Germany is
upset (again). The Lady is not for joking, the Rhine maidens are
unleashed and Valhalla might well break loose.
So the Americans played "Tinker, Sailor, Soldier, Spy" on poor
Germany, in high demand with Putin's Russia and other oil-rich Middle East
rulers. Contrary to former listening in on the Chancellor (who was not
amused), this time a "routine" US mole operation was discovered (the
"stuff" military, scientific and other generally inept attaches are
supposed to be doing full-time, in daylight.) Now Germany plays hurt
while the Unites States acts again, as could be expected, the part of the
spineless villain.
Of course everybody spies. It is the ultimate guilty "free for
all" pleasure, like some Philip Roth masturbation allegory before
menopause or prostate problems deprive the poor lot of its last fun "on
the house." If one believes that the "gentlemen's
agreements" between the US, the UK, Australia and others are waterproof,
one might as well invest in the "Immaculate conception" stock.
Germany is too important to debase itself by indulging in over-reactive pique.
The American administration is used to making bad events worse
lately, and one shouldn't be surprised by another amateurish gauche disclaimer.
Spying had some panache in the past. Nowadays it looks petit bourgeois, the stuff that
only the wretched drone/cyber/technology-deprived have to be content with.
Sooner rather than later the former donkey/courier culture of the Jihadists will be overtaken by a new
savvy modus operandi, Baghdadi-style. The
latter, by the way, was held, then "unconditionally" released by
the Americans in Iraq in 2004! Do the Benghazi-obsessed and a la carte loquacious
Vice-President Cheney or Fox News have a comment?
Better look closer at ISIS' doings, they might soon run faster than Langley!
Here Mrs. Merkel has a point: let's not allow family feuds to get
in the way of fighting terrorism.
So the Americans played "Tinker, Sailor, Soldier, Spy" on poor Germany, in high demand with Putin's Russia and other oil-rich Middle East rulers. Contrary to former listening in on the Chancellor (who was not amused), this time a "routine" US mole operation was discovered (the "stuff" military, scientific and other generally inept attaches are supposed to be doing full-time, in daylight.) Now Germany plays hurt while the Unites States acts again, as could be expected, the part of the spineless villain.
Of course everybody spies. It is the ultimate guilty "free for all" pleasure, like some Philip Roth masturbation allegory before menopause or prostate problems deprive the poor lot of its last fun "on the house." If one believes that the "gentlemen's agreements" between the US, the UK, Australia and others are waterproof, one might as well invest in the "Immaculate conception" stock.
Germany is too important to debase itself by indulging in over-reactive pique. The American administration is used to making bad events worse lately, and one shouldn't be surprised by another amateurish gauche disclaimer. Spying had some panache in the past. Nowadays it looks petit bourgeois, the stuff that only the wretched drone/cyber/technology-deprived have to be content with. Sooner rather than later the former donkey/courier culture of the Jihadists will be overtaken by a new savvy modus operandi, Baghdadi-style. The latter, by the way, was held, then "unconditionally" released by the Americans in Iraq in 2004! Do the Benghazi-obsessed and a la carte loquacious Vice-President Cheney or Fox News have a comment?
Better look closer at ISIS' doings, they might soon run faster than Langley! Here Mrs. Merkel has a point: let's not allow family feuds to get in the way of fighting terrorism.
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