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There’s no universe in which Assange deserves the treatment he would receive in the US no matter how bad of a guy he is.
by ryanlol 5y ago
There’s no universe in which Assange deserves the treatment he would receive in the US no matter how bad of a guy he is.
- peoplefromibiza 5y agoBut there's a special place in earth where it routinely happens: the US of A. What Assange is suffering pales against what happened in Guantanamo or Abu Ghraib. Nobody ever paid.
- DocTomoe 5y agoWell, Assange is not in the US quite yet - right now he is only being tortured by the British. Apparently, this will change soon, so ...
- tjpnz 5y agoIn the case of Abu Graib there were consequences for the soldiers directly involved. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_priso...
- peoplefromibiza 5y agoMy feeling is that they were the perpetrators, but not those who were actually responsible for what happened. Meaning that the event might or might not be isolated, but the chain of command is responsible for the mentality.