The Obama administration and members of Congress continue to
harp at countries who might harbor Edward Snowden with vague “oooh,
you’re-really-gonna-get-it” threats. As an American citizen, I find the actions
of my government humiliating and degrading because I know that all of this
bluster is for one purpose and one purpose only; to frighten any other
potential leakers into silence.
This is, after all, how a bully works. He rules by threats
and intimidation. “If you tell the teacher what I did, I’m gonna kick your ass
after school.” Sound familiar? What is the U.S. going to do to a dirt poor
country like Bolivia if it takes in Snowden? Hurt its economy even further? In
one breath Obama minimizes Snowden by calling him a, “29-year old hacker,” but
in the next breath he acts as if the young man is Hitler’s clone.
Have some dignity, Obama. You got caught with your taps
down. From the government’s standpoint, what’s the huge issue here? There isn’t
even a great groundswell of public indignation over the revelations, which is
truly unfortunate. Just do what you’ve always done and throw out those
buzzwords — al Qaeda, terrorism, threats to our security, blah, blah, blah — and
it will all settle down in no time.
But leave Bolivia alone. Okay?
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