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I'm not American so I don't claim to understand the politics, but it seems to me that Russia is one of the few countries capable of resisting US pressure, which
by puranjay 8y ago
I'm not American so I don't claim to understand the politics, but it seems to me that Russia is one of the few countries capable of resisting US pressure, which makes people like Assange and Snowden gravitate towards it. The alternative would be imprisonment or death for them
- metildaa 8y agoEcuador apparently can withstand some American pressure, though it has obviously caused their diplomatic relations to be strained.
- bayesian_horse 8y agoWith the slight problem that there are no Human Rights in Russia and people like Snowden or even Assange then have to be seen as stooges of the Russian government/intelligence agencies. Because, basically, there is no way they can say no if the Russian intelligence really wants them to do something.
- tremon 8y agoThere is no Human Rights, capital or otherwise, in the USA either. Do you think Manning got a fair trial? Do you think the people in Gitmo had rights?
- bayesian_horse 8y agoI do believe Manning got a fair trial. She also got all the medical help she needed for her gender transition. She did violate the law, and quite severely. She also put American soldiers at risk. And she got a pardon. Overall, it didn't go that bad, did it? So yes, I do believe the United States is a lot better regarding Human Rights. Even in Guantanamo bay the prisoners are kept in relatively Human conditions.
- HappySweeney 8y agoWhy do you think they sent those guys to Gitmo in the first place? If human rights were not an issue in the USA, Gitmo wouldn't exist.