[sofaman]

straw man? Hardly...let us not be so indignant that an ally would spy on us. There is no doubt that we have, and that we do.

That is hardly a strawman argument because the argument cannot be refuted. We HAVE spied in allies in the past.

The fact that Pollard should rot in prison, should not give way to "holier than thou" sentiment swhen it comes to spying on "friends".

[rogue yam]

By my estimation, either

(1) you don't know the meaning of the term "straw-man argument", or

(2) you lack the ability to rationally apply that term to the posts on this thread, or

(3) you are deliberately obfuscating.

I'd ask you which but that I have no reason to expect a meaningful answer.