tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post9173942005587415799..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: Why Wikileaks stunt will backfire badlyDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-32194650312352022652010-12-02T13:52:45.387+01:002010-12-02T13:52:45.387+01:00Maybe the messengerAssange, should be shot, though...Maybe the messengerAssange, should be shot, though he owes no legal allegiance to the United States, and is not required to keep its secrets.<br /><br />The leaks themselves provide important information to the world, and I would support a similar leak of Venezuelan or Chinese cables.<br /><br />For US citizens,it is important to see that US policy in private isn't much different than the public policy; many have asserted otherwise. <br /><br />There are also incidental revelations which a citizen should be entitled to know; for example, that the US, not Yemen, is bombing Yemen. <br /><br />All in all, the leaks are sufficiently important that I hope blogs like this one will continue to cover them.jeffry househttp://jeffryhouse.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-85413725343018498552010-12-02T06:09:25.203+01:002010-12-02T06:09:25.203+01:00there are usual reasons that people steal informat...there are usual reasons that people steal information. two common ones are:<br />1) money<br />2) moral conviction that the information stolen must be revealed<br /><br />wikileaks doesn't abide by either of those. julian assange is the anarchist messiah of a different idea. that there are entities in the world so evil that stealing from them as much and as often as possible is the only moral solution.<br /><br />as near as I can tell the entities that qualify for this are:<br />1)every government<br />2)every corporationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-88273649129468757412010-12-02T02:57:55.073+01:002010-12-02T02:57:55.073+01:00By and large, the hard left in America and around ...<i>By and large, the hard left in America and around the world would prefer to see the peaceful resolution of disputes rather than the use of military force. World peace, however, is a lot harder to achieve if the U.S. State Department is cut off at the knees. </i><br /><br />True, but that isn't how the hard left views the US State Department, or any element of the US. In their eyes everything about the country is rotten and evil and every bad thing that occurs in the world is the fault of the US. Just listen to Hugito and Evito....ConsDemohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15312125878554292999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-91449873103847150322010-12-01T17:56:29.020+01:002010-12-01T17:56:29.020+01:00OT:
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Interpol puts WikiLeaks founder Julian...OT:<br /><br />"<br />Interpol puts WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on most-wanted list over Swedish rape charges<br />"<br /><br />http://beta.ca.news.yahoo.com/interpol-puts-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-most-wanted.html1979 Boat Peoplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-27314557061603511022010-12-01T17:38:23.406+01:002010-12-01T17:38:23.406+01:00It is good to see that it is not only conservative...It is good to see that it is not only conservatives who are conscious of how damaging the Wiki-leaks have been.We need a broad consensus to confront and overcome this problem.<br /><br /><br />Most of the governments in the crisis spots are dictatorships that survive by strictly controlling information and will only communicate to the extent that they feel that confidentiality is assured. <br /><br />If this is not the case, negotiations become practically impossible.firepigettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348890269608169297noreply@blogger.com