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Showing Original Post only (View all)Ya Know... There's A Third Possibility On The Assange Divide... [View all]
Simplistic I know, but...
Theory 1) Has it that Julian Assange has to "man up" and face his accusers in a court of law to clear his name, or face justice.
Theory 2) Has it that after decades of watching various governments lie to us in order to smear and intimidate people who threaten their well fortified cocoon, WE DON'T TRUST THEM ANY LONGER.
And it comes to me that there may be a third...
Theory 3) There are people who do NOT want Barack Obama to be tarnished with the soot of continuing a number of Bush-The-Lesser's policy decisions...
Which of course... goes back to Theory 2...
Thoughts ???
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Until you show evidence that there's an overt conspiracy to bring Assange to the US...
brooklynite
Aug 2012
#3
Assange haters (the ones who are not trolls) mostly fall into two groups
whatchamacallit
Aug 2012
#4
It's easier for the US to rendition people from Sweden than to extradite from the UK.
limpyhobbler
Aug 2012
#12