by Markd » Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:21 am
I agree with Jtalmodovar and believe it was a good thing that the documents were leaked but also agree with Sasorikiller on the point that things like names shouldn't have been revealed. Many are comparing this leak to the famous leak of the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War, the big difference though is that when the 4,100 pages of documents were read on the House floor by Sen. Mike Gravel, important names, places, and anything else that might put people in harms way were left out. They weren't necessary to get the point across nor were they in these papers. I firmly believe though, that when an administration is not revealing all of the information surrounding a war or any major endeavour, it is the job of the people to get the information themselves.
I will end with a quote from Richard Nixon's chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman that he said about around the release of the Pentagon papers but is relevant to this leak.
"To the ordinary guy, all this is a bunch of gobbledygook. But out of the gobbledygook comes a very clear thing. ... It shows that people do things the president wants to do even though it's wrong, and the president can be wrong."
I agree with Jtalmodovar and believe it was a good thing that the documents were leaked but also agree with Sasorikiller on the point that things like names shouldn't have been revealed. Many are comparing this leak to the famous leak of the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War, the big difference though is that when the 4,100 pages of documents were read on the House floor by Sen. Mike Gravel, important names, places, and anything else that might put people in harms way were left out. They weren't necessary to get the point across nor were they in these papers. I firmly believe though, that when an administration is not revealing all of the information surrounding a war or any major endeavour, it is the job of the people to get the information themselves.
I will end with a quote from Richard Nixon's chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman that he said about around the release of the Pentagon papers but is relevant to this leak.
"To the ordinary guy, all this is a bunch of gobbledygook. But out of the gobbledygook comes a very clear thing. ... It shows that people do things the president wants to do even though it's wrong, and the president can be wrong."