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In reply to the discussion: Wikileaks Greatest Hits: Steve Jobs' HIV test report [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)Last time I checked "the rabid right wing" wasn't in the White House. You also could benefit from some education on European Union extradition law.
Why do you take the pronouncements of crazy people as somehow "controlling?" They aren't. What, you're saying Rush Limbaugh runs the country? Get real.
There "may" be this, and there "may" be that. If the USA wanted Assange jailed, they should have nabbed him in the two years he was farting around UK--he's been there since 2010, you know. And guess what? If that IS what they really, truly wanted, they got their wish at the hands of the Ecuadorans. They don't need to snatch him up and spirit him off to Gitmo (like no one would notice). He's jailed in the Ecuadoran Embassy, and Correa is paying the freight. You want a conspiracy theory? Here's one that's is every bit as valid as the tripe being shopped about "PTB."
The "PTB" has made a secret deal with Correa, who is positioning himself as the ideological heir to Chavez, to PRETEND to be outraged at the UK while ENTICING Assange to come and get protection from him, so that Assange could be neutralized and trapped in Knightsbridge for the duration. The Swedes, of course, are "in on it" too, and they want Correa to hold him for at least four years, the maximum sentence he might get if his charges in Sweden are upheld. The Brits will have to monitor the guy, but they've already installed cameras everywhere--even inside the public hallways of that multi-use building where the Ecuadorans are renting out a chunk of the first floor--so Assange cannot escape without being noticed. Of course, what does Correa get out of this? He gets additional most favored nation trade concessions from the USA, in order to plump up his faltering ecconomy, and, of course, we all know that Ecuador uses the US dollar as their official currency, so they need to keep that trade flowing. Correa will pretend to be opposed to USA and UK, but he'll make some money with 'em anyway. Correa and Obama are chuckling insanely as they watch the hectoring crowds whining about freedom for the antisocial nerd, who has been cut off from his business of gathering up documents and publishing them without verification of their validity. They've all gotten their wish, while pretending to be something else entirely. Can we get a great big Bwahahahahahaha, now?
That's about as realistic a plot as the bullshit I've heard thus far. The bottom line is this--Assange is a pervert who doesn't know how to treat women appropriately. That is what his "problem" is and it is one of his own making.