Julian Assange appreciation thread

[subsuelo]

Julian Assange is the editor-in-chief at WikiLeaks, and apparently has final say in what gets released.

As far as I'm concerned, this guy is a true American hero. More courageous than most, dedicated to truth and human rights. A true patriot.

I think we owe him so much respect and appreciation.

Thank you Julian for what you do, and all that you stand for.



Please recommend the thread if you agree.

:patriot:

[xchrom]

1. recommend

[City Lights]

2. R&K! nt

[quinnox]

3. Heart of a lion

I admire this guy for the courage he has to expose the truth. All the lies the CIA or NY TIMES tell about him won't change my mind.

[Raster]

4. K&R! Bring it ALL into the light!

Keep releasing documents until the ENTIRE, DIRTY STORY IS TOLD!

[harun]

5. K&R because the truth will set you free.

[Junkdrawer]

6. K&R

[ProfessionalLeftist]

7. K & R

I hope he's very careful. As a previous post here said - many like him: MLK, Lennon, etc, end up 'silenced'.

[Odin2005]

8. HERO!

[Mika]

9. K&R

[kgnu_fan]

10. I do appreciate him and his actions

[golddigger]

11. K&R

:kick:

[depakid]

12. Except that he's not an American hero- but an Australian

though it is interesting that his detractors make the very same sorts of arguments and behave in much the same way as some people did 40 years or so ago with American Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers.

[subsuelo]

46. doh- yes, he's Australian...

not sure how I overlooked that bit...

:blush:

It's the appreciation part that's the focus here anyway!

[ClassWarrior]

85. When has nationality ever stopped the US from arrogantly claiming a hero as its own?

:D

NGU.

[heliarc]

87. I think what's especially trailblazing about Mr. Assange

Is the fact that his organization is multinational... utilizing the same position of power as a company like Halliburton (with offices in Dubai and tendrils worldwide)... the absence of national locus provides him the ultimate legal protection from the nation states and corporations who are the target of his journalistic mission.

Truly brilliant and inspiring bit of strategy. Thank you for your work Assange

[babydollhead]

13. yes! Jullian you are speaking out for me

[mike_c]

14. recommend!

[felix_numinous]

15. Long life, stay safe

I hope there is a network of people who can keep you well. Millions of people are in your debt.

[Raksha]

16. Thank you, Julian. You are a true hero.

It takes guts to do what you did, when there are so many who want to kill the messenger. I pray that you stay safe.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

17. Julian Assange is an Australian and a hero to the world. K&R

[subsuelo]

48. Thank you for the correction

Absolutely agreed!

[no limit]

18. +1

[bvar22]

19. I will gladly STAND with this HERO of "democracy".

:patriot:

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children."
---President Dwight Eisenhower

[FirstTimeVoterAt37]

20. Huge recommend

[rucky]

21. Who should play him in the movie?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

39. He looks like Liam Neeson. -nt

[sabrina 1]

77. He does look like Liam Neeson ~ n/t

[wildflower]

40. He looks like Carson Kressley to me

But I don't know if Carson does any (non-reality-show) acting.

[Hutzpa]

22. Doggz/Katz

Respectz...


k bai now


:applause:

[SOS]

23. Kick

Years ago the NYT published the Pentagon Papers.
We had 60 Minutes doing investigative work.
We had Cronkite on the CBS Evening News.

Now that all corporate news outlets have been co-opted by the State/Wall Street,
we need guys like Assange to pull back the curtain.

[Valienteman]

24. kick for a true patriot

kicked.

[disillusioned73]

25. ...

:dem:

[ljm2002]

26. Here's to Julian!!

Wikileaks provides a platform that allows the truth to come out. Well, maybe not "the" truth, but parts of the truth that would remain hidden if the powers that be had their way.

As they say, sunlight is the best disinfectant. Hats off to you, Julian. Stay safe.

[pleah]

27. K&R!!!!!!!!!!

[txaslftist]

28. Rock on Wikileaks!!

[sabrina 1]

29. Very much appreciate what he is doing.

How many would risk what he has risked to get the truth out? I suspect many in our MSM knew a lot of what is being revealed in the documents, but would not publish anything that might get them in trouble.

Ashley Banfield was fired in this country simply for making a speech explaining that what they showed on TV did not come close to describing what happened AFTER the bombs fell. That was enough to get her fired.

After all over $300 million dollars was spent on the Rendon Group to sell these 'glorious' wars, so anyone exposing the propaganda is clearly an 'enemy'.

People very badly need to get behind Wikileaks, from all over the world, it is the only hope the world has of ever having the truth be revealed about corrupt governments everywhere.

:kick: and rec'd

[leftstreet]

30. K&R

[howard112211]

31. K&R. The only time in my life I can remember being overly excited about a particular activist.

Wikileaks has dealt the empire a harder blow than hundered thousands of anti-war protesters could.

[fishbulb703]

32. Hell yeah +1

[northernlights]

33. K&R to true Australian hero...what he has done is phenomenal

I wish him well, and a safe journey through a long life...

:patriot:

[snot]

34. K&R'd

[bonnieS]

35. Thanks!

[Truth2Tell]

36. K&R nt

[hwmnbn]

37. k&r

[DesertFlower]

38. recommended.

[Binka]

41. Kick ass Julian n/t

[greiner3]

42. I have an extra room;

He can stay in if any more countries kick him out.

[katandmoon]

43. K&R

[Myrina]

44. We need more truth-tellers and less 'media personalities' (see: Faux, CNN, etc)

Thank you, Mr. Assange, for having the courage to do what you do. :applause:

[harmonicon]

45. He's not a patriot, and not an American. Your post makes no sense. nt

[subsuelo]

47. Yes this has been noted....

No idea how I overlooked that while typing up an appreciation post for him!

Obviously it's the appreciation that is the focus here though. Hopefully that part makes sense!

:fistbump:

[harmonicon]

53. Yes, that part makes sense, and I agree. nt

[South End Liberal]

49. Wikileaks needs to be more careful protecting names...

Several human rights organizations have made statements that Wikileaks needs to be more careful redacting names from the documents being released.

From a previous post here on DU:

Erica Gaston, program officer for OSI's Afghanistan-Pakistan regional policy initiative, said: "Our concern was that the Taliban had announced it was going through the data looking for names and that it would begin targeting that. It's a very real threat that they're making. They have demonstrated over and over that if they have the name of someone that has in any way been affiliated with the international community, they will find them, they will kill them in most cases."

Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/EUROPE_WSJ_PUB:SB10001424...


Holding our government accountable for their mistakes and cover ups should be commended. Leaving names in those documents resulting in the deaths of others, not to be applauded.

[sabrina 1]

50. Wikileaks gave the Military an opportunity to remove names of

anyone they thought might be in danger from the release. The military wasn't interested.

Maybe that message ought to be sent to the military instead of Wikileaks. Next time they are given the opportunity to save lives, they ought to take it.

However, again with these releases, the Pentagon has said they are 'not concerned' as they did last time, until it became obvious they could use it to slam Wikeleaks and distract from THEIR crimes.

Sorry, but that responsibility lies with the Military, and they refused to accept it.

They are responsible, this Government, for every death in these wars. Attempts to shift the blame simply make them look desperate. They ought to stand up and take responsibility for what they have done.

[Michigan-Arizona]

90. Sabrina 1 & Liberation

Both are great replies!!! Thank you

[liberation]

52. Your linkee not workee... What is this "OSI" you're referring to?

... you know what really endangers peoples lives? Invading their country and bombing the shit out of them.

Little Mustafa is not going to hate the US because he read somewhere (never mind that internet connectivity is basically non existent over there) that his dad was killed by American-paid mercenaries, little Mustafa is going to not really like us very much because he was THERE for the events that led to his daddy's funeral.

These documents do nothing to increase the hatred the locals feel towards invading troops, because THEY LIVE THAT REALITY EVERY SINGLE DAY. The release of these documents, however, make it increasingly difficult for the US and its allies to gather support for this war once that people who do not live its reality get exposed to the facts. Ironic how some people have their concern fit exactly with the interests of the American administration d'jour, all out of pure "misplaced" coincidence. I am sure.


If we care ever so deeply about the safety of people, here is a concept: let's not endanger our kids by sending them there, and let's not bomb the shit out the natives.

[sabrina 1]

71. + 1,000

[heliarc]

88. Thank you for that searing bit of reason. nt

[Hissyspit]

56. No names in the Iraq documents.

As far as the Afghanistan leak.. from CNN Oct. 16:

But a senior NATO official in Kabul told CNN that there has not been a single case of Afghans needing protection or to be moved because of the leak.

[NYMdaveNYI]

51. Cheers to Mr. Assange!!.....

For taking the first steps to finally ending this war, exposing the crimes and murder, and holding the criminals and murderers accountable, once and for all.


CHEERS, to Mr. Assange, a true hero.

[WillyT]

54. Absolutely !!! - K & R !!!

:patriot:

:kick:

[ThomCat]

55. Kick and Recommend. I wish he didn't have to be on the run.

This man has more damned courage than almost anyone else on earth.

He is doing more for real democracy, real freedom, especially freedom of the press than any of the supposed mainstream news media corporations.

He is a hero!

[CoffeeCat]

57. I appreciate his sacrifices...

We are a desperate species right now. The world seems to be in the hands of
psychopaths who are full of greed and selfishness. They only way their lock
on our world is melted--is if courageous heroes like Assange come forward and
do the right thing.

We need whistle blowers and truth tellers who will take tremendous risks. It's
sad that it's come to this. But it is what it is.

I am eternally grateful to Assange. I can only imagine what he endures on a daily
basis.

[Pharaoh]

58. Got your back man!

:toast:

[me b zola]

59. K&R

[DirkGently]

He's just privatizing the truth. The Pentagon should shut up until it shows it can do better.

[ooglymoogly]

60. kr nt

[Kaleko]

61. Brave man. K&R

[laughingliberal]

62. K & R for sunshine nt

[valerief]

63. K&R

:applause:

[HughMoran]

64. We need more like him.

:applause:

[bjobotts]

65. Thank you for standing up against the violent fear monger's propaganda.

[bjobotts]

66. The "people" never agreed to go along with this kind of behavior and condemn it's secrecy

[Dinger]

67. K & R! (nt)

[earcandle]

68. Thank you, sir. and be safe. People take care of him.

[Panaconda]

69. K&R

[spooky3]

70. Contribute $ if you can and support them...

Wikileaks has had financial difficulties, as you can imagine.

[defendandprotect]

80. OK -- here's a list of ways to DONATE and SUPPORT Wikileaks ....

http://www.wikileaks.org/media/support.html


and for those who prefer to write a check -- like me ....

5. Via Postal Mail
You can post a donation via good old fashion postal mail to:

WikiLeaks
(or any suitable name likely to avoid interception in your country)
BOX 4080
Australia Post Office - University of Melbourne Branch
Victoria 3052
Australia

[Jefferson23]

84. Thanks! n/t

[sabrina 1]

86. Thanks for that.

I wonder what they mean by 'any suitable name likely to avoid interception in your country'? Can you just make up a name and if so, would it get there I wonder? I am sure they are watching everything related to Wikileaks.

[maryf]

72. K&R, leave Assange alone, and free Bradley Manning....nt

[madmax]

73. Somebody has to do it.

He's got the balls and looks like DU has his back.

[caseymoz]

74. k&r!!!!

[davidwparker]

75. K&R

He is one outstanding individual. Kudos to him and his whole organization.

[democrank]

76. K & r

[beforeyoureyes]

78. KICK

[defendandprotect]

79. K&R ... takes tremendous guts to face down MIC and corrupt government on this ....

Thank you, Julian Assange --!!

[annm4peace]

81. amazing and brilliant

we must honor his great personal risks by emailing and calling our Congress members and the President to investigate and prosecute the war criminals.

[midnight]

82. Thank you Julian !

[colorado_ufo]

83. K&R

[Lost4words]

89. K & R! nt

[Michigan-Arizona]

91. Brave, brave aussie! Stay safe Julian & Thank you n/t