Assange Spotlights Nobel's 'War Crime' Prize, Media Yawns
Julian Assange, still caged in Belmarsh, has lodged a formal complaint against the Nobel Foundation, arguing their award to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado is a 'gross misappropriation' of funds that risks 'facilitating war crimes.' Machado, a former legislator, has openly called for foreign intervention in Venezuela—a detail often minimized by outlets that frame her purely as a
'democracy activist.' The Nobel Committee, after all, once awarded a 'peace' prize to Henry Kissinger, architect of carpet-bombing in Cambodia, and more recently, an economic prize to Austan Goolsbee, a former high-ranking Obama economic advisor and current Federal Reserve insider, showing their proclivity for rewarding status quo figures. Assange, who spent 14 years exposing documented war crimes
and government deceit via Wikileaks, stands accused of 'espionage' for doing actual journalism. Meanwhile, institutions like the Nobel Foundation continue to sanctify figures who openly advocate for tactics that lead to conflict. One might ask, how many 'champions of democracy' need to call for foreign military action before the 'peace' prize loses all pretense of its original intent?