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In reply to the discussion: The NSA Scandal is a Bipartisan Cluster Fuck. [View all]kentuck
(111,052 posts)Our nation was captured by fear for many years. We became numb to the war on terror. Whatever we had to do to stop them was alright with us. We knew what we were asked to surrender when Bush and Cheney were in power. In our name, they tortured, they renditioned prisoners to other countries to be tortured, they imprisoned people without any formal charges, they invaded other countries, and they spied on all of us. After all, you were either with us or you were against us...
We were lost in that wilderness for many years and we still haven't found our way out, in my opinion. We are still not ready to reclaim our freedom and our rights that are guaranteed by our Bill of Rights in our Constitution. To the contrary, we are ready to surrender even more. But not for the war on terror but for simple political advantage...