The real threat to national security is not, as some military intelligence officials charge, WikiLeaks or even individual whistle-blowers. These actors risk their livelihoods to give the democratic public the truth it needs to arrive at sane policy, however unlikely. The real threats to American security are the wars themselves; may we never live to see our benevolence reciprocated.I somehow sense it's not "truth" the editors are after, but another chance to put down America's "evil, racist neo-imperial war-machine," blah, blah ...
As the behavior in this WikiLeak illustrates, America’s futile nation building project, responsible now for the lives of 100,000 civilians, will do little more than ignite outright hatred among the families bereaved by American arms.
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Monday, April 12, 2010
U. of Minnesota Student Paper Says 'Thank You, WikiLeaks'
At MNDaily, the student newspaper at the University of Minnesota, "Thank You for the Truth, WikiLeaks: War Itself, Not WikiLeaks, is a Threat to American National Security":
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