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There was the revelation that the US and China worked together, or one might say conspired, to derail the Copenhagen Climate talks: http://www.spiegel.de/intern

• lftl 16y ago
  I'll say that I dislike this, but I don't see anything illegal, or even unusual about this. This is absolutely politics as usual, and goes on every day in every country across the world. Every country lies to further their current interests.
  • forwardslash 16y ago
    I was more pointing my comment towards the notion that there was no conspiracy revealed. I do agree that everything thus far revealed by the cables hasn't been illegal in-and-of-itself nor is it all that surprising to those who have a non-romantic view of international diplomacy. It is an unfortunate truth that lying is a natural state of politics.
  • cscheid 16y ago
    Not every conspiracy is illegal or unusual. They're still _wrong_, especially when perpetrated by governments against their people's will.
    • smallblacksun 16y ago
      If it isn't illegal, it isn't a conspiracy.
• geden 16y ago
  I read about that particular collusion yesterday and it chilled me to the bone. It's the biggest thing to drop so far.