On WikiLeaks

If anything the cables show several things: 1. That American government actually does go to work   2. That the Obama Administration is a bit more responsible and uses less arm twisting than the Bush administration. 3. That U.S. diplomats can write complete sentences and have good perceptive powers not to mention are skilled at diplomacy. 4. That those of us who do follow world events are not surprised by any of the conclusions drawn. Who among us didn't think Berlusconi was a jerk or that the Mexicans can't get a handle on dealing with the drug cartels or that the Arabs are just as worried about Iran's nuclear track and above all that as of now, no one has been arrested for releasing these documents and that we do have a fairly democratic government? Unless of course secretly people are being taken out . . . but if WL survives we'll find that out eventually too. On the whole WL is important to a "free" and open society and will push journalism.