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In reply to the discussion: Like it or Not, Bradley Manning is a Traitor [View all]caseymoz
(5,763 posts). . . for your not having sympathy. He didn't sell or give secrets to an enemy power. He exposed activity by our government and our military (personnel) that were objectively criminal.
I'm not sorry to declare this: I've had it with "our brave men and women serving overseas." Bring them home, let them practice bravery here.
I'm tired of interference and imperialism, many times fatal, being called bravery. And for all the praise we're giving our people for their courage, as far as I could see, they're still coming home as bad off as Vietnam Vets, and with futures at least as bleak.
I can't say what's going to happen in the near future, but somehow I think in a century or two when all the political issues are in the dead past, Manning is going to be remembered in a better light than any of our other brave men and women overseas.
Though it's not necessarily their fault, "our brave men and women overseas" are on the wrong side of history, and the wrong side morally. The best way we can show we appreciate them is get them on the right side. And Manning did his best.