Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 09:14 am
i'm so very behind
*slow blinks*
Okay, so I fixed my server, which apparently took more attention than I thought; while I was busy, did someone leak 250,000 US diplomatic cables to Wikilinks?
Wikileaks is currently under DDOS.
Due to how successful Bush's hunt for Osama was, Palin thinks we should try that with Assange.
So, anything else?
Okay, so I fixed my server, which apparently took more attention than I thought; while I was busy, did someone leak 250,000 US diplomatic cables to Wikilinks?
Wikileaks is currently under DDOS.
Due to how successful Bush's hunt for Osama was, Palin thinks we should try that with Assange.
So, anything else?
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From:The editorial page of my regional newspaper had an interesting point about the difference between this leak and the previous one: the previous leak, of the Afghanistan/Iraq documents, fleshed out a situation and provided new insight into known cases. For the most part, it didn't reveal completely new info and didn't endanger diplomatic relations. This new info? Reveals the candid thoughts of diplomats about their foreign counterparts, private critiques of foreign heads of state, and secure background communications about current diplomatic tangles. It harms current relationships and could potentially set back extremely important negotiations, like the Israeli-Palestinian standoff we just spent $3 billion bribing Israel on, or destabilize fragile situations like nuclear security in Pakistan, anti-terrorist operations in Yemen, or crazy dictators like Qaddafi or Kim Jong-Il.
As someone aspiring to be a diplomat, that horrifies me. As the person above pointed out, flame wars online hurt people's feelings; flame wars between nations have the potential for actual fire to be exchanged.
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