The explosive material thrown up by WikiLeaks, the third in a row, is a veritable diplomatic bombshell that could also, equally aptly, be termed a tsunami that has shaken quite a few chancelleries around the globe, in the midst of an unprecedented deluge of revelations that has, in just one sweep, removed the cobwebs of diplomatic faade. The disclosures of the US attempt to remove highly enriched uranium from the Pakistani reactor confirm the suspicions of certain political circles in Pakistan that the US has an eye on our nuclear assets, and while doing everything it can to strengthen India, defence-wise and economically, at the same time, it wants to enfeeble Pakistan. That would not only fulfil the hegemonic designs of India in the region and solve the Kashmir dispute, the bone of contention between the two, but also help promote the US strategic ambitions vis--vis China. Once Beijings fast friend in the subcontinent is rendered powerless in the political game and its adversary emboldened with renewed strength, New Delhi would have no reservations, at least that is the assumption of policymakers in Washington, in making a bold bid to scuttle the Chinese relentless rise to global prominence. The point to note is also the hopelessly dangerous defence of Pakistani authorities in order to prevent the US from taking away our enriched uranium that if the local media got word of the fuel removal, they certainly would portray as the United States taking Pakistan nuclear weapons. They ought to have said a firm NO and no excuse was needed to be put up. If it is assumed that the comments of the Saudi monarch about the role of President Zardari in Pakistan politics have been correctly reported, it should be a moment of deep reflection for all of us, including the ruling hierarchy, that if a sincere and close friend like Saudi Arabia has such feelings, there is urgent need to mend our ways. Pakistan Foreign Office has, however, refuted the leak about the Saudi King as contrary to facts. It has been correctly said that some of the brutally candid views of foreign leaders and frank assessmentscould conceivably strain relations between different countries and, especially of the US with some countries, influencing international affairs in ways that are impossible to predict. That the disclosures could disrupt military and counterterrorism operations and undermine international cooperation against nuclear proliferation and other threats, as feared by the State Departments legal advisor, could not, perhaps, be discounted, though, the service they render in exposing the hypocrisy of the US, is invaluable. The scenes of bonhomie that the interacting leaders demonstrate in public contrasted with their real feelings towards one another and the machinations of the more powerful of them to undercut the core national interests of the weaker countries, are a most convincing cause for unending wars, animosity and tension and the failure to achieve world peace they so shamelessly profess. Rather than railing against Julian Paul Assange, the critics should see the service he has done.