False Confidence: What United States Is Hiding From Itself

     Many American security scholars were happy to write about human rights abuses by those who are not American or their allies.  During the "War on Terror", few wrote against Americas actions and those who did were treated with suspicion that they may be supporting terrorism.  Wikileaks is one of those organisations.  The problem is the fact that Wikileaks has provided clear cut evidence that supports years of  war crimes yet to be addressed.  These crimes are not being addressed because the diversion is at the messenger.  Allegations without substance are made against Wikileaks as an organisation or its founder, Julian Assange.  Delaying the spotlight resting upon American shoulders, is nothing but old fashioned propaganda.
Fortunately, with nearly everyone on this planet being an internet user, most are smart enough to know when they are being lied to.   Wikileaks and the support of some media outlets has assisted in giving the population an opportunity to decide whether Wikileaks is what the United States government has painted them as.

Propaganda against Wikileaks in comparison to Cold War propaganda.

The problem is that many countries in alliance of United States have been shielded from knowing what is happening to the civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Deaths are more often assumed to be a mistake rather than a deliberate act of hatred.  This was until earlier this year when the Iraq video "shook the world" into a new understanding.  It was the precipice that we were being lied to.  We were being lied to about the amount of civilian deaths, the conduct we believe our soldiers are upheld to and the accountability within government.  For those never touched by government corruption or knew it existed, were suddenly awoken to this.  Those who thought that America were not as bad as other countries in upholding human rights, suddenly realized that  it was only because America was monopolizing the UN.  Not only that, they were collecting data on the general secretary, Ban ki Moon.  So invasive was the espionage, it was described in some news commentary as "frightening".  Yet Hilary Clinton and other US government commentators have described the leaks as "an invasion of privacy".

There is yet more to be said as US continues its diversion from their actions.  Three major leaks have demonstrated criminal behavior, the same word they used to describe Wikileaks founder.  Yet these statements tend to fall at the wayside as the facts from the leaks as bare and raw data stand alone beyond the propaganda United States has utilised.  For most the reactions seem to leave more questions and one of the most burning:

When is the United States going to be charged for war crimes?