Snowdon is a dummy

It doesn't matter what I say you'll believe what you want, but any accusations are a bit rich coming from you.

On another thread about the benefits of American imperialism you said, notwithstanding the fact that we do not have capital punishment, a far less punitive justice system and Universal Health Care, that were Britain to have the same powers as America the behaviour would be far worse.

The clear implication being that you think there is something inherently disgusting and loathsome about British people, which is why I put you on ignore in the first place.

So I'll take no lectures from you.

For the record I've never given money to terrorist groups so they can kill American children. What about you Frank? Have you ever given money to Noraid?

In its report on Saturday, Der Spiegel said Germany's NATO ally was selected for observation in 2009 as part of the German government's procedure of choosing targets to profile every four years. Another German daily, the Frankfurter Allgemeine, confirmed Der Spiegel's report on Sunday, citing anonymous German government sources. It said NATO-member Turkey is listed on the profile order prepared in 2009 by the German government as a target for German intelligence gathering. According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine, Turkey is listed as one of the "core countries" monitored by the BND and that these core countries may be “wiretapped.”
The BND also listened to satellite phone calls made by US Secretary of State John Kerry, his predecessor Hillary Clinton and former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan whilst spying on Turkey, Der Spiegel said.
Merkel's deputy spokeswoman Christiane Wirtz, was asked about the reports of spying at a news conference on Monday, but declined to comment, saying intelligence activities were overseen by a government panel whose deliberations and decisions were secret.
A BND spokeswoman said on Sunday that "in principle" Germany does not carry out surveillance against friendly states like the United States and added: "Any accidental recordings are immediately erased."
But German media quoted unnamed officials saying that this stance did not necessarily apply to all members of NATO, which includes Turkey.

Asked whether Turkey was a friendly nation which should not be the target of spying, Wirtz said: "Germany cooperates closely with Turkey in many different areas".

She cited the war in Syria and insurgency in Iraq as areas of mutual interest.
Germany has complained for months about alleged American spy activity there, with reported eavesdropping on Chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone prompting a rebuke and an ongoing German investigation.

This soft power pragmatism is in stark contrast with American strategies that mix military might with diplomacy and trade in the Middle East, where anti-US sentiment has reached record highs.

Friendship with the Arabs marks a shift for Turkey, which once saw itself as an eastern bulwark of the Nato alliance.

So when Merkel was all up in arms about the US spying on her phone conversations to the US and lecturing the US for spying on allies, she was doing the same to Turkey which makes her hypercritical.

Face it, this whole spying story is just egg on the face for Merkel. It's that simple.

the GOP might try to oppress voting but people will not put up with it. With the way this country is changing demographically, I think even the GOP knows they can only these tactics for so long which is why they are trying their best to woo minorities.

Unless they change their entire platform, it will not work IMO. If they do change their platform, there really won't be a need to choose between the two parties unless foreign agenda is what make a person decide which party to belong to. Although the left has went more right, there is still a subtle difference.

RABEL222 wrote:

In my opinion the present Isralie government is showing definite Nazi tendencies.

LOL only a very sick mind indeed could find any similarity between acts of pure self defense and the Nazis!!!!!

Seems, you know more than we here about what she knew.

Are you saying BND were spying on Turkey without Merkel's permission?

Big difference; the NSA spied on US citizens without a warrant or court authority. It's against the law in the US. What Germany does with other countries is NOT THE SAME

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Wednesday 20 August 2014

Barack Obama 'approved tapping Angela Merkel's phone 3 years ago'
President Barack Obama was told about monitoring of German Chancellor in 2010 and allowed it to continue, says German newspaper