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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Heather Mallick: "WikiLeaks sends U.S. to its room with no dinner" (Toronto Star article)

Entertaining (and insightful) article by the Star's Heather Mallick.

Quote: "You cannot understand others until you understand yourself. The process of the U.S. coming to understand why they irritate the hell out of their supposed allies is part of growing up, something Alexis de Tocqueville pointed out 165 years ago. But we mustn’t rush things. ...

"Many simple minds are blaming WikiLeaks for the destruction of the world, when what it has mostly revealed is the timidity of modern journalism."

Full article: Mallick: WikiLeaks sends U.S. to its room with no dinner

One of the interesting things (for Canadians) that has come out is the contempt that Jim Judd, former head of CSIS, has for his fellow Canadians. With friends like this, who needs enemies?

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