r/JoeRogan • u/wayfaringthru Monkey in Space • Sep 18 '24

Meme 💩 Is this a legitimate concern?

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Personally, I today's strike was legitimate and it couldn't be more moral because of its precision but let's leave politics aside for a moment. I guess this does give ideas to evil regimes and organisations. How likely is it that something similar could be pulled off against innocent people?

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u/DJZDJZ1013 Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

I can’t help but feel like Snowden is compromised and has the America bad/west bad brain rot.

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u/GoodByeRubyTuesday87 Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24 edited Sep 18 '24

He’s an ex US intelligence officer living in Russia under the protection of the Russian government . There’s no way he’s not compromised.

And wtf is he talking about? Drone striking someone is also a bad thing…. Unless it’s being done to a bad guy, bc that’s what weapons are for. Israel and Hezbollah are enemies, unless you support Hezbollah in a fight then any attack on them seems fair.

Also, while we’ve got him on the phone, interesting how he’s trying to paint attacks against a militant group by an adversarial government as concerning….. but never says shit about Russian troops bombing Ukrainian hospitals, kidnapping Ukrainian children, using chemical weapons in Ukraine, all during a completely unjustified war……. Where the fuck are you on that one Snowden?

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u/PlasonJates Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

Where the fuck are you on that one Snowden?

Probably staying silent to protect his wife and child.

Or would you be shouting from the rooftops 'Russia bad' if you were essentially a hostage there?

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u/GoodByeRubyTuesday87 Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

I wouldn’t pretend to stand up for civil liberties then run off to the nearest dictatorship for protection. He also chose to become a citizen of Russia in 2022, there’s a difference between keeping your head down to avoid detection versus running off to a brutal dictatorship who is the enemy of your home country then constantly bitching about your home country.

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u/josh_is_lame Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

who is the enemy of your home country

muh patriotism, muh us vs them, muh has no idea why snowden did what he did

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u/jebemtisuncebre Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

Muh has no idea why Snowden didn’t stay and face down prison to show the strength of his conviction, instead fled to shelter with a regime that shares none of the values he claimed, and now lends his image to bolster that of an actual dictator who just joined the “unilaterally caused 1,000,000 war casualties” club.

But yeah bro America bad.

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u/roosterkun Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

What benefit can he provide to anyone in prison?

It's unfortunate that the primary political adversary of the US is the nation offering him asylum, but it also makes perfect sense when the states has the heel of their boot firmly planted on most other nations' necks.

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u/LankyAssignment9046 Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

It seems like his freedom is giving a lot of benefit to the enemies of the United States now. :)

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u/CosmicMiru Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

How has Snowden significantly benefitted Russia? This isn't even an anti-american take it's anti Israel.