re: #502 Daniel Ballard

The issue I have with Assange is the harm done to good works that must also remain secret. He has this naive assumption that if there were no secrets the world would be wonderful. WRONG. If the west had no military or strategic goals the world would be far better off. Wrong again.

His biggest flaw however is that smug certainty the he knows better than all the rest of us in these matters. Has no fear of consequences for others from his actions.

I can agree with this. His problem, and the large part of what makes him a Bad Guy, is that he doesn’t discriminate. He dumps everything, the good and the bad. There is benefit to exposing coverups and dirty deals, but he muddies the waters by adding in the detriment of compromising legitimate operations.