Obama may have some diplomatic difficulties not looking backwards this time. Spiegel is going all out - even using a picture of a screaming little girl wearing her parents’ blood.
Sticking to English though… Reuters quotes DoD reaction:[quote]“We deplore WikiLeaks for inducing individuals to break the law, leak classified documents and then cavalierly share that secret information with the world,” Geoff Morrell, Pentagon press secretary, said.[/quote]…which tacitly means, “We on the other hand encourage inducing individuals to kill and destroy without conscience, lying about documented horrors of war and then cavalierly sharing false information with the world.”
This leak happened just in time for some juicy questions to grill candidates about. Like how the collateral murder video prompted Ethan McCord to come out with heart wrenching testimony, there’s bound to be more than a few upset soldiers and families confronting their politicians soon (besides Casey Sheehan’s mom). Let’s see if any of the 3 (GOP/Tea/Dem) ‘representative parties/movements’ even hint at wanting “accountability”. My guess, not unless town halls get ugly again.
Pentagon response to publication of the war logs
And 109,000 KIA (edit 66,000 civilian) = “drop in the bucket”? Not comparing to 2,977 obviously.