Jesus Christ on a trailer hitch ... THIS is how CNN reports the WikiLeaks story!?

[Newsjock]

Front page of cnn.com right now:

WikiLeaks documents reveal Arab states' anxiety over Iran
U.S. diplomatic cables obtained by the website WikiLeaks and published by newspapers reveal anxiety among the Gulf states about Iran's nuclear program.

GET YOUR WAR ON. EWE ESS EH.

[Catherina]

1. Yes sir and the NYT is right there with them

Talking about how "Iran has obtained advanced missiles from North Korea that could let it strike at Western European capitals and Moscow and help it develop more formidable long-range ballistic missiles."


Has a familiar flashback to Iraq kind of ring to it, doesn't it?

[Mika]

2. North west south and east

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[Catherina]

3. +1 Thanks for the memory. That seems so long ago. Centuries ago n/t

[Old and In the Way]

4. It would be ironic if this Wikileaks dump precipertated a strike on Iran. nt

[JackRiddler]

6. No. It would be aggressive war by those who conducted such a strike.

[Old and In the Way]

7. I don't necessarilly disagree with your comment, Jack.

But for those hawks that were looking for a casus belli, this might be just the ticket. In fact, I can see this becoming a rallying cry for the Islamophobists and warmongers here and in some of the European capitals to use to get their crusade underway. These leaks can be a double-edged sword...they can be a force of good but they can also be used to marginalize a more enlightened foreign policy. We shall see how this plays out...

[JackRiddler]

5. CNN is a footnote.