NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show (2013)

Re:NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden docum... by dunkelheit on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @06:17AM (#11992593)

Time-proven way of influencing decisions made by other countries is having a strong army. Recently it has gone slightly out of fashion, but the general principle still holds. Those without power are not reckoned with.

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Re:NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden docum... by f_allwein on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @06:30AM (#11992629)

and then what? Declare war on the US?

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Re:NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden docum... by dunkelheit on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @06:45AM (#11992681)

Of course not. The point is to have a strong BATNA, as negotiations people put it. The USA is actually a great example of this principle. Their military spending is the biggest in the world. What for? Do they intend to eradicate all other nations so that only Americans remain? I hope not. More probably, they spend all these resources because they don't like it when other nations tell them what to do.

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Re:NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden docum... by justaman on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @09:16AM (#11993512)

I think our military power has evolved from the post war arms race into a pro-trade insurance policy.

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Re:NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden docum... by pdeuchler on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @05:50PM (#11997867)

how do you think they enforce those policies? economic colonialism is only worth it if you stay in control after development

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