I just noticed a random snippet which said that the UK government had doctored the UK official enquiry into the invasion of Iraq at the request of the US. That only recently happened. Obviously they are still lying. And the website seems to be under attack since it does not straightforwardly list in my web browser.
The more you find out, the more the US can be seen to be wholly unreliable as an ally and busy trashing the world to further what it perceives as US interest. Some of that might be justified if US citizens agreed this is in the US interest, but would they if they had access to all the papers? I presume this is why governments are so upset. Because if you did read everything they had written there would be crowds in the street demanding retribution for what had been done in our names.
Not to be taken to mean that the US is the only offender, no government should be allowed to get away with this warmongering.
And incidentally, the UK news is just getting excited over revelations the US thought UK troops were a waste of time in afghanistan. (I might agree, but its not what they say officially)
Yep, its on the news now. There is a cyber attack on DNS servers against wikileaks. Now who could be doing that? US government? Hardly think any hackers would be interested in attacking them. The only people with a motive seem to be governments. The news said this is being done via viruses which take over your computer and use it. So does that mean that the real people sending out computer viruses are governments, with right now the obvious culprit being the US?
Obviously, newly revealed information regarding the leadup to the Iraq War will continue to surface. Which doesn't change the fact that anyone could see it was all a sham back in '02.
As to the antics of the US government or agents thereof, I wouldn't put anything past them, or beneath them. However, all the cloak, dagger and skullduggery have been learned from the Brits, for certain! So eyes should have been (and I'm sure, were) quite wide open throughout all the fun and fray.
Now, to the main point: It seems pretty clear that non-Americans are enjoying the Wikileaks stuff to a significant degree. I imagine this has much to do with the schadenfreude derived from watching the mighty USA fall.* This is quite understandable from a basic human psychology standpoint. As far as it being a boon to the world to have this info outed in this fashion, however, is that really a tenable notion? Surely, this will only lead to increased negativity, tension and instability. I'm reminded of
Ghostbusters, and the shutting down of the grid and the resulting release of all the negative energy. Seriously. The "good" is apparently seeing the USA (or some aspect thereof) look foolish; revealing its folly. A bit of comeuppance for Uncle Sam, so to speak. But if it only leads to a more dangerous world, how can it be seen as a good (even, apparently) virtuous thing?
All deference to my comrade Bbucko (and John Lydon), but I'm not one who looks favorably upon anarchy. And what does this blind hurling of boulders engender, but for a push in the direction of an anarchic tearing down of The Establishment so as to ready the world for A Great Rebuilding (or perhaps an extended state of Great Unrest)?
I'm the guy who's marched in a fair few political rallies in my day. And I'm as critical of US Federal Government policies (as well as those of the other governments of the world) as the next person. But I have never subscribed to indiscriminate Rage Against The Machine. And I don't do so now. I'm of the view that it's not doing any good for anyone.
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[sidebar on: What is the USA? The total populace living within its borders, the official citizenry, the government as a whole, the FED, etc...?] [sidebar II: USA-haters, what is it you really hate: the populace as a whole, WASPS, those three guys who annoyed you while vacationing in Santorini in '03, etc....?]
