@speechboy71 Every government in the world 1) dominates the telecom backbone and 2) has legal and illegal access to SWIFT? @bmaz
@speechboy71 You're assuming being nice to us w/o getting concessions is in Brazil's interest. Based on ... ?
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@emptywheel I don't assume that all. I'm not sure why you think I do. -
@speechboy71 Bc you're saying postponing dinner hurts Brazil. Maybe Dilma is playing this completely right? -
@emptywheel Dilma wouldn't be the first leader to put her political interest ahead of the country's -
@speechboy71 Again ,you're suggesting this is bad for Brazil. Based on what? -
@emptywheel Based on having frayed relations with the US and potentially undercutting econ & trade agreements -
@speechboy71 Again, that is your opinion. I can see MANY ways how a delay helps her. We're weaker then we have been in a while. Why rush? -
@emptywheel And yet none of this would have happened w/o the NSA revelations. -
@speechboy71 Right. The BRICS wouldn't have just scored a big blow against the US in Syria w/o Snowden. - 2 more replies
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