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"Amended his requirements" aka "Oh shit, I didn't think you'd actually do it. I was only kidding!"


> "Amended his requirements" aka "Oh shit, I didn't think you'd actually do it. I was only kidding!"

?

He was never going to do it in the first place. Do you really think that a president would reverse a pardon if Julian Assange did not stand by his words?


I think you misunderstood what I meant

>He was never going to do it in the first place.

That is what I was implying. Julian didn't think Obama would actually commute the sentence so said he'd turn himself in for free PR points.


Not to mention that it is the Swedes that want to talk to him. The US hasn't called for his extradition.


> The US hasn't called for his extradition.

Maybe not. But I don't think he decided to spend 3-4 years in the Ecuadorian UK embassy because he's having fun there.


We don't know if the US would call for his extradition and neither does he. I understand why he would try to play it safe. I still think he should be on trial for that alleged rape.


'Alleged rape' is a term loaded with propaganda for what he is accused of, especially taking into account what the witnesses have to say about the incidents.


https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/17/julian-assange...

To my knowledge, that ist what he is wanted for in Sweden. If there is a better way to express that, I would like to hear it.


Good thing he wasnt sentenced to embassy arrest for 15 years- that would be something we usually only do to murders.


I thought he just liked the cat




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