Nice to know that you speak for the whole rest of the world Ian....smh lol.

Some people see the leak as good journalism, some see it as treason.

Ass-ange...isnt an American Citizen is he? So no treason charge right?. Spying maby but not treason. The people who gave him the information to leak now...they may be a different story. What he did or didnt do in sweden I leve to the swedes.

Why do people pick on America? First thing that cums to my mind is what Mommy used to tell me to explain why some children pick on other children, and incedentally why some doms and subs pick on each other as well sometimes. Jealousy is soooo unbecoming, but it is also very common when there is any kind of disparity real or imagined between any individuals or set of groups in any social/cultural exchange or interaction.

PS: And the ones who are the most jealous will be the ones who bitch the loudest btw.

As for Afganistan comparing to Vietnam:

Both conflicts are televised.

Both conflicts were being fought primaraly over ideological differences between two parties as opposed to monetary or territorial gain.

Both confilicts saw America support what obviously could be called "puppet governmentss" or figurheads with no real power in governemnt at various times throughout the conflict.

The general public in America has become generally disullusioned with both conflicts due to their lengths.

Both conflicts involved the use of force within the boarders of their nieghboring countires outside of the theater of opperations and high levels of indegionous casualities compared to our own.

Both comficts take place in enviroments that are considered to be extreme.

In both conflicts it is allmost next to impossible to distinguish between enemy combatants and "law abiding civilians" until actual shooting starts.

Civilians have been used by the enemy in both conflicts as shields by the indegenous forces.

I could go on and on and on...but that would turn this from a little sidebar into a seperate thread.