The Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee has called for whoever leaked the 250,000 US diplomatic cables to be executed.
Huckabee, who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination at the last election but is one of the favourites for 2012, joined a growing number of people demanding the severest punishment possible for those behind the leak, which has prompted a global diplomatic crisis.
He's a loon.
ReplyDeleteAnd looks the part too.
ReplyDeleteThe ongoing release of U.S. diplomatic communications by the Wikileaks organization is “embarrassing” and “awkward,” said Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates yesterday, but its consequences for U.S. foreign policy are likely to be “fairly modest.”
ReplyDelete“I’ve heard the impact of these releases on our foreign policy described as a meltdown, as a game-changer, and so on. I think those descriptions are fairly significantly overwrought. The fact is, governments deal with the United States because it’s in their interest, not because they like us, not because they trust us, and not because they believe we can keep secrets… Other nations will continue to deal with us. They will continue to work with us. We will continue to share sensitive information with one another.”
"If you think that someone should be killed for insulting the prophet Mohammed then you’re a dangerous extremist. If you think someone should be killed for causing mild inconvenience to the Secretary of State – peace be upon her – then you’re a presidential candidate."
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Astute observation, Jemmy.
ReplyDeleteNot mine, TG. I'm quoting (as you probably knew, but just to be clear).
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