I still think all this spy crap is more destructive to our national interest than it is helpful.
It would be better to deal openly and honestly with all nations, and engage in no secret back dealings. All our friends would know exactly where they stood. And every enemy would also know exactly where they stood.
Replace the freedom killing, reputation killing skullduggery with a certain and deadly military response to any attacks on us.
Think of it as Chuck Norris living on your block foreign policy. He doesn’t peek in your windows or read you mail. If you are a friend, he doesn’t need to. If you are an enemy and plan to mug him in the driveway, in that moment you can expect full justice.
I think that would be a pretty nice block to live on.
Chia Lin says that an army without spies is like a man without ears or eyes.The hoopla is over the USA’s ineptitude, or (as I suspect) deliberate undermining of espionage, which has been caused at the very top. Dealing openly at all times with respect to foreign relations is sheer folly.