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In reply to the discussion: WikiLeaks' Most Terrifying Revelation: Just How Much Our Government Lies to Us [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)we have lost the respect of the world, diminishing our influence to do any good, here or elsewhere. Wikileaks gave the American people some truths about how our government works which our Corporate owned media fails to do.
Imo, anyone who refuses to acknowledge these facts, needs to ask themselves some serious questions.
Watching the OAS conference last week demonstrated the loss of stature they US has suffered in the world, as it was isolated along with its few allies, from the entire continent of Sough America. It brought into stark light how little the rest of the world trusts us. One main reason is the war crimes the world has witnessed, while we preach morality and condemn selected dictators while supporting others, and refuse to prosecute those horrific crimes.
I am not distracted by Assange allegations. They are so effing minor, true or not, to the crimes that have gone unpunished and unremarked on by the same individuals feigning outrage of a case that has not even been filed in court. If anything the anti-Wikileaks contingency only shines a brighter light on those facts.
And I hope no one is wasting any tax-payer money on these efforts as they are having the exact opposite effect.