Excerpt: "As the father of two daughters (who are with me in London), I take sexual assault allegations seriously (Assange has never been charged). But standing outside this embassy surrounded by British police, it looked to me like a classic case of powerful Western states uniting to intimidate a less powerful country on behalf of their prerogatives toward domination and war. It had nothing to do with 'the rule of law.' And it had nothing to do with women's rights."
UK police outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London. (photo: Charlie Osborne/CNET)
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Are the British going to starve them out? Are they harassing the members of the embassy? They put police around the embassy. So what? It's their country. They can put the police wherever they want. Just because the people on this board don't like it the fact remains that Assange is a fugitive. What should the British be doing? Bringing him cookies & cake?
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