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.
I have beat this drum into the ground. BO and his henchmen have access to every national security secret. Which of these anti-americans revealed this key information and how many more secrets have been sold/revealed to enemies. If these tyrants are ever removed from office, the numbers will stagger the public. Make no mistake on this one, this is just the tip of the mountaintop.
Where do you think the NYSlimes got the info—see BO’s admin? This is the tip of the iceberg for these anti-americans ruling the country.
That was my thinking as well- see post#99.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the administration was behind the leak.””
To me, this is obvious.
‘First off, if you don’t read them, how do you know the info in them “can cause grave damage to the United States.” As to whether we need to read them, well, it depends on your perspective.”
They are marked Top Secret, which means military leaders decided they could cause grave damage. Since they are the professionals risking their lives I’ll go with them.
“I think a free people need good information to have a good government”
Sure, on policy. I supposed you’d like to be involved in mission planning and target selection as well.
Yep, Bush’s Fault! WTH. Might as well....... If he tripped and fell over a carpet in the WH, it would be Bush’s Fault.
Do you?
Blaming Bush is their distraction... They use Bush to advance their socialist agenda. Everytime a Conservative questions Obama the Left screams about Bush.
So you need to know field level tactics to determine whether we are on the rigth track, hogwash. Why are you defending the traitors at NYT?
ROTFLMAO! I can see it now: year 2066, dateline MSNBC
"A spokesman for former President Barack Obama (who crapped his Depends this morning at the old folks home) blamed former President George W. Bush for the mishap. Bush, who passed away 20 years ago in 2046, had no comment."
Set up to push for Bush/Cheney prosecution for war crimes again.
They’re Hoovering him.
“terminate their command.”
Hey, why not? There are people I know who blame Reagan for everything he ever did... as Governor. These people are deluded and beyond help.
Now here’s a conspiracy: Wikileaks obtains military documents and instead of sharing them with all news organizations, shares them only with one German, one British, and one American paper. All left-leaning. Then they cherry pick the info and release it all on the same day.
>>Obama’s too busy trying to shut down Fox News.<<
And suing Arizona.
“this has Obama’s filthy Chicago fingerprints all over it” is what i told my wife this morning.. Since there is nothing of consequence, it’s just a document dump like you see in lawsuits. Nothing to see but a lot of static and sand being thrown.
The economy? Obama's lie about being surprised when the Lockerbie murderer was released? The Gulf? Sherrod? The NBP? Something getting ready to hit the fan?
This reeks of Obama.
When I met you guys on 9/12 in D.C., I voiced my belief that 0b0z0 will create a crisis as an excuse to throttle or shutdown the communication between Americans to achieve total control towards a dictatorship.
Communists can’t take over an armed population without first controlling the communication between the people.
I believe that 0bagger gave the go ahead to his communists to “leak” the documents and to threaten more documents to be published.
0b0z0 can’t face the November election losses and has to do something about it.
The communists have huge problems with the Internet, talk radio and FNC. The drumbeat about closing FOX is getting louder with the Sherrod debacle, even she is piling on the only media outlet that defended her.
The Internet could be throttled under the guise of protecting national security. 0b0z0’s regime could declare a moratorium for six months or a year on “chosen dangerous sites.”
Talk radio is threatened by the “Fairness Doctrine” already.
The Republic is facing a mostly contrived perfect storm that threatens its very existence.
Remember Wikileaks lied about our troops trying to kill the Rooters reporters that were embedded with the enemy.
Wiki LIES!
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