In days long gone, I had a weekly astrology column, syndicated on college campuses, as well as a column in the local newspaper whose editor used to howl that by the time the paper went to press it was “last week’s news today.” I am not quite taking this risk now, but I am assuming that all went according to plan and that Julian Assange is home with his wife and children, and with ample time ahead to regroup his energies, recover his vitality, and design his future.
Thank you, Ingrid. I am happy Julian is free now, too, should never have been in prison in the first place. I think the problem today is that too much is, has been hidden, redacted and kept us from knowing the fullness of truth and gotten us in the state we as humans are in at this time. If things had been done in right relationship in the first place, we wouldn't have to worry about being redacted or un-redacted. We are caught in the middle between truth and lies to the point that it is difficult to discern what is really genuine and true. Let there be Light. No doubt there will be innocent people that will be affected by the truth that is coming out at this time. We are all in this together so what affects one of us affects all of us. Until we can all learn to live together in peace and respect toward one another, without wars, and doing harm to each other and our environment, as spiritually mature human beings, we will have to endure this time period until changes come. And they will come. In the meantime, let us keep forging ahead in love, peace, and respect for all living things. Thank you for your posts. I have known you for many years now and always enjoy what you have to say.
I pretty much agree with you and was happy with his final result. However, I did NOT know that the stuff he dumped out into the world was un-redacted and contained information that may have, and probably did, cause the death of hundreds, and perhaps even thousands of innocent military personal who were fighting in places they didn't want to be. If he was so smart, he should have read and redacted names to protect the innocent. Now I am not so sure about his freedom.
My understanding is that the government went to great lengths to argue this point but could not find a single instance in which his actions resulted in capture or loss of life of anyone mentioned.
This said, having worked in a war zone, what I saw constantly was cover ups so the official story was very seldom straight fact. A simple example might be that a suicide is reported as a Viet Cong assault. A more serious example might be the My Lai incident, actually far more brutal than the Iraqi footage published by WikiLeaks. As time went on, people I had known in Vietnam who were involved in various nefarious activities were promoted to higher and higher positions. Had they been called out earlier in life, they may not have been the ones to represent our country at the United Nations and other places.
The argument that people are just following orders is cowardly. Using Julian Assange as an example, Donald Trump offered him a pardon on conditions that violated the principles of journalism. He suffered many more years of solitary confinement as a result of following his conscience. In a world that is crazed with power and the perks of power, it is perhaps prudent to call out those who are leading us down dangerous paths.
Thank you, Ingrid. I am happy Julian is free now, too, should never have been in prison in the first place. I think the problem today is that too much is, has been hidden, redacted and kept us from knowing the fullness of truth and gotten us in the state we as humans are in at this time. If things had been done in right relationship in the first place, we wouldn't have to worry about being redacted or un-redacted. We are caught in the middle between truth and lies to the point that it is difficult to discern what is really genuine and true. Let there be Light. No doubt there will be innocent people that will be affected by the truth that is coming out at this time. We are all in this together so what affects one of us affects all of us. Until we can all learn to live together in peace and respect toward one another, without wars, and doing harm to each other and our environment, as spiritually mature human beings, we will have to endure this time period until changes come. And they will come. In the meantime, let us keep forging ahead in love, peace, and respect for all living things. Thank you for your posts. I have known you for many years now and always enjoy what you have to say.
Per Julian Assange...
I pretty much agree with you and was happy with his final result. However, I did NOT know that the stuff he dumped out into the world was un-redacted and contained information that may have, and probably did, cause the death of hundreds, and perhaps even thousands of innocent military personal who were fighting in places they didn't want to be. If he was so smart, he should have read and redacted names to protect the innocent. Now I am not so sure about his freedom.
My understanding is that the government went to great lengths to argue this point but could not find a single instance in which his actions resulted in capture or loss of life of anyone mentioned.
This said, having worked in a war zone, what I saw constantly was cover ups so the official story was very seldom straight fact. A simple example might be that a suicide is reported as a Viet Cong assault. A more serious example might be the My Lai incident, actually far more brutal than the Iraqi footage published by WikiLeaks. As time went on, people I had known in Vietnam who were involved in various nefarious activities were promoted to higher and higher positions. Had they been called out earlier in life, they may not have been the ones to represent our country at the United Nations and other places.
The argument that people are just following orders is cowardly. Using Julian Assange as an example, Donald Trump offered him a pardon on conditions that violated the principles of journalism. He suffered many more years of solitary confinement as a result of following his conscience. In a world that is crazed with power and the perks of power, it is perhaps prudent to call out those who are leading us down dangerous paths.