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A lot of people have the odd idea that the public is entitled to know secret spy information
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paulg_68
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A lot of people have the odd idea that the public is entitled to know secret spy information
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They get angry that our leaders are making decisions based on information that isn't available to the public.
Imagine this sequence.
- An undercover spy gives super secret information to the CIA.
- The CIA gives the information to the President.
- The President goes on CNN and tells the whole world this super secret information.
What do you think is going to happen to our spy? He's going to get his damn head chopped off is what's going to happen. And what's worse is that we're going to lose our source of information.
Duh.
We just have to accept that our leaders are going to be making decisions based on information that they can't share with us.
There's simply no way around it.
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A lot of people have the odd idea that the public is entitled to know secret spy information
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The spies life is not more valuable than anyone else's.
If the President wants to act he has to accept his actions will end lives. One of those will be the spy's. The people have a right to know.
If it's truly a cause worth pursuing why is one spies life enough to cause hesitation, but not the thousands of troops and civilians that will die?
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Sin_of_Onin
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That is what Israel is for.
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paulg_68
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Allstarslacker posted:
The people have a right to know.
Why is that? Because you're curious?
Grow up.
Allstarslacker posted:
If it's truly a cause worth pursuing why is one spies life enough to cause hesitation, but not the thousands of troops and civilians that will die?
Because the spy is a source of information right up until the time he gets caught. After that he's a stain on the carpet.
You demand information and then insist we do away with our sources of information.
Does that really make sense to you?
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Even in war, we don't sacrifice individuals. No one says, "Go distract that machine gun turret by laying down your life so we can sneak past it."
Soldiers die, but we make every effort to prevent their deaths. Exposing a spy would needlessly kill him, and that would be a grave injustice.
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Moe_Nox
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Altra_Shadowstalker posted:
Even in war, we don't sacrifice individuals. No one says, "Go distract that machine gun turret by laying down your life so we can sneak past it."
You've never been a soldier, huh?
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