John Chuckman
COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY STEFANIA MAURIZI IN CONSORTIUM NEWS
“The West is Failing Julian Assange
“While the media focused on Julian Assange’s cat rather than his continuing arbitrary detention, evidence shows that Britain worked hard to force his extradition to Sweden where Assange feared he could then be turned over to the U.S.”
One of my favorite modern dramas has always been Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People."
The reason I like it so much is that it captures an enduring, but not always appreciated, truth about human society.
Julian Assange is today a real-life version of the play’s main character, Dr. Stockman.
Truth in this matter, and that’s all Assange has done is to report truth, is not even an issue, except for unimportant people like me.
Power and challenging that power over an issue of ethics or just plain truth has always been a losing proposition. Always.
And the greater is that power - as the imperial United States now striving to enforce its arbitrary will worldwide - the more hopeless is the situation of the challenger.
I hope we all keep supporting Assange, but I do fear it will all be to no effect.
After all, this is an America which daily shakes hands with truly evil men because they have something tangible to offer. It has no regard for someone with nothing to offer but some truth, embarrassing truth at that.
Savages like the Saudi Crown Prince or the Prime Minister of Israel are fawned over while their many victims are paid absolutely no attention as they lie in the dust.
