There are several issues with Assange. First, the way that he got into legal trouble....was having a number of liaisons with women and behaving like some dimwit “James Bond” character. Two women compared notes (Swedish women, no less) and decided that he had violated a number of rules of trust. They actually reported the events, and the Swedes want to charge him. Based on what I’ve seen.....he might get two years of prison out of this deal at the very most.
Second, throughout his entire life....he’s violated various laws and ethics. He’s been put in jeopardy of prison on number of times.....but never actually put in prison. His personal belief is that there’s always option “B”....just let him go.
Third, he never had a father figure in his entire life. His mother was the intellectual type who mostly taught her son to never trust the government. This guy, in my humble opinion.....can’t “man-up” and admit his screw-ups.
The Brits ought to march in....take him with handcuffs out of the building in full view....onto a waiting helicopter and fly him immediately to Sweden. If I were king of England, I wouldn’t hesitate....just order the guys to make it happen and rid the isle of a nutcase who shouldn’t be there. The Swedes know what to do next. Let Assange sit out two years in a Swedish prison....preferably with no internet.
“His mother was the intellectual type who mostly taught her son to never trust the government.”
Sounds like Mom gave little Julian good advice.
“The Brits ought to march in....take him with handcuffs out of the building in full view....onto a waiting helicopter and fly him immediately to Sweden.”
And then a mob of Ecuadorians should pull a “Iran 1979” on the British embassy in Quito. Or, better yet, just burn the whole thing down.