Diplomatic Cables Could Be Rather Embarrassing

The low-life organization Wikileaks is planning on releasing millions of diplomatic cables and they could contain some very embarrassing stuff for the White House:

With some 2.7 million communications from the US State Department about to be published online, Mr Obama is bracing himself for revelations that would not only be embarrassing but could also seriously damage his foreign policy.

Thousands of these documents are believed to be diplomatic cables from Washington to the US Embassy in London, including brutal assessments of Gordon Brown's personality and cold-eyed judgements of David Cameron's capabilities.

The ramifications for Mr Obama could be enormous. With his popularity flagging at home, one of his remaining political strengths has been his high standing abroad - assiduously cultivated in a series of speeches in which he apologised for past US actions and promised a kinder, gentler America.

The White House has apparently already warned Israel that there will be some ugly stuff in there, which isn't that surprising given Obama's attitude toward the Israelis. And when other world leaders find out how he really feels about them he might find himself getting a pretty frosty reception at some of these world gatherings he so loves.