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Given the amount of pressure Wikileaks received and the open death threads from several US congressmen towards Assange, it's not a far-fetched assumptions. The
by atmosx 12y ago
Given the amount of pressure Wikileaks received and the open death threads from several US congressmen towards Assange, it's not a far-fetched assumptions.
The case was closed and re-opened if I'm not mistaken especially because it was Assange. I'm also quite sure Ecuador wouldn't wanna shelter a rapist.
So given the dynamics at play, it's safe to assume that there's more than a rape charge at stake.
- cantankerous 12y agoEcuador sheltering Assange is more about Ecuador having a stronger bargaining chip with the US in future deals than anything else. Ecuador isn't some bastion of liberty. Far from it, actually. They're doing it to make a statement to the US and internally to themselves. I'd be willing to guess that Ecuador would turn Assange over to the US in a hot minute if the getting was good for them. I think the reality of this situation is that the US doesn't really want Assange all that much. He's a non-player wrt Wikileaks any more and people are already forgetting who he is.
- coldtea 12y ago>Ecuador sheltering Assange is more about Ecuador having a stronger bargaining chip with the US in future deals than anything else. Only if it plans on handing him over. So, no. If anything it's a wonderful gesture from Ecuador that puts the country in WORSE bargaining position with the US. >Ecuador isn't some bastion of liberty It never helped establish dictatorships in other countries, so it has that going for it.
- Numberwang 12y agoSo just wild speculation then?
- coldtea 12y agoNo, wild knowledge of precedents in European political history.