guardian web site posted an op-ed by John Bolton (as in Bush's UN ambassador). When I saw who wrote it, I thought I knew what I was in for if I read it, but I was curious about how he would justify the idea that Edward Snowden should be drawn and quartered and fed to the wolves.
Up until know, I don't think I'dever read anything he had written, so I didn't have any idea of what exactly to expect. . . . About a third of the way through the article I got the image of Jeff Dunham with Peanut on his arm and Peanut making the "going over his head gesture." He was castigating Snowden for publicizing the fact the the US was engaged in snooping on the Chinese. Here is what he had to say:
The political implications are grave. Snowden has given Beijing something it couldn't achieve on its own: moral equivalence.
Indeed. Of course, his intent was that now China could justify it's activities by claiming self-defense. It completely escaped him that that moral equivalence also implies that it's perfectly OK for the US to suppress and spy on its own citizens. That doesn't seem to be a problem. (That is not a surprise, Bolton is an archetypal high-RWA, and as far as they are concerned, anything goes when it comes to maintaining "national security" and "law and order.)"
If you're up for a few giggles, the comment section has some real zingers. Take a half hour or so before bed, pour a glass of wine and head over there. Outside of the Daily Show and the Colbert Report, it may be some of the best amusement to be had today . . .