Do you Support or Not Support Recent WikiLeaks Actions?
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WinterBorn
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Whether you want to deny it or not, there is a serious need for the gov't having classified information that we do not have access to.
I am not defending the bullshit, but saying all the information should be public is just being naive.
CanadianKid
New member
These "secrets" aren't military intelligence...Nor do they harm national security....
All they do is show what diplomats think of other governments...
And all the information is old...
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DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
A government that has far exceeded its Constitutional authority should be told "FU" as often as possible.
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the leaks had nothing to do with this purported exceeding consitutional authority though....
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
So?
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why harm the entire government because you disagree with something obama has done? or are you claiming the entire government as it is exceeds its constitutional scope, so you will then do anything to give them an FU, even if it means harming our national interests....?
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
I don't think it harms our national interest to publicize what the ruling class does. In the example of international diplomacy, I'd much rather have leaders sit down with each other and say exactly what they think instead of trying to outmaneuver each other.
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The leaked U.S. diplomatic cables indicate China has signaled its readiness to accept Korean reunification and is distancing itself from the North Korean government.
It reveals then-Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister He Yafei told a U.S. official last year that Pyongyang was acting like a "spoiled child" by staging a missile test in an attempt to push Washington to hold bilateral talks. Chinese officials are also quoted as using mocking language in reference to North Korea.
One of the leaked cables alleges that children of high-ranking North Korean and Chinese officials managed to use the aid and investment deals for their own enrichment.
The cables came out as Beijing tries to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula after the North's artillery bombardment of a South Korean island last week. Four South Koreans, two marines and two civilians, were killed in the attack.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news...l-Not-Harm-Relations-With-US---111031549.html
do you think it is a good idea to publish the above type information....it is possible such information could lessen china's ability to diffuse the situation
SmarterthanYou
rebel
I'm failing to see an issue here.
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
Yes. Put all the cards on the table. Arrest the cheaters who gained financially.
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so if china now cannot defuse the situation and war ensues, which is not an unlikely scenario....you support that....i must say i am surprised
christiefan915
Catalyst
That's why you're not a diplomat.
And there hasn't been much about the leaders from different countries "expressing"; it's about our own diplomatic corps doing so in gossipy, petty and mean-spirited terms.
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
An equally likely scenario is that the ruling class, their infantile behavior exposed, would be less likely to start a war since their motives would be seen as attempting to avenge embarrassment.