It seems unfortunate to me that the Sony hack has now displaced the CIA torture report completely in the national narrative. Whether purposefully orchestrated or not, it sure seems like a useful coincidence.
The torture report is just more details on what happened 10 years ago. No one is shocked or surprised. The guy in charge of all this left when the current guy took office in 2008. If we're playing nation state PR trickery games, it seems to be Russian and Chinese media outlets were really pushing the report as a way to distract from their own domestic issues, their own domestic human rights issues against their own citizens, and to continue to vilify the US as it serves them domestically to deter people from their god given rights to freedom, justice, and self-rule.
Of course, to many internet commentators, Russia and China never do dirty tricks like these, only the US. Shame we can't have a more evolved view of press release timing, news cycles, etc. Its just more anti-US conspiracy theories while the rest of the world, especially dictatorial regimes, get a free pass.
It wasn't so much a "Terrorist operation", as an act of horrible desperation by an incredibly disturbed individual.
This is a perfect example of why "Terrorism" is a dangerous term. It has huge definition creep.
Unfortunate but let's be honest - nothing was ever going to be done about that report. The world is outraged, the US apologises and does nothing, and most people forget.
Be foolish to bet against that, since the US has never stopped being at war with North Korea since the 1950s.
> (probably giving the weapons to south Korea so the put the body count)
Given the pre-targeted artillery pointed at their capital, neither the people nor the government of South Korea are likely to get behind resuming active conflict with the North without some somewhat more substantial provocation than the SPE hack.
And US encouragement -- if it were to be offered -- is unlikely to change that.
They are not trying to hard right, I mean they trhowed down Saddam Hussain in a couple of years, but somehow they are unable to take North Korea despite fighting for more than 50 years (based on your claim), yeah... no.
Also, Sony Pictures is an American company which was bought by Sony, the Japanese megacorporation.
1) Most people are dumbasses
2) Often willfully so
3) This has troubling implications for democracy, representative or otherwise