Wikileaks – a new problem to battle with

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Today’s Blog Post
Wikileaks – a new problem to battle with

Our News today and yesterday is filled with reports about “Wikileaks” and the 95,000 or so leaked pages from the American Military. It seems that some American Military person sent these reports on to Iceland where the owner of the Web Site popped them up for the whole world to see.

Last night they reported that the site had crashed with way too many people hitting the site to take a look.

Today the reporting being done is all about what was in the “leaked pages”.

It seems to me that it should be about who leaked them. Wouldn’t you think that too? I mean the great tragedy is that someone is not playing for the team in this war. They have made a choice to let the whole world, including the enemy, know what the inner circle of the American Military has been thinking and doing.

That is a terrible in my mind.

While serving as a Minister I saw that happen in the church. Problematic Families had to be dealt with. Someone that didn’t agree then blew the whistle. Oooiee – talk about problems that followed! The person that had brought up the original problem wished to heaven that they would never had said anything.

When some one inside the leadership, that has access to the knowledge that the leadership has, makes a personal choice to leak info that can be damaging – that is so dangerous for the whole group!

Someone will be in a huge and troubled hot spot – very soon. The one thing that the Military does well is to find out who did what.

How does that affect Canadians?

Other than a good story to chew on a few days and a few more papers to buy… not much actually. BUT – then – it could have a demoralizing effect on our troops overseas to the point that they won’t trust others.

I saw that happen in our churches. One person made a choice that they felt was right – but knowing that it was contrary to everything the group stood for. That choice would not only hurt themselves but also their family… and their relationships with others. I have witnessed what happens to demoralized people. They tend to withdraw from everything.

Have you ever witnessed what happens to kids when adults make really stupid decisions that are suppose to make the adult feel better? The kids always lose. It sometimes happens right off the bat… but more often later when major decisions are required of the kids… they can’t make decisions at all… or if they do… the results are very wrong.

The situation with Wikileaks is serious. It points to something in our society that is just plain wrong. Now no one will trust anyone. But that is what war is all about isn’t it… a matter of trust. We don’t trust our enemies. But worse yet – when we stop trusting our comrades – the war is lost.

God help us all.

~ Murray Lincoln ~
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