WikiLeaks' Julian Assange says US gave 'tacit approval' to embassy attacks

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62. Assange and Bacile, 2 peas in a pod

I see Julian Assange/Wikileaks as morally equivalent to the idiot movie maker. Both publicly distributed words and images that any reasonable person would know would lead to violence and likely death for victims that had no say in their actions.

Wikileaks released the names of Afghan informants then Assange made callous comments about their inevitable deaths resulting from Wikileaks' actions. Assange is militantly demanding freedom of speech for Wikileaks/Assange no matter who dies as a result. They don't even take care to redact names of people who will obviously be exposed to significant danger as a result of Wikileaks' actions.

Pretty much the same as the stupid film maker who released this inflammatory crap, then claims free speech and demands police protection from the inevitable results of his own actions.

I wonder if Assange will recognize Sam Bacile/Nakoula as his philosophic twin. Maybe Sam can join him in self-imprisonment in the embassy.


I posted the note below (excerpt) a couple of days ago, and it's even more true today-- still irritated at the Assange ego and his mess. http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014224942

The whole Assange mess irritates me. I am a staunch supporter of Bradley Manning. Assange, not so much.

Truly, I don't understand why Assange and his supporters are so adamant that he not be extradited to Sweden. If the US wanted to kidnap Assange and take him to Gitmo, they can do so from the UK, even from the Ecuador embassy. I don't see why it is such an enormous threat that Sweden might extradite Assange to the US -- UK might do the same. I don't see why they think Assange is safe in the UK, but would be at risk in Sweden. Just doesn't make sense to me.

Really, it appears to me that Assange has been neutralized by a 'honey trap' (that he opened himself up to by being an egotistical jerk, by all reports), even without his being extradited to Sweden. Locked in an embassy, unable to have secure communications with Wikileaks staffers (because you know the UK can totally monitor anything coming in or out of that embassy), it appears to me that Assange has imprisoned himself already. I don't see how being locked up in a Swedish jail would be any different.....

Like I said, the whole Assange-ego mess is an annoying distraction from the real issues of Bradley Manning's treatment, the war in Afghanistan, and government transparency.