While Wikileaks has gone out of its way to show that not one person has been physically harmed from the release of classified US documents in order to counter the US position that the documents pose a "potential risk" to US forces. I would go one step further however, I would argue that so what if US troops do get attacked?
If the US Government invades foreign nations, and classified documents subsequently reveal that they were acting with duplicity and were essentially unconcerned about the civilians of the conquered nation that they were slaughtering, and should this cause outrage and attacks on military targets that kill Americans, well I consider that fair game. It's a terrible thing no doubt, but as the Americans say, it's "collateral damage". Isn't it better that genuine military targets get fired on rather than an outraged suicide bomber blowing themselves up in Grand Central Station?
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