Imagine if...

Imagine the reaction to the WikiLeaks scandal if Julian Assange were
Jordanian, or Palestinian, or North Korean. Right now, the outrage of
US and other politicians is directed at a despicable individual who
did a despicable thing. But what if he did the exact same thing, yet
instead of being a white Australian (and probably Christian),
happened to be, for example, Arab or Communist? My guess is that the outrage would
be directed not just at him but perhaps even more virulently at "his kind of
people," or even more likely, his country. Who knows, it might even
justify a retaliatory attack of some kind.