WikiLeaks' Release:
An Invaluable Exposure of American Hypocrisy
"The
scenes of bonhomie that leaders demonstrate in public contrasts sharply with
their real feelings toward one another - and the machinations of the more powerful
to undercut the core national interests of weaker nations. … Rather than
railing against Julian Paul Assange, critics should see the service he has done."
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari says U.S. diplomatic cables that reveal the Saudi king calling him 'rotten' are an attempt to create 'misperceptions.'
The explosive material thrown
up by WikiLeaks, the third time in a row, is a veritable diplomatic bombshell
that could, equally aptly, be termed a tsunami. The unprecedented deluge of
revelations has in a single sweep removed the cobwebs of the diplomatic facade,
shaking quite a few of the world's chancelleries.
The disclosure of America's attempt
to remove highly-enriched uranium from a Pakistani reactor confirms the
suspicions of some political circles in Pakistan that the U.S. has an eye on
our nuclear assets. And while doing everything it can to strengthen India, economically
and in terms of defense, it wants to enfeeble Pakistan. That would not only
fulfill the hegemonic designs of India in the region and “resolve” the Kashmir
dispute, but would help promote U.S. strategic ambitions in regard to China. Once
Beijing’s fast friend on the subcontinent is rendered impotent and its
adversary emboldened with renewed strength, New Delhi will have no reservations.
At least that's the assumption of policymakers in Washington, who are making a
bold attempt to scuttle China's relentless rise to global prominence. The issue
to note here was the dangerous and hopeless plea of Pakistani authorities when
preventing the U.S. from removing our enriched uranium: “If the local media got
word of the fuel removal, they certainly would portray it as the United States
taking Pakistan’s nuclear weapons.” They should have issued a firm NO - no excuse was
needed.
If one assumes that comments by
the Saudi monarch about President Zardari's role in Pakistan politics were
correctly reported, this should be a moment of deep reflection for all of us, including
the ruling hierarchy. If a close and sincere friend like Saudi Arabia has such
feelings, there is urgent need to mend our ways. The Pakistan Foreign Office
has, however, refuted the leak about the Saudi King as contrary to the facts.
Posted
by WORLDMEETS.US
[Editor's Note: Saudi
King Abdullah reportedly asserted that President Zardari was an obstacle to
Pakistan’s progress, saying, "When the head is rotten, it affects the
whole body.”].
It has been correctly stated
that some of the "brutally candid views of foreign leaders and frank assessments
… could conceivably strain” relations between states, particularly for the United
States, “influencing international affairs in ways that are impossible to predict.”
That the disclosures may
disrupt military and counterterrorism operations and undermine global
cooperation against nuclear proliferation and other threats, as is feared by
the State Department’s legal advisor, cannot be discounted. But the service
they render by exposing American hypocrisy is invaluable.
The scenes of bonhomie that leaders
demonstrate in public contrasts sharply with their real feelings toward one
another - and the machinations of the more powerful to undercut the core national
interests of weaker nations. It is such machinations that are the most
convincing cause of the unending wars, animosity, tension and failure to
achieve the world peace that these leaders so shamelessly profess. Rather than
railing against Julian Paul Assange, critics should see the service he has done.
