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That just sounds snarky, knee jerk to put down Ecuador without any context. A coup attempt was made against Ecuadorian President Correa, a coup attempt was made
by moo 16y ago
That just sounds snarky, knee jerk to put down Ecuador without any context. A coup attempt was made against Ecuadorian President Correa, a coup attempt was made against Venazuelan President Chavez, destabilizing efforts are done against Bolivian President Morales, Haitian President Aristide was kidnapped out of Haiti in 2004, Honduran President Zelaya was ousted in a coup in 2009. The article points out Ecuador's motives are exposing the cables related to Latin America, not some claim to freedom of information. For Assange to go to Ecuador and start criticizing the government of Ecuador would just be politically rudderless and stupid.
- bradleyland 16y agoSorry, I don't mean it as a slight toward Ecuador. My point is that it's easy to espouse objectivity when it's someone else's dirty laundry being aired. I question whether any nations' leadership (not just Ecuador) would remain friendly to Assange if it were their own diplomats' private communications being exposed.
- moo 16y agoI don't think any nation's leadership would remain friendly if they were hurt by leaks. I don't think someone like Assange can be politically neutral and just release any leaked information. People who leak the information are political, the slant on the story is political (as many here criticized WikiLeaks for how they handled the helicopter attack on civilians in Iraq), how reporters prioritize stories is political. For example, staying focused on prioritizing women's equal rights in Iran over some nations efforts to overthrow Iran's government may be more motivated in destabilizing Iran than women's rights. If you factor Iran has more women in college than men and it took the U.S. until the 60's to match Iran and Iran's revolution was in the 70s, then I don't think the U.S. can be one to criticize and claim they are more progressive with women's rights. Edit: Mistake about the 60's being when U.S. women grads surpass men. I think that is more recent in the U.S., like this decade.