Officers of the United States Government should be on trial -- not PFC Bradley Manning.

[Maedhros]

176. A man's life is at stake here

"LOL" is an inappropriate response.

Please provide some evidence of "folks that likely died as a result of what Manning did" or please stop making the claim.

No, Manning did not solve the problem all by himself. What he did was uncover and make available to the public concrete, solid evidence of government malfeasance that cannot be shrugged away with the standard "he said/she said" non-debate favored by the networks.

It should go without saying that a representative democracy cannot expect to function if the criminal acts of our government are hidden away out of sight. We need to keep our eye on the ball, here. A lot of effort is being expended trying to get us to fixate on Manning's relatively minor infraction and to completely ignore the wrongdoing depicted in the leaked cables.