The wikileaks observations nobody seems to make
Max1138 | 04.12.2010 14:26 | Analysis
1. The leaking and dissemination of the embassy cables is an event with far reaching and catastrophic consequences for the position of the United States in the world as a super power.
2. It has been demonstrably shown that the United States cannot be trusted with secrets. The existing intelligence network must be under an enormous pressure.
Informants are packing their luggage, friendly governments will be tight lipped from now on. In one stroke, the United States are all but disconnected from critical sources of information.
3. Relationships with other states have been ransacked. The politicians that have been unmasked as incompetent and/or corrupt will terminate their relationship with the US government. The insulted, ignored, circumvented or manipulated heads of state will at the very least hold a grudge from now on. Friends whose backroom cooperation with the United States have been exposed, might also stop returning calls for a while.
4. But the most important victim must be the prestige of the United States as omnipotent last remaining super power that dominates the world. Spain, The United Kingdom and Germany are bludgeoned or duped into submission, but of all people Qadaffi can play a game of thermo nuclear war when he doesn't get his way. The powerlessness and incompetence radiating from the cables must have done wonders for the night's rest of certain people.
5. Like Vladimir Putin. Suddenly, Putin seems to be much more powerfull than, for instance, Barack Obama. Putin was able to grab the World Cup from under the nose of the United States, despite he has been unmasked as the leader of an immense organized crime syndicate.
6. Despite? Putin got the world cup because he appears so powerful! We now know Putin is Europe's puppet master, with puppets in Moscow and, of all places, Rome. The United States have a large visible Italian American community, while russia has nothing of this kind.It is very suprising and, in some way, impressive that Putin rules Italy. If I were a corrupt FIFA official, I'd know which horse to pick.
7. In the Internet age, a small group of dedicated people is all it takes to change the world. We must hope and wait for whistle blowers from, for instance, Russia and China. Let us make the effort to ensure they will have a platform to safely and anonymously expose the dirty laundry of their regimes.
Informants are packing their luggage, friendly governments will be tight lipped from now on. In one stroke, the United States are all but disconnected from critical sources of information.
3. Relationships with other states have been ransacked. The politicians that have been unmasked as incompetent and/or corrupt will terminate their relationship with the US government. The insulted, ignored, circumvented or manipulated heads of state will at the very least hold a grudge from now on. Friends whose backroom cooperation with the United States have been exposed, might also stop returning calls for a while.
4. But the most important victim must be the prestige of the United States as omnipotent last remaining super power that dominates the world. Spain, The United Kingdom and Germany are bludgeoned or duped into submission, but of all people Qadaffi can play a game of thermo nuclear war when he doesn't get his way. The powerlessness and incompetence radiating from the cables must have done wonders for the night's rest of certain people.
5. Like Vladimir Putin. Suddenly, Putin seems to be much more powerfull than, for instance, Barack Obama. Putin was able to grab the World Cup from under the nose of the United States, despite he has been unmasked as the leader of an immense organized crime syndicate.
6. Despite? Putin got the world cup because he appears so powerful! We now know Putin is Europe's puppet master, with puppets in Moscow and, of all places, Rome. The United States have a large visible Italian American community, while russia has nothing of this kind.It is very suprising and, in some way, impressive that Putin rules Italy. If I were a corrupt FIFA official, I'd know which horse to pick.
7. In the Internet age, a small group of dedicated people is all it takes to change the world. We must hope and wait for whistle blowers from, for instance, Russia and China. Let us make the effort to ensure they will have a platform to safely and anonymously expose the dirty laundry of their regimes.
Max1138
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Different wikileaks observations nobody seems to make
04.12.2010 17:37
Did the intranet they came from also include NSA, CIA, & FBI docs?
Is there a secret warrant from the USA?
Why no top secret docs?
Why so heavly redacted?
Why no Israel/Lebanon docs yet?
They talk tough against wikileaks but why so little action?
Is it in the interests of the United States as a world power?
In the Internet age whistle blowers from Britian should have a platform to safely and anonymously expose the dirty laundry of their regime.
r
Agreed! Solidarity with WikiLeaks?
04.12.2010 18:18
Wikileaker
Leak
04.12.2010 18:25
Broer
indymedia is you
04.12.2010 18:32
indymedia is me
Therfe;s a good reason.
04.12.2010 18:55
inside handjob
Wikileaks and the Propaganders.
05.12.2010 11:52
Does this silence tell you anything?
:-)
Loadstepper.
One born every minute!
05.12.2010 11:57
Must be really depressing to be sitting in front of a computer not knowing fuck all about anything!
I feel sorry for you.
No, change that, I pity you!
Longbow
what is indymedia?
05.12.2010 18:22
i'm a regular contributor with reports and articles, but i'm not part of any collective and i hardly know anyone from "indymedia", occasionally coming across people who introduce themselves to me, but otherwise not involved in the running, design or moderation of the site.
i'm not sure then why people assign a 'type' or an agenda in the above comments.
as someone posted, if you want to see articles about wikileaks, please feel free to write them.
i'm surprised too that anyone would imagine indymedia to be zionist. apart from what i've pointed out (that anyone who wants to post on indymedia can, and so there is no one 'voice' to complain about), i've quite often seen pro-palestinian and anti-israeli articles here, and they are flamed by zionist supporters in comments quite regularly. i'd have thought indymedia is more a vehicle for anti-zionists than zionists if anything. i really can't imagine that's the reason for the absence of wikileaks articles.
speaking for myself, i've recently covered a lot of the student struggles, and i have another life to get on with too as none of us are paid, so frankly i haven't the time to trawl through all the thousands of wikileaks cables looking for interesting stories.
i'd really hope someone would, and that they'd post some really juicy findings on indymedia, but that is ultimately up to individual contributors having the time, patience or committment to do so, and is not something over which 'indymedia' would have the slightest bit of control.
i hope this clears up some of the confusion.
rikki