Gotta Admit... I'm Pretty Baffled By The Split And Depth Of Feeling Re:The Assange/WikiLeaks Story

[Kalidurga]

139. 1983, Female, neither

The case against Assange is very murky indeed. But, it isn't a kind of case the US normally pursues, I have to wonder why they would make this case an international incident. I think Sweden if they really cared about this case, and I doubt they do, should grant a non extradition promise. I also think they could if they really cared just question him in Ecuador, but again I don't think they really care. It is disgusting to me that the government has politicized rape allegations. So I am against the US getting involved in this. I am against the way Sweden is handling this.

The women seem to be lost in all this. Where are they? Can the Swedish government even prosecute if they aren't in the country? It seems to me that the women were pressured into saying things they weren't comfortable with because someone had a whiff of blood in the water ie a way to get Assange. I really hope that it wasn't rape, but I don't believe for a second that it was nothing. So, I can't side with Assange either. I can only side with him on the point of not being extradited. When all rape cases cause this much brouhaha, then I would be more inclined to side with the government. But, for the most part rape is under prosecuted.

If the women were more intent on pursuing this, I would side with them.