> Why do the EU and US dislike Assad? It's a long and old (decades!) story, per US embassy cables published by WikiLeaks. The news story: http://www.activistp

> Why do the EU and US dislike Assad? It's a long and old (decades!) story, per US embassy cables published by WikiLeaks. The news story: http://www.activistpost.com/2015/09/julian-assange-reveals-another-2006-western-plan-to-destroy-syria.html http://www.activistpost.com/2015/09/julian-assange-reveals-a... The US ambassador 2006 leaked cable itself: https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/06DAMASCUS5399_a.html https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/06DAMASCUS5399_a.html So it's not by accident that Chelsea Manning was treated as he was for leaking these cables. And that Assange still can't leave the embassy in London.