Conspiracy Theories
Sweden is an unlikely country to put at the centre of an international conspiracy - one where dark forces are able to manipulate the internal workings of the Swedish courts and judicial system.
Two Swedish women have made complaints about the behaviour of the WikiLeaks founder - Julian Assange
But instead of taking the complaints seriously - and agreeing they should be properly investigated - the WikiLeaks campaigners immediately conclude that their man is being fitted up - by the CIA presumably.
Now women do make false accusations about sexual assault and rape - but it's very rare.
And it's even more rare for two separate women to be involved - in bringing forward a complaint about the same person.
The two women involved both knew Julian Assange in Sweden - and both supported the work of WikiLeaks at the time - as volunteer campaigners of some kind.
Assange apparently had sexual encounters with both women within the space of a few days - and while such tom-catting behaviour is rather strange and unsavoury in a forty year old man - on the face of things it's hardly a criminal offence.
Maybe Assange was taking advantage of his mystique and Svengali-like reputation - by playing the two women off against each other.
But if so, he should say so - and spare us all the amateur dramatics and boring conspiracy theories.
So why doesn't he just go to Sweden and agree to help the authorities with their enquiries - because that would be the right and proper thing to do?
Two Swedish women have made complaints about the behaviour of the WikiLeaks founder - Julian Assange
But instead of taking the complaints seriously - and agreeing they should be properly investigated - the WikiLeaks campaigners immediately conclude that their man is being fitted up - by the CIA presumably.
Now women do make false accusations about sexual assault and rape - but it's very rare.
And it's even more rare for two separate women to be involved - in bringing forward a complaint about the same person.
The two women involved both knew Julian Assange in Sweden - and both supported the work of WikiLeaks at the time - as volunteer campaigners of some kind.
Assange apparently had sexual encounters with both women within the space of a few days - and while such tom-catting behaviour is rather strange and unsavoury in a forty year old man - on the face of things it's hardly a criminal offence.
Maybe Assange was taking advantage of his mystique and Svengali-like reputation - by playing the two women off against each other.
But if so, he should say so - and spare us all the amateur dramatics and boring conspiracy theories.
So why doesn't he just go to Sweden and agree to help the authorities with their enquiries - because that would be the right and proper thing to do?
