Posted on 12/05/2010 4:01:54 AM PST by Scanian
Well, at least he's consistent. Consistently nutty, that is:
"In a free society we're supposed to know the truth," Paul said. "In a society where truth becomes treason, then we're in big trouble. And now, people who are revealing the truth are getting into trouble for it." "This whole notion that Assange, who's an Australian, that we want to prosecute him for treason. I mean, aren't they jumping to a wild conclusion?" he added. "This is media, isn't it? I mean, why don't we prosecute The New York Times or anybody that releases this?"
That's the high school freshman's take on the Wikileaks issue which is what we've come to expect from the man who wants to take us back to the gold standard and get rid of the Federal Reserve. When the rest of us grew up, we realized that "truth" was a subjective force, indeed. One man's truth is another's excuse to start a war or put a bullet in someone. Universal truth is especially elusive in foreign affairs where being totally candid is not always the best path to take in order to accomplish a goal.
No doubt Assange's spitting at authority appeals to the juvenile delinquent in Paul. But then, he was never noted for his maturity on the campaign trail as his petulance and whining during the GOP debates made clear.
The documents were classified. If a PFC of his own authority, like a vigilante, can disobey the law and his orders and decide what government secrets to release while being defended by a US Congressman, then we’re in very serious trouble. Ron Paul proved again he’s a loon.
Big bump to the top.
Remember Larry Wu-Tai Chin (金無怠)? He stole even more material than Manning, and wasn't detected for 30 years. He was probably the sloppiest successful spy in history, and the brainiacs at the CIA even gave him an intelligence medal (ironically, around the same time Red China secretly gave him one also.)
thank you for making that point.
If freepers can't be bothered to read the details, we're in very serious trouble.
And Ron Paul does have a good point - if we aren't going to punish the US citizens at the NY Slimes for treason, why go after Assange for espionage? Equal protection is part of the law around here.
OH, excuse me. Isn’t that special. Assange is exactly the type of fellow I’d expect Ruin Paul to defend as well as Manning. Thanks for your insight.
Profound statement.
While I'm certainly not a Paulite, I do believe that truth withheld leads to slavery.
If we are a people who embrace truth for what it is...freeing...then how can we find fault with the publishing of truth?
Having said that, I do believe that those leaks that include a diplomat's opinion of another diplomat is more gossip than the exposing of lies.
“I thought only citizens of a particular nation could only be charged with treason against that nation...
Assange could be caught by us and charged with espionage but not treason”
Read it again, real slow this time. I didn’t say anything about charging Assange with treason. He should be shot on sight though
Oh I know you weren’t saying anything about charging Assange with treason, I was responding more to what the article was saying and making the mistake that writing is not different from spoken conversation. As in....say we are in a group talking about this article...I’m listening to your comment then I chime in saying....”I thought only a citizen of a nation could be charged with treason....
My criticism was with how the article seem to suggest that the U.S. could arrest Assange for treason.
Yeah as for Assange, I agree with you...shoot on sight. Perhaps the bullet can go thru him and it would take out Soros at the same time!
>>The gay private DID US A FAVOR by demonstrating our utter lack of classified material security.<<
I have questioned for years if our security system was set up to keep Americans of foreigners from peeking. It certainly isn’t as effective as we are led to believe it is.
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