Originally Posted by MS Fowler

What do you see as the lessons to be learned?

My observations.....
1) Governments LIE. All of them. Not conservative governments lie. Not Liberal governments lie. Not Progressive governments lie. Not democratic governments lie. Not oligarchial governments lie.
GOVERNMENTS LIE. Period

2) If governments lie to each other as amply demonstrated by WikiLeaks, is it reasonable to expect that they suddenly turn righteous and tell their own citizens the truth? I submit that governments lie to their own citizens as well as to each other.

3) For the US, and other Constitutional representative republics---The only way to control a government is to LIMIT its power by scrupulously adhering to the Constitutional boundaries; not by stretching the words to allow it to assume ever greater power.

4) The greatest lie remains, " I'm from the government and I'm here to help you.

What lessons do you see?