Posted on 07/25/2010 2:51:21 PM PDT by kristinn
Read reports on the files at:
Intro by Der Spiegel:
Close to 92,000 US documents have been uncovered that shed new light on the war in Afghanistan. In an unprecedented development, close to 92,000 classified documents pertaining to the war in Afghanistan have been leaked. SPIEGEL, the New York Times and the Guardian have analyzed the raft of mostly classified documents. They expose the true scale of the Western military deployment -- and the problems beleaguering Germany's Bundeswehr in the Hindu Kush.
A total of 91,731 reports from United States military databanks relating to the war in Afghanistan are to be made publicly available on the Internet. Never before has it been possible to compare the reality on the battlefield in such a detailed manner with what the US Army propaganda machinery is propagating. WikiLeaks plans to post the documents, most of which are classified, on its website.
Britain's Guardian newspaper, the New York Times and SPIEGEL have all vetted the material and compared the data with independent reports. All three media have concluded that the documents are authentic and provide an unvarnished image of the war in Afghanistan -- from the perspective of the soldiers who are fighting it.
The reports, from troops engaged in the ongoing combat, were tersely summarized and quickly dispatched. For the most part, they originate from sergeants -- but some have been penned by the occasional lieutenant at a command post or ranking analysts with the military intelligence service.
In a statement to Der Spiegel, Obama National Security Council spokesman Ben Rhodes blamed President George W. Bush:
... It is important to note that the time period reflected in the documents is January 2004 to December 2009. The war in Afghanistan was under-resourced for many years. ... On Dec. 1, 2009, President Obama announced a new strategy and new resources for Afghanistan and Pakistan precisely because of the grave situation.
After reading this quote, I have to wonder what is really going on:
“The period of time covered in these documents (January 2004-December 2009) is before the President announced his new strategy. Some of the disconcerting things reported are exactly why the President ordered a three month policy review and a change in strategy.”
>> Beyond belief! [still blaming Bush]
It’s a self-castrating process - their complaining.
The impuissant scapegoating is a vulnerability for the Left.
I wonder if they might change their ways if they got a call from an Officer at some Army fort asking if they have heard from their son....after an IED attack. Or a call from another Military guy in Washington D.C. asking about your kids contact information.
I've been through it.
These people make me sick. That's okay, They made me find FR!
Treason!
Off with their heads!
....of course it will never happen!
I’d bet the farm the administration is in on this. But to what end? To change the subject or to set the stage for a withdrawal? (ie Getting us out of a royal mess Bush put us in.)
BTTT
I agree, there’s a reason behind it.
These are classified documents. Just wait until all of our medical records are in the hands of the government.
Summary executions all around.
My thoughts exactly. This is fodder he needs to take control of the net. Smells like a conspiracy to me
We need more parents of the military in the White House.
BTTT!
How did they get them?
The Messiah needed an excuse to control the Internet. So he has created one.
I suppose, then - and I’m not trying to be cute by pulling a Clinton - that we will need to define “America”.
If by “America” we mean We The People, and the traditions and philosophies that have often flowed from those who crafted our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution, then no, I do not think America is evil.
If, by extension, “America” is a term used to signify our brave and patriotic military combatants, who swore an oath, and mean to keep their oath, to that America, then I also do not think America is evil.
If, however, by “America” one is referring to the corporate Federal government and its recent and increasingly progressive/Marxist administrations, congresses and judiciary, then I think “America” is indeed evil, and that, to me, is what the disclosure of this information shows.
Think about it. Since World War Two, our military has never been allowed to fight in a declared war, nor one that we were allowed to win. The military has not been allowed any total victories, has not been allowed to truly vanquish any foe, has not been allowed to bring an enemy to the point of total, unconditional surrender.
“America,” as so defined, has used our precious military men and women as mere tools of global political or economic masters. They have not died for America, but for a global political and economic elite. We fought North Koreans, Vietnamese, Somalians, Iragis, Afghans and others - did we vanquish any of them, or obtain an unconditional surrender from any of them? Did our military, because of their sacrifices in these conflicts, in any way make our country safer, or increase our standing - economic or otherwise - in the world? Those who died have died for nothing except a quaint, naive idea that is obsolete in the halls of our government, an idea mocked for decades now by the ruling elite when they think no one is lsitening. That progressive, global elite - Dems AND Republicans - if that’s what people refer to when they say “America”, then yes - that America is truly evil.
more then likely this is a cover for the obama. what was in the news prior to the leak??
“How about holding Obama responsible for NOT stopping Wikileaks from releasing top secret data?”
Because the spin on the leaked data absolves The 0ne, blames Bush, and makes The )ne out to be the hero? So he probably ARRANGED for the leaks.
Now, will he stop sending $1 Billion to this Muslim nuclear country? I think that’s where we sould take this.
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