The WikiLeaks Cables' Fallout

Want to know how fucked up the ''War On Terror'' has made people? Look no farther than the recent WikiLeaks' revelations about messed-up diplomatic relations and how numb-tongued politicians actually talk to one another behind closed doors - and the unhealthy alliances and company they keep.

Sure, the White House says it could ''put peoples' lives in danger'', it's their job to say that. However, they said the same thing about the first three MegaLeaks (about the Afghan and Iraq wars, respectively), but as The McClatchy Company's (home of the Sacramento Bee) Nancy Youssef has said:

U.S. officials concede that they have no evidence to date that the documents led to anyone's death.

The problem doesn't lie with the White House, though, neither does it lie with the Russian government, who said it will study the leaked cables and use the material contained in it as they see fit.

No, the problem comes from the Reactionaries, usually right-wing, highly-Conservative politicians who seem to forget we live in an age both of high-speed mass media and fucking Laws.

Mike Huckabee, who could very well be the next President of the United States said, as he was signing copies of his new children's book (I kid you not, that's how fucked up this world is) Can't Wait Till Christmas:

Whoever in our government leaked that information is guilty of treason, and I think anything less than execution is too kind a penalty.

It's right here on politico.com. Again: Anything LESS than execution is TOO KIND. Keep in mind most of the world no longer has the death penalty. The only ones who do are what Americans call ''those damn retarded Arab states'', ''the socialist anti-human-rights evil China'', and the good ol' U.S.A. So most of the planet doesn't see the death penalty as any less a crime than murder.

Speaking of which, Tom Flanagan, former advisor to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper - the ideas behind the face, if you will - even left video evidence of his reaction, but I'll still quote it:

I think (WikiLeaks head honcho) Julian Assange should be assassinated ... I think (Barack) Obama should put out a contract and maybe use a drone or something ... I wouldn't feel unhappy if Assange disappeared.

Not only is it a crime pretty much everywhere on the planet to murder somebody, it's also one to conspire to murder. It's also still a crime to hire someone to murder someone else. Many people have been arrested for trying to hire hitmen to kill others. This ''political scientist'' (obviously not ''rocket scientist'') has publicly opinionated that another human should die, and specifically called out for a ''contract'' to be put on his head. Which, of course, is 1970s mob-talk for ''pay to kill''. Which, of course, is illegal in most countries.

But because we live in ''dangerous times'', because we have ''enemies'' everywhere, because everyone with a tan is dangerous (although I, for one, fear the douchebags from Jersey Shore more than Arabs), because every single secret is both important to discover and must not be read by others - suddenly, it's ok to rape people who want to board a plane to see their families for the Holidays, and it's surely fine to forgo the most basic fucking laws in the history of mankind (''Thou shalt not kill'', anyone?).

And preachers are praying for Obama's death. Two things/questions: 1. How fucked up are you? 2. Obama's still alive; A. where's your God now? B. Could you be on the wrong side of the argument?

Make peace, not war. And let's pray for Tom Flanagan's death.