There is no use crying over spilled semen
Is GB about to toss out the Vienna Convention over Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy flap?
... returned to the UK today to be astonished by private confirmation from within the FCO that the UK government has indeed decided - after immense pressure from the Obama administration - to enter the Ecuadorean Embassy and seize Julian Assange.
This will be, beyond any argument, a blatant breach of the Vienna Convention of 1961, to which the UK is one of the original parties and which encodes the centuries - arguably millennia - of practice which have enabled diplomatic relations to function. The Vienna Convention is the most subscribed single international treaty in the world.
Which, um, would not be a good thing, given the exposure of our diplomats in areas (MANY areas!) hostile to the US.
Then someone went and made it 'all political':
The government’s calculation is that, unlike Ecuador, Britain is a strong enough power to deter such intrusions. This is yet another symptom of the “might is right” principle in international relations, in the era of the neo-conservative abandonment of the idea of the rule of international law.
Assume this is not drivel, and Assange is hunkering down in new residences for the foreseeable future.
Ecuador is considering legalizing marijuana country wide, with a nifty tax system ready to reap the rewards. Now they are thumbing their noses at the Big Guys™ over something called 'freedom'. Related? Probably not' I just think it's cool of them to even discuss that option.
My opinion: this one man is not worth all of this attention and waste of energy, unless some totalitarian government demands to make an example of the demonized 'truth seeker' ("V", Manning, et al.).
"Hey Julian! Where is your Julian mask??"
So what do you think the world reaction would be if British troops stormed, and/or, oops, killed a 'resisting' Assange? Over allegations of a leaked condom?
Just what is the deal with this one guy and all the fuss to get him to Sweden for questioning? And how does he keep convincing people to give him free room and board?
... returned to the UK today to be astonished by private confirmation from within the FCO that the UK government has indeed decided - after immense pressure from the Obama administration - to enter the Ecuadorean Embassy and seize Julian Assange.
This will be, beyond any argument, a blatant breach of the Vienna Convention of 1961, to which the UK is one of the original parties and which encodes the centuries - arguably millennia - of practice which have enabled diplomatic relations to function. The Vienna Convention is the most subscribed single international treaty in the world.
Which, um, would not be a good thing, given the exposure of our diplomats in areas (MANY areas!) hostile to the US.
Then someone went and made it 'all political':
The government’s calculation is that, unlike Ecuador, Britain is a strong enough power to deter such intrusions. This is yet another symptom of the “might is right” principle in international relations, in the era of the neo-conservative abandonment of the idea of the rule of international law.
Assume this is not drivel, and Assange is hunkering down in new residences for the foreseeable future.
Ecuador is considering legalizing marijuana country wide, with a nifty tax system ready to reap the rewards. Now they are thumbing their noses at the Big Guys™ over something called 'freedom'. Related? Probably not' I just think it's cool of them to even discuss that option.
My opinion: this one man is not worth all of this attention and waste of energy, unless some totalitarian government demands to make an example of the demonized 'truth seeker' ("V", Manning, et al.).
"Hey Julian! Where is your Julian mask??"
So what do you think the world reaction would be if British troops stormed, and/or, oops, killed a 'resisting' Assange? Over allegations of a leaked condom?
Just what is the deal with this one guy and all the fuss to get him to Sweden for questioning? And how does he keep convincing people to give him free room and board?