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Isn't this the same sort of thing Julian Assange is being hunted for now. from [1] "In April 2010, WikiLeaks released the Collateral Murder video,[4] which sho

Isn't this the same sort of thing Julian Assange is being hunted for now. from [1] "In April 2010, WikiLeaks released the Collateral Murder video,[4] which showed United States soldiers fatally shooting 18 civilians from a helicopter in Iraq,[85] including Reuters journalists Namir Noor-Eldeen and his assistant Saeed Chmagh. ... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange

IfOnlyYouKnew 4y ago
Yes, with some emphasis on the “sort of”? First of all, because Assange is not “hunted” for that video specifically, as far as I know, but other leaks and the process he went about to get at them. The My Lai massacre also differed, I would say, from that killing in Iraq. In numbers, obviously, but also in motivation: My Lai was a sadistic masssacre, involving not just murder but also torture and rape. There was absolutely no doubt, not even for the most motivated reasoning, that the victims were innocent.
- 2-718-281-828 4y ago
  Assange was _hunted_ - not "hunted" ...
  - IfOnlyYouKnew 4y ago
    Assange committed statutory rape, broke bail conditions, and made his life miserable by being a whiny asshole about it.
    - 2-718-281-828 4y ago
      > Assange committed statutory rape and that's why the investigation was suddenly dropped after he got thrown out of the Ecuadorian embassy
    - jessaustin 4y ago
      That was all bullshit, and everyone who actually looked into it has said so: https://medium.com/@njmelzer/demasking-the-torture-of-julian-assange-b252ffdcb768 https://medium.com/@njmelzer/demasking-the-torture-of-julian...
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istjohn 4y ago
The US should not be persecuting Julian Assange, but the Collateral Murder incident was clearly a case of mistaking civilians for combatants and carelessness, not willfull murder of non-combatants as in My Lai. The two cases aren't remotely comparable.

IfOnlyYouKnew 4y ago

Yes, with some emphasis on the “sort of”? First of all, because Assange is not “hunted” for that video specifically, as far as I know, but other leaks and the process he went about to get at them. The My Lai massacre also differed, I would say, from that killing in Iraq. In numbers, obviously, but also in motivation: My Lai was a sadistic masssacre, involving not just murder but also torture and rape. There was absolutely no doubt, not even for the most motivated reasoning, that the victims were innocent.

2-718-281-828 4y ago
Assange was _hunted_ - not "hunted" ...
- IfOnlyYouKnew 4y ago
  Assange committed statutory rape, broke bail conditions, and made his life miserable by being a whiny asshole about it.
  - 2-718-281-828 4y ago
    > Assange committed statutory rape and that's why the investigation was suddenly dropped after he got thrown out of the Ecuadorian embassy
  - jessaustin 4y ago
    That was all bullshit, and everyone who actually looked into it has said so: https://medium.com/@njmelzer/demasking-the-torture-of-julian-assange-b252ffdcb768 https://medium.com/@njmelzer/demasking-the-torture-of-julian...

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istjohn 4y ago

The US should not be persecuting Julian Assange, but the Collateral Murder incident was clearly a case of mistaking civilians for combatants and carelessness, not willfull murder of non-combatants as in My Lai. The two cases aren't remotely comparable.