Yes, there could be some very nasty precedents set in the Assange case.
If the UK sends in its police to "extract" Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy then they have broken one of the cornerstones of the international diplomatic system.
In effect, this becomes an armed invasion of Ecuador - a declaration of war.
Now while I doubt that Ecuador has any credible military force of its own, and certainly none capable of travelling all the way to the UK to defend their "territory" -- the UK (like the USA and because of their lap-dog status with the USA) already has enough enemies.
The last thing the UK wants to do is give terrorists *another* reason to target that nation and its people.
Of course that would play right into the USA's hands and they'd be bound to say "see, we told you the war against terror is far from over and it's obvious that Assange was in bed with these terrorists who have now attacked the UK".
It's a complete and utter farce and the USA is really getting far too big for its boots and for the safety of the world.
Sooner or later (I'm picking a lot sooner than someone thinks), the USA is going to get a real slapping. There are a growing number of nations developing nuclear capabilities (and some, like China who already have it).
If they piss the wrong people off for long enough, they *will* find themselves facing an attack that makes 9/11 look like a children's tea-party.
When you're trying to tame an angry dog you do not:
1. keep poking it with a sharp stick
2. back it into a corner *
Unfortunately the USA seem to be as thick as two short planks in this regard -- but I have an awful feeling that they will soon learn the error of their ways.
I just feel sorry for the innocent souls who will pay the price for the politicians stupidity.
*If you're a grizzly bear,you don't give a stuff about angry dogs!
The fact is,the USA is the only remaining superpower.
Back in the day,both the USA & the USSR threw their weight round in a most unseemly manner.
As well as that,both of them sponsored despotic regimes who "were on their side".
Dear old Saddam Hussein was a "bastion of democracy" for a while.
Col Ghadaffi's Libya was a friendly nation to the USSR.
Indeed,the Yanks may not have "learnt their lesson",but they are so powerful that even economic collapse will not change that!
Mao Tse Tung said "Power grows out of the barrel of a gun!",& he was pretty right!
Look for instance at the old USSR.They were probably nearly bankrupt for years before the collapse,but people still did business with them,in the assumption that their military might was backed up by a strong economy.
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