Courtesy of Mish.
The bullies and hypocrites took to the air waves today regarding the “Importance of Trust“.
For example, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff complained today Snowden’s disclosures have undermined ‘importance of trust’ with other countries.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman says NSA leaker Edward Snowden’s disclosures about U.S. surveillance programs have undermined U.S. relationships with other countries and affected what he calls “the importance of trust.”
Gen. Martin Dempsey told CNN’s “State of the Union” in an interview broadcast Sunday that the U.S. will “work our way back. But it has set us back temporarily.”
The head of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Mike Rogers, told he “absolutely” thinks that one of the countries will give Snowden travel documents.
Rogers, R-Mich., said the U.S. should look at trade agreements with the nations that are offering asylum “to send a very clear message that we won’t put up with this kind of behavior.”
Sen. Robert Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he wasn’t surprised that those nations were offering asylum. “They like sticking it to the United States,” Mendendez, D-N.J., told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
He also mentioned re-examining U.S. trade policies and foreign aid to any country that might take in Snowden.
“Clearly such acceptance of Snowden to any country … is going to put them directly against the United States, and they need to know that,” he said.
Hypocrites and Bullies
- Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Rep. Mike Rogers, Head of the House Intelligence Committee,
- Sen. Robert Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
I would like to point out to all three gentlemen one important fact: Edward Snowden did not undermine trust.
There was no trust to undermine. All Snowden did was prove the obvious.
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