In this news article, Hillary Clinton expresses her disconnect with the apparently fairly recent phenomena of Wikileaks where government cables are being leaked on the internet. To me, this phenomenon is much needed. I think it is extremely important that our government "secrets" come into the light and that we stop trying to deceive so many nations with trying to play both sides of the table. I believe that these documents coming to the surface are an important part of showing that the American Dream myth is continuing and that all the public sees is that America is trying to "help" but is really planning all of these takeovers and backhanded relationships that they are trying to keep quiet. People like HIllary Clinton are so far into trying to convey America as "the beautiful" that they forget how important it is to be upfront about your politics and honest about your going's on's. I think the irony that Hillary is so opposed to these documents leaking is that Bill had so many secrets that ended up leaking and really harming that family and his legacy as a president. So maybe her few on the Wikileaks is slightly bent and distorted because of that event happening in their life. The fact is though, these dealings have already occurred--regardless if they were leaked or not, and it is not at all fair for the United States of America to have a handful of aces that they are trying to keep from everyone when they try to police the entire world so much and trying to tell so many nations how to live their life. It seems that the people that are going to be affected by the leak are going to attempt to downplay how bad some of those secrets are in order to not damage their relations with other countries. Again though, the fact remains the corruption of power is not anything new to the USA and pretending like it is shows the powerful of the American myth that has transcended the states and clearly has infected other countries views of us too.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/11/29/wikileaks/index.html?hpt=T1
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