Boehner, "Edward Snowden a traitor;" The Pot calling the Kettle black

Written by David DiCrescenzo on . Posted in Op-Ed

"Edward Snowden is a traitor to our country,” "he damaged our ability to keep Americans safe here and abroad.”  “No other word describes him other than traitor.”  So spoke Speaker of the House John Boehner yesterday with cameras rolling.  When I heard this, I was taken aback for several reasons. In the first place, it doesn’t really matter which side of the hero/traitor fence you find yourself on regarding Edward Snowden.  

What I find galling is that anyone in the House or the Senate has the gonads to call anyone a traitor. Let’s start with the meaning of the word; most dictionaries define 'traitor’ thusly:

"a person who commits treason by betraying his or her country.” 

That is to say, a person who causes by act or omission something very bad to happen to his or her country.  That is the label that the US Speaker of the House is laying upon Edward Snowden.  

My questions to you Mr. Speaker, based upon your statement, "…damaged our ability to keep Americans safe here and abroad,” are as follows: 

How is it that you and your colleagues…

…sit by and allow POTUS and his un-elected minions to devastate our military? 

…allow him to turn his back on and insult our allies while appeasing our enemies with money and weaponry?  

…allow our borders to continue to go unchecked with thousands of people including countless OTM’s crossing every day?  

…allow our dependency on foreign energy to grow at an alarming rate?   

…have allowed the overall criminally abysmal treatment of our veterans even before this latest VA tragedy?

Why is nothing done… 

…to secure the immediate release by the Taliban of the only US POW in the Afghan war, S/Sgt. Bowe Berdahl?

…when members of the muslim brotherhood are given positions of high authority in areas critical to our national defense?  

…about the out of control wasteful spending which continues to go unchecked with our debt ceiling continuing to be raised?

…to stop the lingering threat the ACA poses to our economy and health care industry?

…about the total incompetence in every area of government including Congress?

But for space limitations, there are so many other important questions I could add to this list; however every one of them weakens us and “"damages our ability to keep America safe here and abroad,” and they are all directly or indirectly National Security issues.

So Mr. Speaker, my final questions and statement to you today are as follows: 

How is it … 

…you find it so easy to stand there and point the easy, distracting finger at Edward Snowden?  

…none of the leadership in DC offers anything more than lip service to the issues stated above?  

…you all took the same oath to "protect and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies, both foreign and domestic” while these conditions exist and thrive in the corrupted waters of DC?  

Mr. Speaker, Edward Snowden may and may not be a traitor; however the way many millions of patriotic Americans, including me see it, by allowing all of what I’ve listed above and so much more to continue, you Mr. Speaker, and the vast majority of your colleagues and cronies on both sides of the aisle are the real traitors!  

With rare exceptions, in the name of political expediency and getting re-elected to your cushy, do nothing, part time, wallet fattening jobs, you all turned your collective backs on We the People long ago.  

The same We the People that have been descending on DC by the millions!  The same WTP that say NO to the way you are trying to run roughshod on cattle ranchers and all of our rights!  The same WTP that are sick to death of our government allowing God to be removed from our schools and public venues.  The same WTP that are tired of seeing our precious Constitution shredded!!  

You’re all laughing at us Mr. Speaker, however I’m here to say that We the People are waking up to you and your colleagues; we’ve had it, and we are not going to put up with it any longer.  You and they are on notice!