Assange seeks asylum in Ecuador

[opebo]

Assange to speak from Ecuador embassy in row over his fate

Apparently he will speak from a little balcony so as not to be batoned by the bobbies.

[opebo]

Assange's speech from the Balcony!

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Assange to speak from Ecuador embassy in row over his fate

Apparently he will speak from a little balcony so as not to be batoned by the bobbies.

It's no surprise he'll be speaking from a balcony rather than inside the embassy.  He likely wants to be heckled as it plays into his martyred-messiah complex.

[opebo]

Assange to speak from Ecuador embassy in row over his fate

Apparently he will speak from a little balcony so as not to be batoned by the bobbies.

It's no surprise he'll be speaking from a balcony rather than inside the embassy.  He likely wants to be heckled as it plays into his martyred-messiah complex.

Dude, you're just being silly.  Have you no sense of theater?  It is an amazing bit of luck for someone like him to have any platform to speak at all, and no doubt he'll disappear soon.  Of course he's going to make the most of it.  'Assange from the balcony' will be remembered long after nobody knows where he is.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Assange to speak from Ecuador embassy in row over his fate

Apparently he will speak from a little balcony so as not to be batoned by the bobbies.

It's no surprise he'll be speaking from a balcony rather than inside the embassy.  He likely wants to be heckled as it plays into his martyred-messiah complex.

Dude, you're just being silly.  Have you no sense of theater?  It is an amazing bit of luck for someone like him to have any platform to speak at all, and no doubt he'll disappear soon.  Of course he's going to make the most of it.  'Assange from the balcony' will be remembered long after nobody knows where he is.

Nah, we'll know where he will be.  The Ecuadorian embassy.  He ain't leaving there for years to come now.

[opebo]

Nah, we'll know where he will be.  The Ecuadorian embassy.  He ain't leaving there for years to come now.

Really?  I don't know the history of such cases, but is there a history of people managing to stay in such places for years on end?  The embassy there is I hear rather small, and after all the US may overthrow Rafael Correa at any moment.  I doubt he's prospects there are truly long-term.

[Free Palestine]

If Assange were sent to the US by Sweden (which is less likely than from the UK), I somehow doubt he'd be executed - a lot of people did even more damage than he did and only got life sentences.

Still, him being thrown in jail for life would be horrible.

[Mr. Morden]

Nah, we'll know where he will be.  The Ecuadorian embassy.  He ain't leaving there for years to come now.

Really?  I don't know the history of such cases, but is there a history of people managing to stay in such places for years on end?  The embassy there is I hear rather small, and after all the US may overthrow Rafael Correa at any moment.  I doubt he's prospects there are truly long-term.

The most extreme case I know of was a Catholic priest in Hungary who spoke out against communism during the Cold War, and then ended up hiding out in the US embassy for 15 years(!).

[CLARENCE 2015!]

I have far more an issue with Bradley Manning then with Assange... Assange is a rogue, Manning is a traitor....

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

If Assange were sent to the US by Sweden (which is less likely than from the UK), I somehow doubt he'd be executed - a lot of people did even more damage than he did and only got life sentences.

Still, him being thrown in jail for life would be horrible.

Not so much, considering the whole 'fled rape charges' thing.

[Free Palestine]

I have far more an issue with Bradley Manning then with Assange... Assange is a rogue, Manning is a traitor....

Truth is treason in the empire of lies.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

What a pathetic little man; pressure needs to be applied to Ecuador quickly to force them to hand over this disgusting piece of slime.

[© tweed]

it's great to see that for the first time since the fall of the USSR we have a functioning counter-power bloc in world geopolitics, no matter how weak or flimsy it may be.  viva Castro, viva Chavez, viva Correa, viva Morales.

[Free Palestine]

it's great to see that for the first time since the fall of the USSR we have a functioning counter-power bloc in world geopolitics, no matter how weak or flimsy it may be.  viva Castro, viva Chavez, viva Correa, viva Morales.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

That actually is in some ways a quite good thing, but it still pisses me off in this particular case.

[Frodo]

it's great to see that for the first time since the fall of the USSR we have a functioning counter-power bloc in world geopolitics, no matter how weak or flimsy it may be.  viva Castro, viva Chavez, viva Correa, viva Morales.

Both the Castro brothers as well as Hugo Chavez already have one foot in the grave, so this 'counterpower bloc' as you call it won't last long. 

[LastVoter]

it's great to see that for the first time since the fall of the USSR we have a functioning counter-power bloc in world geopolitics, no matter how weak or flimsy it may be.  viva Castro, viva Chavez, viva Correa, viva Morales.

Both the Castro brothers as well as Hugo Chavez already have one foot in the grave, so this 'counterpower bloc' as you call it won't last long. 

Venezuela will elect a new and improved anti-american FF if the elections are free and fair.

[Lief 🗽]

it's great to see that for the first time since the fall of the USSR we have a functioning counter-power bloc in world geopolitics, no matter how weak or flimsy it may be.  viva Castro, viva Chavez, viva Correa, viva Morales.

Yup, exactly. And the fact that they so viscerally anger the usual suspects means they must be doing something right.

[2952-0-0]

What a pathetic little man; pressure needs to be applied to Ecuador quickly to force them to hand over this disgusting piece of slime.

Is the same thing true every time a Russian or Chinese dissident flees to a foreign embassy, or does the west get to pick or choose when to follow international laws?

Britain's threat to storm the embassy means it's no longer about Assange or Wikileaks or so-called "sex crimes" in Sweden. It's a contravention of international law and puts Britain on the same level of Iran or Khmer Rouge Cambodia.

[dead0man]

I like how the usual suspects have been claiming he will disappear soon for the past 2+ years.  You people have a weird definition for "soon".

[Kaine for Senate '18]

There's a big difference between a dissident fleeing an oppressive country and this terrorist.

[Lief 🗽]

Well obviously it'll be much more difficult to disappear the man while he's under the protection of governments that actually respect international law. How long that protection will last is the question.

There's a big difference between a dissident fleeing an oppressive country and this terrorist.

lol joke poster

[Free Palestine]

There's a big difference between a dissident fleeing an oppressive country and this terrorist.

Lolno

[2952-0-0]

Whatever one thinks of Assange and his actions, he and Ecuador have won a huge PR coup. Unasur (which by the way includes right-wing governments) has issued a statement that any attack on the embassy will be seen as hostile.

And if I were the CEO of BP I'd be sh**tting bricks over this affair. If the embassy is attacked it would be a perfectly legal justification for Correa to seize my assets in Ecuador. I'd be angrily calling Number 10 to demand Cameron to cool down.

[Хahar 🤔]

What a pathetic little man; pressure needs to be applied to Ecuador quickly to force them to hand over this disgusting piece of slime.

Have you thought through the implications of this?