Eraser wrote:Like Nightshade said, it's obvious the US wants to nail Assange for the whole Wikileaks case.
yes, at least some hotheads in the US do, but it's far from simple. how are they going to justify indicting assange but not also indicting the editors of the NYT, Guardian and Der Spiegel? kind of a legal minefield, don't you think?
There is also no doubt that England making such threats to Ecuador isn't about a man on the roll for a doubtful rape charge.
right, NO DOUBT, although all you have to support that claim is a some tinfoil-wrapped speculation. give me the name of your british govt mole and i might buy into it. frankly, i think it's more plausible that william hague (foreign secretary currently in charge now cameron's on vacation) simply handled the situation badly (wouldn't be the first time). you seem to think the british govt is full of cunning schemers when in truth it's full of incompetent morons. most likely outcome is they'll just wait him out. sitting in a tiny room all day for months or even years on end (the ecuadorian embassy is small) will get old eventually
Thirdly, Ecuador invited Swedish officials to interrogate Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy yet Sweden has refused.
which of course ecuador knew very well they would when they made the offer. they were grandstanding, as so many people have been over this issue (including hague & co)
Fourth: Ecuador asked Sweden if they could guarantee that Assange wouldn't be extradited to the US, which Sweden has said no to.
how can they possibly guarantee that when to do so would mean preemptively rejecting an extradition request they haven't even received yet?
The actions and behavior of both Sweden and the UK reek of this being about more than just a rape case, most likely it's about Wikileaks, which brings us back to the US wanting him for that.
And no, the US hasn't officially put charges out yet, but I'm sure they'll do once hé steps foot on Swedish soil.
then why not just issue formal charges already and request extradition from the UK (especially in light of the heinous lopsided extradition treaty that exists between the UK and US)? also, if he is actually formally charged over the rape allegations in sweden, and found guilty, he won't be going to america - he'll be in a swedish prison making friends with Olaf the weightlifter in the shower block
ffs the level of drama on all sides in this issue is amazing. depending on who you ask, assange is either the new che guevara or carlos the fucking jackal