I fail to see why this guy is being hailed as a courageous hero or sorts.
1. Going against the US is actually safer than going against many other countries.
2. Unlike newspaper editors/journalists who incur some/lot effort in gathering info and exposing stuff. this guy has done *nothing*. Some *coward* who atleast in theory is on the side he agreed to is supplying Assange with raw information that he is simply exposing. No effort unlesss you count an ftp as *effort*.
3. All Assange's info is supposed to be true?
More importantly, the recent leak, what is it supposed to be other than just embarrassing US diplomats? Do people really think international relations are all black & white boyscout deals? Tell me *one* country which does not say one thing nd act another. Come on, How many times have you people told your *spouse* what you *really* thought ? That's called diplomacy, dears.
As for the gulf war stuff, yeah, as if anyone did not know hat the Pakis were playing both sides. US voter does not care and US defence contractors care too much.
I will consider Assange brave etc if he does the following:
1. Expose something that embarrasses China, and is seen free for one more week.
2. Say anything that's even mildly embarrassing about Mohammed/Islam/any-Islamic-country, and lives for a month without a fatwa on his head.
3. Expose some low level corruption of a mafia don in India, and live for a week without getting beaten up.
or some such. See, compared to all that, US is easy, if you have money for lawyers.
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I fail to see why this guy is being hailed as a courageous hero or sorts. 1. Going against the US is actually safer than going against many other countries. 2. Unlike newspaper editors/journalists who incur some/lot effort in gathering info and exposing stuff. this guy has done *nothing*. Some *coward* who atleast in theory is on the side he agreed to is supplying Assange with raw information that he is simply exposing. No effort unlesss you count an ftp as *effort*. 3. All Assange's info is supposed to be true? More importantly, the recent leak, what is it supposed to be other than just embarrassing US diplomats? Do people really think international relations are all black & white boyscout deals? Tell me *one* country which does not say one thing nd act another. Come on, How many times have you people told your *spouse* what you *really* thought ? That's called diplomacy, dears. As for the gulf war stuff, yeah, as if anyone did not know hat the Pakis were playing both sides. US voter does not care and US defence contractors care too much. I will consider Assange brave etc if he does the following: 1. Expose something that embarrasses China, and is seen free for one more week. 2. Say anything that's even mildly embarrassing about Mohammed/Islam/any-Islamic-country, and lives for a month without a fatwa on his head. 3. Expose some low level corruption of a mafia don in India, and live for a week without getting beaten up. or some such. See, compared to all that, US is easy, if you have money for lawyers.