>>>>Obviously I'm not so delusional that I actually think the world thinks as I do. Anyway I wasn't suggesting that the blame-game is the most important issue - it's just the one I was talking about...and I think it's a cop-out to blame Julian Assange for WWIII - blame the guy that actually stole the data and blame the people taking in the communications.
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>>>Not even the guy who leaked, nor the guys who were classifying the stuff to be accessible to about two million operatives, but the guys who were actually doing it.
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>>>The whole diplomacy will have to be rethought. The centuries of utter secrecy are over.
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>>Exactly! Seems like I heard Obama jumping up and down about "transparency" since before he was elected!
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>What amazes me is folks actually believed him.... just like immediate withdrawal from Iraq and no more earmarks, etc...

They're trying on the earmarks: http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20101130/NEWS03/101139966/1044/LOCAL08
As far as transparency - this White House has been more transparent than any other - for example they list everyone who visit's the white house.
http://www.data.gov/