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WikiLeaks Release Imminent – U.S. World Standing in Jeopardy?

I don’t usually post on Sunday beyond the usual, but… this story really has me concerned. If there are lives at risk, should these leaks be stopped (can anyone)? But on the counter, what about the lives which may be saved because Governments have to act more responsible? Further, are we about to become intimately aware of the way our Government has been operating for a few years (more than the last two)? I think we are.

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“The material that we are about to release covers essentially every major issue in every country in the world,” he told reporters in Jordan by video link when asked if the new leaks again focused on U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan….

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The cables are thought to include candid assessments of foreign leaders and governments and could erode trust in the U.S. as a diplomatic partner.

Crowley said the release will place “lives and interests at risk. We are all bracing for what may be coming and condemn WikiLeaks for the release of classified material. It will place lives and interests at risk. It is irresponsible.”

Diplomatic cables are internal documents that would include a range of secret communications between U.S. diplomatic outposts and State Department headquarters in Washington.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/28/wikileaks-release-endangers-countless-lives/#ixzz16bPbjV4K

This is one of those times that a citizen should sit back and wonder what type of government do we really have? And, to what level are we, the American public, really knowledgeable about international relations… We sit here and watch as the tensions rise on the Korean Peninsula. Will we one day learn that governments were behind this?

The world is about to get scarier and brighter.

  • U.S. braces for WikiLeaks (politico.com)

 

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New Wikileaks to Target Italy and Israel, other Allies

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The previous Wikileaks were targeting U.S. operations in the Middle East, but now, they might serve to embarrass several allies, including Italy and Israel. MSNBC is reporting that Italy is worried about how such leaks, or rather, how the information in the leaks will hurt the Government. It seems that several Allies have been supporting things which either their populace wouldn’t like or other allies wouldn’t appreciate –

According to the London-based daily al-Hayat, the WikiLeaks release includes documents that show Turkey has helped al-Qaida in Iraq — and that the United States has supported the PKK, a Kurdish rebel organization that has been waging a separatist war against Turkey since 1984, the Washington Post reported.

Others are suggesting that U.S.-Israel’s relationship might be further strained.

Maybe knowing how our respective Governments are really operating on the World Stage is not a bad thing – and knowing how our ‘allies’ are acting either with us or against us will help us to determine who our allies really are.

 

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