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What have we really learned from WikiLeaks …

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There is little or no doubt in my mind that the United States has suffered a tremendous physical and psychological blow in the WikiLeaks affair.While most of the information that was released appears to portray government officials worldwide as being egocentric aholes with numerous character flaws, the potential for the United States to engage in open and honest dialogue if there is such a thing in diplomatic circles with other nations has been severely compromised. After all, who wants their private conversations, some no more than ribald speculation, to appear on a searchable Internet.The main question is why is Private Bradley Manning, the alleged source of all this trouble, not being given a speedy court martial in the nearest military courtAnd why is everyone concerned with Julian Assanges sexlife when there are serious and significant issues to be resolved regarding his dissemination of classified government information to the news mediaNot to forget a serious exploration of the Constitutional rights and duties of the domestic media when it comes to knowingly publish classified information.Is the government worried that opposing counsel will be hostile to the interests of the United States, perhaps a civilian tacitly representing the antiAmerica farleft, and would seek to reveal all of the informationIs the government worried about being blackmailed by Julian Assange who has threatened to release all of the material to the public by publishing an encryption key to a widelydisseminated doomsday file containing the unredacted raw data filesIs the government worried about the seeming incompetence of Eric Holder who prefers to give terrorists the rights of citizens and try them in civilian court using civilian prosecution procedures The man who apparently and deliberately declined to prosecute the Black Panthers who demonstrably interfered with an American electionIn an event, there are lessons to be learned Lesson One One man on the inside of the organization with the motive, means and opportunity to commit a crime is better positioned and more likely to take action than those outside of the organization.Lesson Two The art and science of keeping secrets has a fatal human flaw that is not likely to be overcome as long as one is willing to risk paying the ultimate price for their actions.Lesson Three Governmentsecrets, classified by diplomats, by their very nature, are rarely real secrets with strategic value, but attempts to prevent the embarrassment of the data collector andor gather information which can be used in negotiations to achieve favorable outcomes.Lesson Four The United States government, including its military, has become so hobbled by political correctness and a desire to demonstrate its values to the world, that it has lost the will to prosecute criminal activity harshly and in an open and aboveboard manner. Mealymouthed prosecutors are more worried about their career statistics than they are justice, so they seek to cut deals with opposing counsel that reduce the charges for the accused and provide a relatively easy win for the prosecution.Lesson Five The government assigns seriously important jobs to people who are extremely low on the status totempole sometimes with little much more than a cursory glance as to their mental state or propensity to cause problems.Lesson Six Some jobs are so tediously boring or accomplished in the wee hours as to produce a situation where rules are relaxed and supervision is almost nonexistent.Lesson Seven the United States appears to be afraid of one man making threats to release all of the secrets if he is apprehended or charged.Lesson Eight Julian Assange stupidly placed himself square in the sights of the terrorists and others who hate the United States by threatening to release the key to his Pandoras Box of secrets should he be killed. How easy and convenient would it be for antiAmerica zealots to kill Assange just to create diplomatic and military havoc for the United States. Which, perhaps, explains why Britain has decided to incarcerate Assange over a rather weak and suspicious sex charge rather than allow him to roam freeLesson Nine the difference between espionage and journalism is blurred by the selfinterests of those with a political agenda. Some believe that the media has an absolute right to print anything the comes their way and others believe that there are certain state secrets which should remain inviolate. Unfortunately, our current government is riddled with people who do not wish the America we know and love well preferring to substitute their toxic vision of an America which would be a cross between the socialism found in France, the Oligarchy found in Russia and the ruling elite found in Mexico.emstrongBottom line strongemThe United States must reestablish its strength relative to other world governments. If we are not to be respected, which is not the most likely scenario, we need to be feared. Political correctness be damned.We need to remove those who do not wish America, at least the America envisioned by our forefathers and loved by all freedomloving citizens, to be the land of individual freedom and opportunity but an oligarchy ruled by the elite and the special interests which pay for their power and in return are given payments, perks and privileges which are not beneficial to American taxpayers or citizens.2012 is looming fast. With no apparent GOP leaders other than the same old go along to get along politicians our toxic political parties have given us timeandtime again. Making the same mistakes the GOP continues to make pursuing a political platform which divides us over social issues, rather than unites us over the true issues involving the governance of this great nation.Wake up America. Time for Ronald Reagan to ride again no pastels, only bold colors. steve