NSA-Gate, 9-11 and Winston Churchill's bust

   Another "revelation" by Edward Snowden revealed that (gasp) America is spying on its allies! Heaven forbid! We got to stop this before it gets out of hand!
   Not so fast.
   I'll provide an example of why keeping an eye on our allies is ALWAYS a good idea.
  
   After 9-11, NATO declared Al-Qaida a threat and authorized military action against them. The underlying principle of NATO is "an attack against one is an attack against all."
   Like other NATO members, Spain sent troops to Afghanistan to wipe out Al Qaida. This came to a screeching halt after a series of bloody bombings against Spanish civilians. Shocked by the carnage, the Spaniards pulled out and there have been no bombings since.
   Think of how that "pullout" occurred. Step One: Notify NATO they are withdrawing. Step Two: Stop offensive operations. Step Three: Pack up. Step Four: Go home.
   While Spain "gave notice" of its withdrawal, imagine what could have happened if Spain DID NOT give notice and we did not know of their withdrawal in advance. There would have been areas where the enemy could build strength and seek safe haven. It could have been bloody.
      
   When Il Douche took office, one of his first acts was to remove a bust of Winston Churchill, one of the most respected leaders in world history. The bust was a gift from the United Kingdom and had sat in the Oval Office for years as a quiet reminder that the UK/Great Britain was a staunch ally.
   When I heard this, I thought the Worthless Narcissist in Chief did not want to be reminded that no matter what he had done or would do with his pathetic excuse of a life, his carefully-crafted "rockstar messiah" image could NEVER be 1/10th as awesome as Churchill's.
   Consider Winston Churchill for a moment. Yes, he was a great leader. He also had his failures. His biggest happened during his tenure as "First Lord of the Admiralty" from 1911 to 1915.
   He proposed the Gallipoli operation, an utter fiasco. The eight-month campaign resulted in 252,000 Allied casualties and did nothing to hasten victory in World War One. After that, he was "out in the wilderness" politically and did not do much until he replaced the World's Second Greatest Ass-kisser and Spineless Wimp, Neville Chamberlain, as Prime Minister.
   Fast forward to "now" and the missing bust of Winston Churchill.
   There is another message in the the bust, a message Barack Hussein Obama is too stupid to understand.
   Our allies are sovereign nations. These nations are led by human beings, who are capable of great things and great stupidity. While our allies are allies, THEY place their interests above ours, just as we place our interests above theirs.
   And it is in our NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS to know what they're going to do before they do it.