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1monster

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7. Agreed.

Reply to fascisthunter (Reply #5)

Sun Sep 23, 2012, 01:40 AM

Sep 2012

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Ecuador suggests transferring Assange to its embassy in Sweden so he can be questioned [View all] Judi Lynn Sep 2012 OP

Good idea. dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #1

Sounds reasonable. I hope it is. Vidar Sep 2012 #2

There's a two-year-old Swedish court order to arrest him; and the UK courts have found that struggle4progress Sep 2012 #3

I don't think they will prosecute. ronnie624 Sep 2012 #6

So President Obama is no different from Bush? hack89 Sep 2012 #8

I'm not sure what you mean. ronnie624 Sep 2012 #11

You said that Obama would skip prosecution and just make Assange disappear. hack89 Sep 2012 #12

No, you supplied that part in your own mind. ronnie624 Sep 2012 #14

Well, he's not a terrorist or an enemy combatant so you don't know a thing. randome Sep 2012 #16

"Vast shadowy forces", no. The U.S. Justice Department, yes. ronnie624 Sep 2012 #18

Stealing military documents IS a crime but not the crime of a terrorist or enemy combatant. randome Sep 2012 #19

He is targeted for prosecution by high-level officials in the US... AntiFascist Sep 2012 #29

I can't imagine Obama taking the risk hack89 Sep 2012 #17

Your post is full of unfounded assumptions, leading questions and other logical fallacies. ronnie624 Sep 2012 #20

But Assange "disappearing" is a reasonable assumption? OK. nt hack89 Sep 2012 #22

You have a very irritating habit ronnie624 Sep 2012 #25

And you have a very irritating habit hack89 Sep 2012 #26

A simpler theory, supported by lots of evidence, is that Assange is just a real a-hole to women: struggle4progress Sep 2012 #21

Those aren't evidence of anything. ronnie624 Sep 2012 #24

No links from you, a half dozen from me, including quotes from Assange and people who know Assange, struggle4progress Sep 2012 #28

I don't need links to prove wikileaks pissed off powerful people within the U.S. government, ronnie624 Sep 2012 #32

Couldn't it both be true that he is crap with women and has pissed off powerful people? Selatius Sep 2012 #34

Of course. ronnie624 Sep 2012 #35

Looking for more comfortable living quarters I suspect. nt hack89 Sep 2012 #4

ok... sounds reasonable to me fascisthunter Sep 2012 #5

Agreed. 1monster Sep 2012 #7

Possibly reasonable. geek tragedy Sep 2012 #9

I wonder if the offer itself means Assange has already overstayed his welcome in Ecuador. randome Sep 2012 #10

Unlikely, since he's not in Ecuador but in their London embassy. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2012 #13

That IS Ecuador, for all intents and purposes. randome Sep 2012 #15

a fair chance for Sweden to save face reorg Sep 2012 #23

You really think a soverign country would pervert their justice system that way? hack89 Sep 2012 #27

You're right, reorg. Sweden needs a way to look clean again. This is the chance they need. Judi Lynn Sep 2012 #30

Sounds absolutely reasonable. Sweden and the UK will just look like bigger dicks when... Poll_Blind Sep 2012 #31

This is designed to get the UK off the hook for their threat to raid the Ecuadorian embassy. Monk06 Sep 2012 #33