As for the material being focused on the US, Assange does appear to have a particular grudge against the US, but Wikileaks only publishes material leaked by 3rd parties so it's not like they are only choosing to focus on the US. They just happened to get some plum information about the US. I'm sure if someone submitted a large volume of documents to them detailing Chinese human rights abuses, they would just as gladly publish those.
A lot of the wikileaks releases are consistent with public US foreign policy, but the revelations for me include: - The depth of the hypocrisy in several Middle East nations, who privately implore the US to attack Iran while publicly denouncing their presence in the region. - The videos and coverups of the US helicopter killings of reporters in Iraq - The quid-pro-quo deals to get other countries to take Guantanamo hostages - The US paying for child sex for Afghan warlords via an American military contractor
I don't think I'm overreacting, but I am reacting strongly, because I don't want us to end up in another McCarthyist era.
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A lot of the wikileaks releases are consistent with public US foreign policy, but the revelations for me include:
- The depth of the hypocrisy in several Middle East nations, who privately implore the US to attack Iran while publicly denouncing their presence in the region.
- The videos and coverups of the US helicopter killings of reporters in Iraq
- The quid-pro-quo deals to get other countries to take Guantanamo hostages
- The US paying for child sex for Afghan warlords via an American military contractor
I don't think I'm overreacting, but I am reacting strongly, because I don't want us to end up in another McCarthyist era.