A Desire for Infamy

This young, intelligent and innocent looking whistleblower could turn out to be one of our most treacherous enemies to date.  Why?  The damage he's already done and seems to be intent on doing, hasn't even been evaluated yet.  The fact remains that he's a traitor, the enemy within; a disgruntled individual who took it upon himself to betray his country.  The ones who idealized him and think of him as a hero, only see the fact that  he gave up a big salary and a comfortable lifestyle in paradise to become a fugitive of justice.  They are wrong.  We live in an explosive world full of fanatics and terrorists who want to hurt us, and if Mr. Obama was overly zealous, he has good reason.  The fact remains that if I'm not doing anything wrong and I'm not breaking any laws, then I don't care if he reads my emails or listens to my phone calls.  It's ironic that he found out rather quickly once he came to power that Mr. Bush had a powerful reason for doing what he did.  Mr. Bush reacted with elegance and stoicism to his attacks by refusing to say a word against him or the office and for that he has earned my everlasting respect.  Mr. Obama stepped into his shoes and was confronted by the harsh reality of the kind of world we're really living in.  Now he's been sold out by a Judas who's disguising  himself as a "self sacrificing, concerned citizen."  What were Snowden's motivations?  He couldn't have possibly thought he'd get away with it indefinitely.  He'll be caught and dealt with and I hope he gets life in prison so he can have plenty of time to think of his infamy - and other misguided souls who admire him and look up to  him can learn a lesson.  He should go to Cuba, that's really where he belongs.  If he thought we were impinging on his liberties here, why not give Cuba or Venezuela a try?  Maybe he'd love the lifestyle there a whole lot more.  From a psychological point of view, I think this man is self destructive, there's really no other explanation.  Trying to do the country harm, he's ruined his own life single handedly but the country will survive, same as it always does.  It's not a perfect country and we've got plenty of problems here, but it's the best we got.  And the America, he was so intent on harming, will continue being a beacon of  hope throughout the world.  Mr. Snowdden, when all it's said and done, will just be another infamous character we'd rather never see or hear from again.