Julian Assange is in Custody. Osama bin Laden is not.

[The Doctor.]

Doesn't that tell you something?


I'm interested to know just what some 'diplomats' have said about the failure/unwillingness to catch bin Laden. I'll be looking for it in the leaks.

[hobbit709]

1. Neither are Bush and his cabal of cohorts.

[Kali]

6. ...

:thumbsup:

[HughBeaumont]

8. FTW.

[Robb]

2. I understood Assange turned himself in.

Makes it an easier day, I think.

[The Doctor.]

10. His and bin Laden's whereabouts were both know at various times.

We could have had bin Laden a number of times.

[jaxx]

3. It tells me Assange is being compared to a terrorist.

Neither with the good of the world on their minds.

[The Doctor.]

13. But it's the 'terrorist' that inconveniences the establishment,

not the 'terrorist' that murders thousands of 'little people', that faces prosecution.

That's not an accident.

[jaxx]

14. Well you can call Assange a terrorist if you want, but I don't think he is one.

I just think he's egotistical and doesn't have the worlds best interests in mind. Seems like he's playing politics, and not very well.

[The Doctor.]

16. Well, that was kind of my point.

He's only a 'terrorist' in the sense that making members of the establishment uncomfortable is a heinous crime while killing thousands is barely worth their notice.

It's the double standard, of course.

I truly believe Assange does have the world's best interests in mind. I have long thought of ways to peaceably disrupt the establishment, and asked myself many times if I would do it for the sake of self-aggrandizement or because I truly wanted to see significant changes in my lifetime. I have concluded that although fame or infamy may find me for such things, that those would merely be incidental to the agenda. Indeed, they might even be helpful.

I am fairly convinced that Assange believes much the same thing.

[Ian David]

4. Osama Bin Laden never had "Sex by Surprise." n/t

[tridim]

5. Julian Assange is real, Osama bin Laden is not.

[Scurrilous]

7. If only Osama bin Laden could be persuaded to turn himself in. n/t

[Fumesucker]

9. Assange is not a CIA asset..

Apples and oranges..

[The Doctor.]

11. Maybe they can send him an application.

They could use talent like his. Though I highly doubt he'd want to join the forces of darkness.

[malaise]

12. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, Rice, Blair et al

are also walking free.

Justice for Julian.

[Poboy]

15. recommend

[David Zephyr]

17. $2 Trillion Parallel Wars and No Osama. That's not an accident.

I want the $2 Trillion back.

[krispos42]

18. So we can't find a 6'4" Arab tied to a kidney-dialysis machine...

...but we can find a brown-haired Caucasian in England.


Priorities, priorities.

[Catherina]

19. Isn't that something? Too late to recommend but rec'd in spirit. n/t

[Kaleva]

20. Itell me that Julian surrendered to authorities while Osama has not.