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Quotes from 2 Guardian stories regarding a leaked document from the German Foreign office:-
The above quote was made by copying text from the two separate stories and joining them together. To fit my world view of course!
The above quote was made by copying text from the two separate stories and joining them together. To fit my world view of course!
But here we have why almost all journalism in the public domain is nothing more than wild speculation with a bias applied to it. We have a single leaked memo, of which you can guarantee there are hundreds if not thousands on the topic, that's all we know.
-We don't have the visibility of how seriously it is taken.
-We don't have the knowledge of the rest of the debates and discussions surrounding it to be taken into account.
-We don't know who leaked it or why, most political leaks are done on purpose to turn the public's viewpoint towards that desired by the leaking party. You leak something for the effect that it has, not because you believe it or intend to put it into effect. You leak things to gain leverage over your co-workers and force a change of internal policy, I've seen ridiculous stunts been pulled to this effect before. To believe a leak is a genuine lapse of security and is a secret they are trying to keep from you is plain niavety.
To be honest the plan doesn't sound that bad an idea to me, we've seen historically how politicians care more about being liked by the public and re-elected every 4 years than they do about long term economic and domestic stability. This is why the hospitals no longer own their own buildings, why privatisation has ripped the country to shreds and why spending is so out of control. The real policies that improve things take more than 4 years to actuate and see results, so they're a bad idea for politicians because if they make the sensible plays they have nothing to show for it at the end of their term and they get voted out. Taking power away from these people and putting it in the hands of a body to ensure stability across the whole region doesn't seem that bad, especially given some countries have clearly demonstrated they lack the ability to govern themselves. We invaded Iraq over a lot less money.
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