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Death to Diplomacy

In the latest corporate- and government-sponsoered attack on Wikileaks, the Economist and other sources argue that Wikileaks is making diplomats less effective. People no claim that "diplomacy will no longer be possible."  So what if "diplomacy would no longer be possible"? Is the U.S. suddenly going to collapse? Why should I care if "diplomacy" is no longer possible? What have our diplomatic relations accomplished? The Saudis are still funding terrorist groups. China is hacking into Google. Pakistan is hiding terrorists. And yet we invaded Iraq. Yes, although the Saudis are the ones funding Bin Laden, we invaded Iraq. How is this logical? Why haven't we invaded Saudi Arabia? Why haven't our "diplomatic relations" with Saudi Arabia led to the arrest of the Saudis who are funding Bin Laden? It seems our diplomacy has been an epic fail...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on December 17, 2010 (boomark / email).