Re: Wikileaks
Damon Agretto <[email protected]>
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I don't know; I think it still remains to be seen if the good outweighs the bad. While so far the damage to the US appears to be fairly light, I have to wonder about the damage done to US allies and other countries across the globe. I'm sure the Yemeni president (who has been allegedly lying to his parliament) probably looks at this a bit different, and the dynamic of the Iranian nuclear weapons issue might change with the revelations that many of the Arab states are largely aligned with Israel on this. Also, I have to wonder -- given current events -- how China's revelation to North Korea might pan out. While I'm optimistic and hope that goes for the best (and I think it likely will), I can also see it going for the worse too. Also there might be other revelations that come about that have yet to be revealed. Not to mention potential trust issues US allies might have because we're not able to safeguard their dirty laundry sufficiently... Damon. On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Wayne Eddy <[email protected]> wrote: > It is interesting to hear that there is overwhelming sentiment against > Wikileaks in the US. > > From the comments I have read on newspaper articles about Wikileaks here in > Australia, I would think a majority of people here (maybe about 75%) are > supportive. > > Personally, I think there is good and bad in what Julian Assange and his > team are doing, but that the good definitely outweighs the bad. > > Regards, > > Wayne Eddy. > > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Doug Pensinger <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There seems to be overwhelming sentiment against Wikileaks' release of >> confidential documents and I was wondering how people here (some of >> whom may have read Brin's Transparent Society) felt about it. >> >> I'm generally for transparency and haven't heard of anything yet that >> is beyond mildly embarrassing to the U. S. government. I do think >> where the safety of our troops is concerned confidentially is >> important, but that government secrets should have a relatively short >> shelf life in all cases. >> >> Doug >> >> _______________________________________________ >> http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com > > >