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On the sixth anniversary of the first infamous "Cablegate" by WikiLeaks, when it releases its first batch of sensitive US files, on November 28 2010, it has expanded its Public Library of US Diplomacy (PLUSD) with 531,525 new diplomatic cables from 1979.
In a statement to coincide with the release of the cables, known as "Carter Cables III", Mr Assange explained how events which unfolded in 1979, had begun a series of events that led to the rise of ISIS.
He said: "If any year could be said to be the "year zero" of our modern era, 1979 is it."
Mr Assange said a decision by the CIA, together with Saudi Arabia, to plough billions of dollars into arming the Mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan to tackle the Soviet Union, had led to the creation of terror group al-Qaeda.
This, in turn, he said led to the 9/11 terror strikes, the invasion of Afghanhistan and Iraq by the US, and the creation of ISIS.
Source: Express.co.uk
(Score: 5, Informative) by n1 on Tuesday November 29 2016, @04:43PM
http://www.mintpressnews.com/trump-promised-drain-swamp-hes-filling-bush-era-crazies-instead/222482/ [mintpressnews.com]
(Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Wednesday November 30 2016, @04:05PM
"Neocons brought us to the very brink of fascism after 9/11."
Good thing Obama never re-instated the Patriot Act!
While some of these “crazies” had learned to behave themselves in recent years, at least rhetorically, the outliers, the “even-craziers,” didn’t.
Good thing all of those surveillance bills have been struck down! Good thing I can't show you a fucking VIDEO of Obama talking about "speeding up the training of ISIL forces!"
And now they have access to a vastly improved Bush-era toolset: a totalitarian framework of rendition, torture, and warrantless mass surveillance.
...and best of all! It's SO good that Obama closed Guantanamo Bay as he promised!
(Score: 2) by n1 on Wednesday November 30 2016, @05:09PM
I don't know what point you're trying to make...
The author of the piece I linked has been extremely critical of Clinton and Obama's foreign policy, he spent a lot of time over the last couple of years and longer shedding light on the hypocrisy and dangers of their policies. He's also expressed regret that he didn't look closely enough at Trump -- didn't take him seriously -- because his focus was too narrow on Clinton's neocon associations and leanings. His 7+hr documentary series on the neocons is available here: http://averyheavyagenda.com/ [averyheavyagenda.com]
Are we not allowed to have a none of the above position? Clinton, Obama and Trump are all products of their respective environments and have minimal if any respect for the people who endorsed them by voting.
We should not be giving Trump the benefit of the doubt like supports of Obama have done the last few years.
Unless your point was Trump isn't actually going to do any of the stuff that he used to get to the position, just repeat some empty impossible platitudes, and he will be just the same as every other president in recent history, a figurehead guided by deep state element. To me, he is being used to placate the marginalized population who didn't buy into the empty platitudes from Obama.
The other 'side' gets their few years of hope and change and to cheerlead their symbol of rebellion while we continue down the same path, especially in regard to foreign policy.