John Pilger: The siege of Julian Assange is a farce.

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61. The zeal of what governments?

The US is quiet on the issue, the Swedes are simply waiting for him to be arrested and the Brits are keeping an eye on him to ensure he does not flee. If there was a steady stream of condemnation and threats coming from any of the parties then you might have a point - but there is none. If not for periodic pro-Assange articles like this, Assange would be a forgotten man as far the world is concerned. The fact that it takes so much effort just to keep his name in the public eye undermines your charge that these countries are zealous in their pursuit of him. In reality, they are simply waiting for the inevitable day when he has to leave the embassy and is arrested.

Assange lived as a free man in England for two years while his extradition case made its way through the legal system. Think about that for a second. Two years for the US to ask the Brits to extradite him. Two years to illegally snatch him.