Progressive Weighs in on Document Theft

From Progressive.org - The single biggest Wikileaks revelation is not that the Saudis are still funding Al Qaeda, or that Hillary Clinton ordered the State Department to spy on foreign diplomats and the U.N., or that many Arab countries favor an attack on Iran. No, the real eye-opener is the reactionary impulse of people in power to repress those who disseminate information. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the disclosure “not just an attack on America’s foreign policy interests. It is an attack on the international community.” Rep. Peter King echoed her comments, saying, “This is worse even than a physical attack on Americans, it’s worse than a military attack.”

Matthew Rothschild

All right, just wait a second here. Pearl Harbor was an attack on America. 9/11 was an attack on America. The Wikileaks document drop was not an attack on America. Our nuclear weapons are not on heightened alert (at least I sure hope they’re not). The Pentagon isn’t calling up more troops. No one was killed; no one was injured. Read full column here:

Progressive Weighs in on Document Theft