I was mildly incensed by this Wall Street Journal editorial that appeared in this morning’s paper. Here is a member of British parliament trying to school us Americans on how we should feel about Edward Snowden:
I sent the following letter in response:
Always nice to hear from the British, but they didn’t understand Americans then and they don’t now. We value our freedom and privacy above the “security” that the NSA claims to provide. And yes, the NSA’s unwarranted search, seizure and storage of our emails and phone records is in fact illegal according to the
fourth amendment of the Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land. The question of whether Edward Snowden is a hero or a traitor hinges on your
perspective: whether you are a private citizen disabused of your constitutional
rights by an overreaching, secretive and unaccountable government; or whether
you are a representative of that same government, using the NSA to help you
cling to power over the very citizens you are supposed to serve.
The brits STILL don’t understand us, even after 200 years.
Aside from that:
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
1 Thes 5:3