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MANIFESTO

The opinion regarding WikiLeaks' release of 92,000 documents pertaining to the fiasco that is Afghanistan is pretty much "Well, everyone knew this was going on, anyway."

Whether or not that's true, it's been a bad bad day for the Obamans. Just about everyone is jumping on the Pakistan-Taliban connection, but I'm probably most disturbed by the "White House's" reaction to the release: "The United States strongly condemns the disclosure of classified information by individuals and organizations which could put the lives of Americans and our partners at risk, and threaten our national security." Ah, here we go—the playing of the national security card.

All tyrants, from Nixon to Reagan to the Bushes, have used "national security" as an excuse to justify the stupidest, most inhumane, policies known to the republic. And now we have the Obamans reciting the same mantra. Let the reader draw his own conclusions; I've certainly drawn mine.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange enjoys “crushing bastards.” Given today's episode, the big proponent of change, Barack Obama, is a member of that illegitimate group.

UPDATE — Hilarious: Holy Joe castigates the messenger and accuses WikiLeaks of having "an ideological agenda."