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In reply to the discussion: Are Liberals Too Eager to Believe Sex Charges Against Julian Assange? [View all]1monster
(11,012 posts)innocent bystanders overseas on what seems to be a regular basis. He has no real legal standing to do so, and violates the sovereignty of other nations when he does so.
And the whole world is watching there too.
But, no, I don't think the US will be so blatant about it. I think if Assange is to be "taken out" as you put it, or renditioned, or disappeared, it will be done in such as way as to make it look like Assange escaped and is in hiding some where, or that there was a terrible accident or that some third party was involved. (On edit: Or he will be suicided -- that happened to a lot of people during the Bush Administration...)
Or, they will simply extradite him and do to him what is/has been done to Bradley Manning. The wolrd has been singularly powerless in that case too. The only thing public opinion has been able to do was to slightly improve his living conditions.
Justice is ALWAYS up to us. If we fail to speak out against injustice, we are just as guilty as those who practice injustice.