[lbo-talk] WikiLeaks: What is it good for?

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Mon Aug 23 12:44:07 PDT 2010


On Mon, 23 Aug 2010, Carrol Cox wrote:


> I missed this the first time around. The U.S. War-making ability is one
> of the greatest cureses on the human species today. Anything that harms
> it (such as thee revelation of the names of informants, CIA operativesd,
> etx. is to be cheered, not ascribed to laziness.

We're not talking CIA operatives here, Carrol. We're talking villagers caught in the middle and forced at gunpoint to take sides between the Taliban and NATO. Bad enough having put them there. Tossing them to the wolves afterwards is not a blow for the good.

Michael



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