Snowdon is a dummy

...although he carefully cloaks it as commentary about "the government."

Frank Apisa wrote:

xcellent question, Revelette. I misread Walter's opening sentence to read that he considers it good advice. I was surprised that he did...but the fact is that anyone...even people who are fervent supporters of Snowden should be able to see the value of the advice.

I wrote:

Is this really a good advice, German media ask this morning, when they published the following.

If that is so easily ti misunderstand - how should it be phrased in proper English (or American English)? I wanted to say that this morning various media published that dpa-report, all (five at the moment I posted it) asked "Is this really a good advice?" (Or slightly differently worded.)

Frank Apisa wrote:

...although he carefully cloaks it as commentary about "the government."

That's another point.

I'm not a big supporter of our government at all. (In Germany and other countries, the government is the government = what the word says and means: the executive in control of a state at a given time. (The administration is as well what the word says: civil servants, employees who work for the state/government.)

I tend to think of "our government" as being us...We, the people.

Many disagree with me.

Kind of like our parties of democrat or republican or independents in congress?

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been living in Russia for nearly one year. Now German Justice Minister Heiko Maas has suggested he go back to the US, sparking outrage among left-wing politicians.
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Together with the Greens, The Left is prepared to go to court in order to force the NSA investigation committee to question Snowden. The majority of the committee, which is largely made up of Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats and their coalition partner, the Social Democrats, is against the move. The Green and Left panelists have now filed an official request asking the German government to revise the decision at its first sitting after the summer break at the latest. Should this request not be met, the opposition will take the matter to the constitutional court.

It is not certain, however, whether Snowden will still be in Russia at the time when the German constitutional court is likely to take on the case. Snowden's term ends on July 31 and it is not yet clear whether the Russian government will permit him to stay longer. According to his lawyer, he has submitted an application for an extension.

German opposition slams Maas' Snowden comments

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NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been living in Russia for nearly one year. Now German Justice Minister Heiko Maas has suggested he go back to the US, sparking outrage among left-wing politicians.
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Together with the Greens, The Left is prepared to go to court in order to force the NSA investigation committee to question Snowden. The majority of the committee, which is largely made up of Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats and their coalition partner, the Social Democrats, is against the move. The Green and Left panelists have now filed an official request asking the German government to revise the decision at its first sitting after the summer break at the latest. Should this request not be met, the opposition will take the matter to the constitutional court.

It is not certain, however, whether Snowden will still be in Russia at the time when the German constitutional court is likely to take on the case. Snowden's term ends on July 31 and it is not yet clear whether the Russian government will permit him to stay longer. According to his lawyer, he has submitted an application for an extension.

I really don't see any slightest hint that she is a pragmatist about spying.

Edited; I just looked it up: last year, in an angry exchange with Obama, Merkel indeed had compared the snooping practices of the US with those of the Stasi.
And a couple of days ago, she said that U.S. espionage against a close ally is unacceptable.

Then any day now she should change her mind and join with her opposition in demanding that the government question Edward Snowden...right?

Sorry Frank but you are wrong on this one. I have also lost confidence in ALL of our government. As I keep pointing out it is the best government money can buy. And if someone tries to force me to leave they are going to have one hell of a fight on their hands.

I tend to think of "our government" as being us...We, the people.

Many disagree with me.

Frank wrote

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I tend to think of "our government" as being us...We, the people.

Many disagree with me.

I disagree with you. I dont think we should be giving the Isralie government 30 billion dollars a year with which to kill children and civilians. I dont think we should have gone into Iraq. I dont think we should be vetoing votes against Israel in the U N no matter how apparent it is they are in the wrong. All this is according to you my government at work. If it was up to me our present government would removed lock stock and barrel and replaced with people who actually were interested in the common man rather than in making money on the corpses of citizens. And yes I know that the common citizen is partly at fault for accepting what ever garbage the media puts out.

I doubt anyone can trust the US

You want your country to become a vast sheep farm, Frank, with only loyal government supporters allowed to stay?