Wikileaks: Eye opener for Pinoys
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
When the Wikileaks cables started going public, via the newspapers, the United States government was properly embarrassed, but along with their allies, took it out on Julian Assange, who was smart enough to upload the contents of the “US secret cables” and spread them through the Internet.
The US government — especially the state department, was red-faced. The leaks showed that even as its ambassadors all over the world were displaying a friendly face and even praising several heads of state and government, privately, they were contemptous of them — and the duplicity of the US’ fight against corrupt governments that it supported also showed the world that the US didn’t really care how corrupt an SOB head of state and government was, he would still be supported as long as he remained their SOB.
But with Wikileaks releasing some 3,000 plus secret cables from US Embassy in the Philippines, Filipinos — and even politicians, especially those in Malacañang, and most especially, the Palace tenant, should neither be too chummy with the US Embassy officials nor take their effusive praises since what they write home office is certainly not a very flattering picture of Philippine officials..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110905com2.html
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