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

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117. Sweden is also a US ally. Why would the US be willing to interfere with the Swedish justice system

but not the UKs?

As far as vitriol toward Assange on DU, I can't speak to that, of course. I can only say that my anger and disdain toward Assange is a result of his callous comments about the Afghan informants that were killed after Wikileaks revealed their names.

I have every bit as much sympathy and compassion for Assange as he showed for the Afghan informants -- absolute zero.

If Assange were to walk out of the embassy, I expect that he would be arrested and extradited to Sweden, where he would be questioned and perhaps charged with rape. If charged, I would expect that he would be put into jail, since he absconded on bail in the UK. It would be a media dog and pony show, similar to the DSK incident. I would expect that Assange would be tried in accordance with Swedish law, in spite of the media circus.

Assange should have known that he would be watched like a hawk, and any infraction on his part would not be overlooked but would be prosecuted to the fullest extent possible. That's what anyone who confronts the MIC should expect. If Assange really feels that Sweden is the 'Saudi Arabia of feminism' and he is an anti-feminist, he shouldn't have gone there in the first place.

Thank you for responding to my note. I will take a look at your links.