Editorial

The word is out

According to a flurry of all too believable news reports/rumors over the weekend, this administration is planning to release convicted spy Jonathan Pollard as a sop to Israeli public opinion. To put it in plain English, an increasingly rare commodity these days, "Go along with our deal to let Iran have its Bomb, whatever that may mean to your very existence, and we'll let you have your spy back."

After all, the usual sources ask, what purpose is served by holding Mr. Pollard any longer?

The short answer: deterrence. So long as Jonathan Pollard is locked away, the message to other turncoats--like Edward Snowden--will be clear: Betray your oath and country, and free lifetime lodging at government expense awaits at a federal facility near you.

For now Mr. Snowden is basking in sunny Siberia, a man without a country who has escaped one prison only to sentence himself to the larger one known as Russia, which should serve as a deterrent itself. Let him rot there under the watchful eye of his keepers.

The moral of this story is same one a British prime minister and iron lady once shared with another American president: Now is no time to go wobbly.

Editorial on 07/29/2015

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