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To Wikileak or Not to Wikileak?

It's hot in the news now and has spurred debate on the importance of the website Wikileaks.

Check out this interview with activist Julian Assange:

Julian Assange: Why the world needs WikiLeaks | Video on TED.com

Espresso Romano: shake it up a bit

Espresso with a lemon twist. Can't say I'm a fan. But it's nice to try new things.

War is Peace? The Failure of the Western Way of War

Definitely one of the books that most impacted the way I viewed certain issues was George Orwell's 1984. It might not be the most entertaining read, but it definitely has a lot of ideas that get you thinking. 


An article I read on Huffington Post reminded me of the book, it is actually very well written and challenges certain theories. He makes a good point that war has not alleviated 'threats' and it is unlikely that world peace can be achieved through war. This, of course, is over-simplifying the article and it is best to actually read the whole thing.


Here an excerpt. For the whole article, click on the title. 

The End of (Military) History? The United States, Israel, and the Failure of the Western Way of War

Developments during the 1980s, above all the winding down of the Cold War, had convinced Fukuyama that the “end of history” was at hand.  “The triumph of the West, of the Western idea,” he wrote in 1989, “is evident… in the total exhaustion of viable systematic alternatives to Western liberalism.” 

That was theory.  Reality, above all the two world wars of the last century, told a decidedly different story.  Armed conflict in the industrial age reached new heights of lethality and destructiveness.  Once begun, wars devoured everything, inflicting staggering material, psychological, and moral damage.  Pain vastly exceeded gain.  In that regard, the war of 1914-1918 became emblematic: even the winners ended up losers.  When fighting eventually stopped, the victors were left not to celebrate but to mourn.  As a consequence, well before Fukuyama penned his essay, faith in war’s problem-solving capacity had begun to erode.  As early as 1945, among several great powers -- thanks to war, now great in name only -- that faith disappeared altogether.