So you're saying it's OK for Sweden to publish classified US government information - something which could be considered an act of aggression and NOT OK for the US government to protect its interests?

Perhaps the US government should bug some Swedish government offices and broadcast all of Sweden's classified information too, instead. Maybe a nice game of tit for tat.

O/T but, which Communist regime was ever not Fascist?

So you're saying the USSR wasn't evil? Wow you bought the propaganda you're so strongly against.

First of all Hitler wasn't the only German responsible for war crimes in WW2. Secondly, Hitler may have suffered injuries in WW1 but he wasn't the only soldier to fight WW1 in such conditions. Did the others become maniacal killers of women and children too?

Guess what - the movie ENIGMA was an affront to Poland. It did not elaborate on the work of the Polish mathematicians in cracking the original ENIGMA meanwhile the bad guy turns out to be a Pole who collaborates with Germans because of the Soviet massacres of Polish officers and civilians at Katyn. Sick.

The German team is half Polish/Turk/Nigerian/Tunisian anyway. Hitler would have rolled over in his grave.
When you have the money to buy the best players or pull in the most talent - it's easier to win.

Panasonic Toughbook - business and fully ruggerdised notebooks?

What about the Sharp (SoftBank) 941SH with a 4inch screen (ASV = 16.7mil colours) boasting 1024x480 last year?
Or the Sharp WX-T930 with a 3.0-inch 854 x 480 pixels (full widescreen VGA LCD), also ASV 16.7 mil colours?

Dial up internet access is better than nothing in places with no Wifi, ethernet or 3G.

One's security level depends on one's previous experience. If you were an ex-British colony and now think you're being dictated to by the West and your brothers are being bombed by your enemies' allies - you may not be as receptive to criticism as
if you were a well adjusted, always on the winning side, hoity-toity British lad (rule Britannia and all that) whose ancestors were the masters of these people and whom you now consider backward. It's a matter of perception. Would you want foreigners to mock you or things you consider sacred/important? Maybe we should just give them breathing space for deciding for themselves how far they're willing to go. You know like not impose things on them.

Anything can be justified. The ultimate conclusion to the logic you employ (get rid of religion in case it is used again after a 1000 years to justify war even though it teaches against violence) is to get rid of everything which can usefully be used to justify anything negative. Newspapers can be used to justify war or sway public opinion with pseudo-intellectual cr-p or with pseudo-science and so they too should be removed. Oh, you say papers are free - well in a Capitalist society they're not - the owner has last say - so get rid of Capitalism too. Get rid of everything. :-) How absurd is that?

The Crusades had many motivations. We've learned to avoid them now. Christianity is no longer uses as an excuse to start wars or defend against them. Christianity itself has realised the error of its ways from within itself. The Scripture is right there - "Thou Shalt not kill", "turn the other cheek", "shake the sandals off your feet and leave" in places where they reject you and not kill them instead - and so on. These are pretty nice ideals. If we keep them we have more choice at the end - we still have freedom to follow the good and reject what we don't like - Mr Atheist can still agree with "thou shalt not kill" but reject all that supernatural stuff. Bigger choice - better value and if it helps some people get on with their lives - all the better. :-)

Are you saying that secular democracies with bills of rights are never able to put their own interests ahead of their neighbours or other states and act aggressively? Are the three things you mentioned above complete guarantors of neutral or benevolent behavior towards your own people or other people?