The Reds Are Right About Assange by Jacob G. Hornberger!
(2022-01-12 at 00:34:07 )

The Reds Are Right About Assange by Jacob G. Hornberger!

The Chinese communists are hoisting the United States government on its own petard, at least with respect to Julian Assange, the Australian citizen who, with WikiLeaks, disclosed war crimes committed by the U.S. national-security establishment.

For decades stretching back to the Cold War, United States officials have reveled in leveling condemnations and criticisms of Red China for its human-rights abuses and denial of civil liberties.

What has always amazed me is that the Chinese have not responded by pointing out the rank hypocrisy of the United States government, given the horrific human-rights abuses and denial of civil liberties long exercised by the Pentagon, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Agency, especially with their assassination program, torture program, kidnapping program, indefinite detention, denial of speedy trial, denial of trial by jury, and secret mass surveillance.

That has all changed with the case of Julian Assange. The Reds are no longer silent. They are going on the attack with condemnations and criticisms of the United States government with respect to Mr. Assange.

Take, for example, this video presentation by Yonden Lhatoo, the chief news editor of the South China Morning Post. It is entitled "The Insufferable Hypocrisy of Western Governments Hell-Bent on Destroying Julian Assange." It is worth watching. Mr. Lhatoo skewers United States and British officials for their persecution, prosecution, and mistreatment of Julian Assange for telling the truth about war crimes committed by the United States national-security state.

Now, mind you, as a Hong Kong media outlet, the South China Morning Post is not technically owned by Red Chinas communist regime. But with the way things are going in Hong Kong, it is a virtual certainty that the Morning Post is being closely monitored, if not indirectly controlled, by the communist regime.

In fact, according to Wikipedia, "Since the change of ownership in 2016, critics including The New York Times, Der Spiegel and The Atlantic have alleged that the paper is on a mission to promote Chinas soft power abroad. According to critics, it is moving away from independent journalism and pioneering a new form of "propaganda.""

Mr. Lhatoo points out that if Julian Assange had been a Chinese citizen who had disclosed truthful evidence of war crimes committed by China, United States and British officials would be hailing him as a courageous hero, one who was deserving of the Nobel Prize. It is an excellent point, one that is indisputable.

Sadly, what the Reds are saying about United States hypocrisy is absolutely correct.

What amazes me is that they have not yet, as far as I know, pointed to the Pentagon-CIA torture and prison center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which could easily have been modeled on similar structures in communist countries.

It is pretty sad when the communists are condemning and criticizing the United States government for hypocrisy when it comes to human-rights abuses and civil liberties.

It is even sadder when they are right, especially in the case of Julian Assange!!

Reprinted here with permission from Mr. Jacob G. Hornberger of The Future of Freedom Foundation!! Their Libertarian Website!!