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information that didn't serve any real political purpose than making the U.S. look bad Wow. Look, there are other countries in the world besides the US. And th
by MichaelSalib 16y ago
information that didn't serve any real political purpose than making the U.S. look bad
Wow. Look, there are other countries in the world besides the US. And the citizens of those countries deserve to know the truth about their governments. So yes, this data dump doesn't make the US government look particularly bad. But it does make some other governments look quite bad, and the people that live under those governments have a right to learn that information.
Don't you agree?
- gfodor 16y agoYeah, my phrasing there was a bit bad, what I meant was that they didn't serve any intended political purpose than making the U.S. look bad. I don't think Wikileaks was out to accomplish much else than sucker punch U.S. policy. The effects on other nations, while likely the primary effect of these, probably were considered "collateral damage" towards the goal of the leak by the leakers.
- MichaelSalib 16y agoDo you have any evidence to support that belief? Any evidence at all?
- prawn 16y agoI think you underestimate the intentions of Assange/Wikileaks here.