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Originally Posted by Binky Bainbridge  Is it about secrecy and lies then?
George W has a lot say about "democracy" and the way the US should export it to other countries: President Bush Discusses Freedom in Iraq and Middle East
Remarks by the President at the 20th Anniversary of the National Endowment for Democracy
United States Chamber of Commerce President Bush Discusses Freedom in Iraq and Middle East
...and who decides what these "somethings" are? Corruption and repression thrive in dark secret places where there is no transparent accountability. |
How about protection of technology that if gotten into the wrong hands would give power to dictatorships and other ne'er do wells. You seem to be of the opinion that everything should be open, but if that was the case the Germans would have had the same code breaking machines and computers the Brits would have had because of your wish for openness and truthiness or imagine how it would have turned out if the Japs and Germans had access to nuclear weapon technology because of this openness and truthiness you want. Imagine how WW2 would have turned out then.