The Danger of the Wikileaks' Leak: You Might Stop Thinking Like an American

[kpete]

July 28, 2010 at 08:30:47

The Danger of the Wikileaks' Leak: You Might Stop Thinking Like an American


By Kevin Gosztola ( Page 3 of 3 page(s)

The threat this leak poses is not that it may require an immense overhaul of security apparatuses being utilized by members of the U.S. military on the 800-plus bases America has throughout the world. The Obama Administration can easily dole out another contract to some entity in the security industrial-complex to fine tune the system to prevent future leaks. The threat is that more and more will now grow disenchanted with American foreign policy and challenge the agendas of both neoconservatives and neoliberals who write the policies, craft the theories, and design the power imaginaries that Americans are made to understand in terms of "us vs. them."

The Afghanistan war logs challenge the world to do what the information activists at Wikileaks believe people should do. They should desire information and not, as people are trained to think in America, espouse concern about the illegality of the leak. They should read over the documents and make their own conclusions and not let media organizations disembowel the totality of the leak and tell them this is insignificant because much of the incidents detailed were already known. And, they should actively respond to the contents and more openly ask why it's so essential to continue the Afghanistan War.

more:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/3/The-Danger-of-the-Wikileak-by-Kevin-Gosztola-100728-36.html