To Laugh or Weep: The Crazy Assange Case

To Laugh or Weep: The Crazy Assange Case

by Eric Margolis
The National Interest

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Summer silly season is upon us. First, three girls from the Russian punk band Pussy Riot are on trial in Moscow for the heresy of mocking Vlad Putin and the Orthodox Church.
Second, a Swedish public relations firm dropped teddy bears over Belarus, making fun of its humorless dictator, Alexander Lukashenko. He ordered Belarussian air defenses on high alert.
Now comes the uproar in London over provocateur and bad boy Julian Assange. It’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry.