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In reply to the discussion: What motivates the outrage over Julian Assange's Political Asylum? [View all]avebury
(11,186 posts)need for there to be a wikileaks. People care about the Assange case because it is about freedom of the press and Wilkileaks is not the only entity that published released information. If you at the road that the US has been going down since 9-11 and what this country is becoming we need for courageous people to turn the spotlight on what is going on. There are a lot of people around the world that are starting to view the US as a greater threat to world security then countries like Iran. I can't remember where I saw it but there is a poster out there that compares the actions of the US versus Iran and, If you look at it with an open mind, it is pretty damning on the US. We have lost the position of morality in the world. If the Republicans and Tea Party are successful in taking over permanent control, it will be lost forever.