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Because he's someone who has the guts to face the most powerful government in the world, uncover their lies, and give them the finger. That's why.
by mrleinad 16y ago
Because he's someone who has the guts to face the most powerful government in the world, uncover their lies, and give them the finger.
That's why.
- tome 16y agoIs there anywhere a quick summary of the most extreme lies [edit: made by the US] that Assange has uncovered? As far as I've seen (and I've only really read stories about Assange that have been posted here) what he's demonstrated is "war is horrible, and it's not going very well". That's important for us to know, but it's hardly ground-breaking.
- acangiano 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikileaks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikileaks has a list of the most important leaks.
- jacquesm 16y agoI think you were a little late to the party there, wikileaks has done a lot of stuff before the war related leaks. That's when they started to get serious headwind from various governments though.
- tome 16y agoI know, but mrleinad was specifically talking about Assange's dealings with the US so that's what I was asking about.
- tome 16y agoThose who downvoted, and the other replies to this have missed the point. I know what Wikileaks has done. None of it fits the description "fac[ing] the most powerful government in the world [and] uncover[ing] their lies" any more than the most banal of broadsheets does.
- shadowfox 16y agoYou seriously believe that?
- tome 16y agoI haven't seen anything about the US that I wouldn't expect a broadsheet to turn over as a matter of course. This is why I asked my original question. Since you seem to know the answer, perhaps you could point me to one of two examples of extreme lies that Assange has helped uncover.