Though it seems pretty clear that the revolution in Tunisia was primarily a function of a downtrodden populace bristling under growing authoritarianism and a crumbling economy, the timely release of WikiLeaks documents damaging Tunisian President Ben Ali’s regime has been a matter of no small discussion.
The real question then, is whether the WikiLeaks releases spurred the rebellion, or if it just happened. US officials scoffed at the notion, saying Tunisians knew how crooked the government was before WikiLeaks released cables detailing it. This may well be true, but as with the releases detailing US crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan, it was probably nice to get some official confirmation.
The story is dramatically different though from Libyan President Moammar Gaddaffi, who saw the Tunisian revolution as a decidedly bad thing, and was keen to “blame” WikiLeaks for its role in sparking it.
Gaddaffi insisted the cables were written by “lying ambassadors” and that they had “tricked” the Tunisians into destroying what was “achieved” in the nation. With massive numbers of additional cables coming, the question is which regime might be the next.
Yaa, MoaMa… Heez been there TOOOOO long… I have never been for term limits, but Moama screams [his reign] for them….. Ya, Ya, I know…..after bush killed Saddam's sons Gaddaffi came in from the cold…to save his son(s} He may have been corrupted, but he still does NOT believe the propaganda of his corupters………. Sad to see this lion purr for the empire……… "Coup….Bad" "Wiki…Bad"… "Tyrant OUT……..Bad" OOOOO MO….Yoo.. Be a man again…..
For as much as I support WikiLeaks' work, I have to say that I don't believe it was them who caused the events in Tunisia. Unlike in the US, the rest of the peoples of the world are acutely aware of the rampant corruption of their governments, they don't need WikiLeaks to tell them what they live with everyday. Even in the US, those of us who are paying attention haven't learned anything new except, perhaps, Hillary's chutzpah is ordering the theft of other dignitaries' information and DNA. We all know, we can see it happening. What WikiLeaks does (and it does well) is give people proof so it can't be either denied or ignored anymore. Except in the US, of course where there is nothing or no one who can awaken the sheep from their comatose state of selfishness and ignorance.
Was it government corruptoin or Wikileak that caused the problems in lybia. http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/homeland-s…
Questions to consider:Number 1: Do the America People deserve know the truth regarding the ongoing war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen? Number 2: Could a larger question be how can an army private access to so much secret information? Number 3: Why is the hostility mostly directed at Assange, the publisher, and not at our government’s failure to protect classified information? Number
4: Are we getting our moneys worth of the $80 billion per year spent on intelligence gathering? Number 5: Which has resulted in the greatest number of deaths: lying us into war or Wikileaks revelations or the release of the Pentagon Papers? Number 6: If Assange can be convicted of a crime for publishing information that he did not steal, what does this say about the future of the first amendment and the independence of the Internet? Number 7: Could it be that the real reason for the near universal attacks on Wikileaks is more about secretly maintaining a seriously flawed foreign policy of empire than it is about national security? Number 8: Is there not a huge difference between releasing secret information to help the enemy in a time of declared war, which is treason, and the releasing of information to expose our government lies that promote secret wars, death and corruption? Number 9: Was it not once considered patriotic to stand up to our government when it is wrong? Thomas Jefferson had it right when he advised: “Let the eyes of vigilance never be closed.” I yield back the balance of my time.
I consider myself reasonably well read, so I havent really heard anything new and Startling from the Wikileaks information, effectively just confirming what I had already read or seriously suspected in the First instance, except like the"dissenter" Hillary's orders to Diplomats.