JS> The following news article really, really irked me;
 JS> particularly the U.S. Government's hypocritical response in
 JS> the third to the last paragraph.

 JS> I don't know how many of you are familiar with the very
 JS> controversial WikiLeaks website. As the news article below
 JS> states, WikiLeaks is a whistle-blower website which began
 ...
 JS> thousands of field reports from Afghanistan -- which have
 JS> been verified as being authentic -- which reveal that the
 JS> war in Afghanistan is not going nearly as well as the U.S.
 JS> Governmentn purports.

...

 JS> As I have said before, if there is one thing that the war
 JS> in Afghanistan is showing, it is that contrary to his
 JS> pre-election rhetoric, Barack Hussein Obama is every bit as
 JS> much a warmonger as George W. Bush. Obama is a
 JS> smooth-talking serpent with a college degree and a slippery
 JS> tongue, and he totally suckered America.

 No, he is not. He is not near that smooth or subtle. In this
 case, Obama has been suckered. He is not near the street smart
 operator nor the Chicago power politician he is painted. He is
 much too much the inclusive compromiser.

 The only good thing is, not one person opposing him in the
 election was a better choice. Not even close.

 Which is also a bad thing.

 ...

 JS> the war in Afghanistan: "It's worth noting that WikiLeaks
 JS> is not an objective news outlet but rather an organization
 JS> that opposes U.S. policy in Afghanistan" was the advice to
 ...
 JS> vetted to remove the names of military sources. Adm. Mike
 JS> Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at the
 JS> same news conference that WikiLeaks "might already have on
 JS> their hands the blood of some young soldier or that of an
 JS> Afghan family."

 JS> In response on Friday, Mr. Assange was returning to a more
 JS> combative tone.

 JS> "The grounds of Iraq and Afghanistan are covered with real
 JS> blood," he told CNN, adding, "Secretary Gates has overseen
 JS> the killings of thousands of children and adults in these
 JS> two countries."



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