Reddit reviews The WikiLeaks Files: The World According to US Empire

Wikileaks has in the past leaked information about US warcrimes and foreign policy that every American should pay attention to. I have a copy of their book that is largely analysis of the diplomatic cables that they leaked back in 2010. The media went out of its way to downplay that whole deal, but if you actually read them and put them in context they are a wonderful illustration of neo-imperialism, which is something Americans tend to ignore.

That said in recent years Wikileaks has been obviously compromised and has gotten more incoherent in its values. Even in the introduction of that book (the only part written by Assange) it becomes kind of obvious that the guy has an agenda that goes way beyond "exposing the truth". Nobody who's interested in truth can make the claim that Assad is "the only meaningful force against ISIS" with any sincerity. That is, by the way, also Russia's party line. In fact Assange seems to go along with Russia's views quite a bit for a guy who claims to be interested in democracy.

My guess is Assange's continued freedom is dependent on him not pissing off Russia, which is an ally of Ecuador. In that sense he's in their orbit. Remember when Ecuador shut off his internet a few months ago? The basic reality is that they could turn over Assange to British police in a heartbeat. Assange can only avoid this if he plays by their rules, more or less.

The guy's cornered and afraid right now. I'd argue nobody should have trusted him to begin with (he's always been sensationalistic and self serving), but now? People need to think seriously about what the guy's agenda and reason for releasing things he does is.

It was obvious the timing of the leaks this year was meant to impact the election. You just have to look at how and when wikileaks released them. Right before the election. If they weren't intending to get Trump elected they have a funny way of showing it.

Best analysis of the regime change planned for Syria, using WikiLeaks documents, is from the book "The WikiLeaks Files", which contains a pretty good analysis of several geopolitical issues using the cables, with an introduction by Assange that is worth reading to understand why this is so important. No mainstream media clickbait, or pro-war propaganda laundered through think tanks or allied governments, but analysis using diplomatic cables, the closest thing to scientific journalism you will get nowadays.

You can find an extract of the Syria section here:

https://truthout.org/articles/wikileaks-reveals-how-the-us-aggressively-pursued-regime-change-in-syria-igniting-a-bloodbath/