Stating the Obvious: WikiLeaks Indicts and Vindicates U.S. Diplomats (Ramzy Baroud)

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Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust

Nov. 9, 2010 -- The WikiLeaks vs. the U.S. government saga started in July, when 77,000 secret U.S. documents directly relating to Afghanistan were made available to major media organizations. Many of us shook our heads with a mixture of disgust and vindication. We had long been aware of the brutality of the war, and the corruption of its benefactors. Now we finally had written, uncontested proof.

The Afghanistan War Logs were revealing and damning. They were filed by soldiers and commanders in the field. Despite the largeness of their size, they constituted a decipherable narrative, a sorry story to be told and discussed.

The Iraq War Diaries also resembled an unmitigated disaster for U.S. war plans. 391,832 classified military documents were published Oct. 22, revealing the extent of the calamitous invasion, occupation and ‘state building’ underway in Iraq.

The value of these finds -- representing the largest leak in history -- was unmatched. It effectively brought to an end the illusion that all was well in Mesopotamia. As with the Afghanistan documents, these files too constituted a narrative, albeit an extremely long and disturbing one. The fact that 15,000 Iraqi deaths are now officially included in the Iraqi death count is in itself a remarkable achievement.
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust

The WikiLeaks vs. the U.S. government saga started in July, when 77,000 secret U.S. documents directly relating to Afghanistan were made available to major media organizations. Many of us shook our heads with a mixture of disgust and vindication. We had long been aware of the brutality of the war, and the corruption of its benefactors. Now we finally had written, uncontested proof.

The Afghanistan War Logs were revealing and damning. They were filed by soldiers and commanders in the field. Despite the largeness of their size, they constituted a decipherable narrative, a sorry story to be told and discussed.

The Iraq War Diaries also resembled an unmitigated disaster for U.S. war plans. 391,832 classified military documents were published Oct. 22, revealing the extent of the calamitous invasion, occupation and ‘state building’ underway in Iraq.

The value of these finds -- representing the largest leak in history -- was unmatched. It effectively brought to an end the illusion that all was well in Mesopotamia. As with the Afghanistan documents, these files too constituted a narrative, albeit an extremely long and disturbing one. The fact that 15,000 Iraqi deaths are now officially included in the Iraqi death count is in itself a remarkable achievement.

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