Wikileaks? Are you for or against what they are doing?

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When you compare what Wikileaks has done as compared with what private corporations which are strongly aligned with the US government have been getting up to then you have to seriously begin to question what is going on right now.

The more conservative elements of the media will have us believe that Julian Assange is a terrorist and Sarah Palin has pretty much said that we should string him up with a noose. And yet the US government openly courts business with groups who supply drugs and young boys for a sex party? Of course, the US government tried to hush it up whereas Wikileaks would rather we know about such stories. Wikileaks is making available the truth about what our governments are getting up to and it seems that a lot of it is unwholesome and when laid on the table likely to be frowned upon by most of us. Just like in the 1950's anyone who opposed the US government was called a 'communist', the new buzzword for anyone opposing monolithic and morally dubious regimes is a 'terrorist'. Assange is a 'terrorist'. Liu Xiaobo is guilty of 'state subversion'. How many new buzzwords will we get for what are at the end of the day are just decent people with principles who want to let the world know how it really is?

And also note how Wikileaks didn't actually steal the documents, they obtained them and made them available for release. Other publications such as The Guardian and The New York Times also did the same with these latest documents. Why is Wikileaks being made the target and not these same rather prominent mainstream newspapers. It isn't too difficult to read between the lines.

Those on the left see the situation pretty much for what it is. These are dangerous times. If you go against the government and don't have the backing of large corporate interests then they are going to do everything they can to shut you down. Amazon has been forced to step away from Wikileaks. Mastercard and Paypay are refusing to process transactions to Wikileaks. The Wikileaks site is under constant attack, most likely from government forces. Assange is suddenly is arrested in the UK after being resident for months and after initial charges for sex crimes were dropped due to a lack of evidence. The timing is extremely interesting to say the least.

You can readily donate to the Ku Klux Clan and yet you can't to Wikileaks. That in itself says an awful lot about the power control systems that we have. Wikileaks is too close to the truth for the powers that be to be allowed to go on unchecked. But if you say nice things to the US government and provide young boys and drugs at illicit sex parties? Well, we will look the other way.