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randome

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33. The abuses by contractors were already known and some were prosecuted.

Tue Jul 30, 2013, 11:31 PM

Jul 2013

I have no sympathy for the government covering up anything, much less war statistics, but that wasn't Manning's motive, he was just lashing out by stealing hundreds of thousands of documents and passing them to Wikileaks.

I doubt he himself cared much about what he was reporting since it was humanly impossible to actually review all the documents he stole.

His emotional instability required that he lash out in some manner and now he's about to pay the price for that.

I still hope he gets some leniency for his sentence since his commanding officers were negligent in letting him have access to this material in the first place given his demonstrated instability.
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Bradley Manning is a hero and a freedom fighter. [View all] Warren Stupidity Jul 2013 OP

... William769 Jul 2013 #1

Yes, yes he is quinnox Jul 2013 #2

K&R forestpath Jul 2013 #3

whoa! I can see the red lights blinking on NSA stations from here! delrem Jul 2013 #4

lol quinnox Jul 2013 #5

Agreed. wilsonbooks Jul 2013 #6

Is 'Eric' Snowden related to the felonous criminal 'Edward' Snowden? n/t Tx4obama Jul 2013 #7

Goalposts advanced! Now Snowden has been convicted of a Felony! bobduca Jul 2013 #10

Bottom line is that Snowden has openly and publicly admitted that he committed crimes. Tx4obama Jul 2013 #13

The fact I don't like is how many "loyal democrats" bobduca Jul 2013 #14

And being charged with a crime zeemike Jul 2013 #17

Lots of people openly admitted they committed crimes. progressoid Jul 2013 #50

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #15

The OP said that they... totodeinhere Jul 2013 #28

Well put! nt avebury Jul 2013 #55

Thanks for proofreading my op. Warren Stupidity Jul 2013 #40

K&R midnight Jul 2013 #8

K and R bigwillq Jul 2013 #9

Did you support him punching his commanding officer? randome Jul 2013 #11

id rather question someones emotional stabilty grahampuba Jul 2013 #16

War sucks in every way imaginable. No disputing that. randome Jul 2013 #19

but, grahampuba Jul 2013 #18

If you can watch that video and feel nothing you have a problem zeemike Jul 2013 #20

Do you really think I'm proud of what America did to Iraq? randome Jul 2013 #21

Well you defend it and minimized it. zeemike Jul 2013 #24

That's exactly the point. NuclearDem Jul 2013 #26

Ever been in combat? tumtum Jul 2013 #47

Yes, Korengal Valley 2011. NuclearDem Jul 2013 #51

Glad you made it home brother. tumtum Jul 2013 #53

Glad you made it home too! NuclearDem Jul 2013 #57

Only those of us who've been there, done that, experienced it, tumtum Jul 2013 #59

That apache was in no danger! delrem Jul 2013 #71

That's not the point I was making. tumtum Aug 2013 #73

'Chuckling' is not a war crime. randome Jul 2013 #27

Yeah, "detachment" is probably a good word for it, from a military perspective... usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jul 2013 #30

No it is a symptom of a sickness of the soul, the root of war crimes. zeemike Jul 2013 #31

You may have a point. I don't know how soldiers coped in past wars. randome Jul 2013 #34

a policy that deliberately targets civilians is. Warren Stupidity Jul 2013 #46

Joking, laughing, chuckling, giggling is common among combat troops. tumtum Jul 2013 #49

laughing about surviving a cluster fuck is one thing Warren Stupidity Jul 2013 #61

Unless you've been there, and I don't know if you have or haven't, tumtum Jul 2013 #63

Sitting in a helicopter chuckling over killing unarmed civilians. Warren Stupidity Jul 2013 #65

How many combat missions had that crew already flown during their deployment? tumtum Jul 2013 #67

Judging from your ardent, unwavering quasi-nazi like support of the Military Industrial Complex Zorra Jul 2013 #44

Yes. You choose to side with the authoritarians that are killing in our name. nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #69

I pointed out the truth. Nothing more than that. randome Jul 2013 #72

And what the fuck do any of those anecdotes have to do with what he revealed? NuclearDem Jul 2013 #22

Someone who dumps hundreds of thousands of classified documents to Wikileaks... randome Jul 2013 #23

Well, that stuff he stole... NuclearDem Jul 2013 #25

The abuses by contractors were already known and some were prosecuted. randome Jul 2013 #33

Those soldiers were given a pass... MrMickeysMom Jul 2013 #36

Then why did Manning release hundreds of thousands of classified documents? randome Jul 2013 #39

And once again you side with the authoritarian NSA and against whistle-blowers. rhett o rick Jul 2013 #68

And a convicted felon. nt hack89 Jul 2013 #12

Convicted by a kangaroo court. The real felons are the ones who submitted Manning totodeinhere Jul 2013 #29

He plead guilty to numerous charges before the trial started hack89 Jul 2013 #41

you think solitary confinement for 9 MONTHS is not torture? Maven Jul 2013 #60

Bradley is a very dangerous individual, all 120 lbs of him. Warren Stupidity Jul 2013 #62

Indeed. Warren Stupidity Jul 2013 #54

Sure - start with the people that pleaded guilty to felony charges. hack89 Jul 2013 #66

+Infinity! You have nailed it! - nt HardTimes99 Jul 2013 #32

K&R. limpyhobbler Jul 2013 #35

I second your..... JimboBillyBubbaBob Jul 2013 #37

Agreed, thanks Warren. Scuba Jul 2013 #38

K & R !!! WillyT Jul 2013 #42

K&R Enthusiast Jul 2013 #43

Agreed. We need more like him. nt DLevine Jul 2013 #45

Appearing on buildings in DC Catherina Jul 2013 #48

!!!! bvar22 Jul 2013 #52

I like this one too Catherina Jul 2013 #58

Absolutely! Safetykitten Jul 2013 #56

Without question, and it is in this way he will go down in history Laughing Mirror Jul 2013 #64

He is definitley a hero for any generation Harmony Blue Jul 2013 #70