Bradley Manning pleads guilty to leaking secret government documents

[Kelvin Mace]

31. I am in almost complete agreement with all you have said here

however, I will address your last graf.

Here is my source for the Canadian friendly fire incident:

According to an incident report filed by the U.S. military unit, 205TH RCAG (Regional Corps Advisory Group), four Canadian soldiers were killed and seven others and an interpreter were wounded on Sept. 3, 2006, when a jet dropped a bomb on a building they occupied during the second day of Operation MEDUSA.

The Canadian military reported at the time that the four soldiers died in battles with Taliban forces.

The military's Maple Leaf newsletter also said on Sept. 13, 2006, that "four soldiers were killed September 3 during Operation MEDUSA, a significant combined effort between the Afghan National Security Forces, Canada and other NATO partners in the International Security Assistance Force as they fought to drive Taliban fighters from a region west of Kandahar City."

On Monday, Michel Drapeau, a former colonel with the Canadian Forces, said the WikiLeaks document is disturbing, because it differs from the information provided by the military at the time of the soldiers' deaths.

"There's a wide discrepancy, and we need to know," Drapeau told As It Happens on Monday night. "One of the reports has to be accurate," he said.

The veracity of the WikiLeaks document hasn't been determined, and Drapeau acknowledged that the incident report could be wrong and not corrected.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2010/07/26/wikileak-afghanistan-canada-soldiers.html

The story goes on to state that the Canadian military stands by its account. Then the story states that one of the families agrees with the claim that it was an RPG, but doesn't tell us what the other three families thought. Also, I can find no story detailing the incident that includes photos or other forensic evidence that would support an RPG attack.

In a more honest world, talking with a government that has a reputation for honesty, I would be inclined to give the benefit of a doubt. However, the Harper government has demonstrated it can be as war-mongering and perfidious as the Bushies.

So, I just didn't invent my view out of whole cloth, I have evidence to cast doubt on the "official" story.

Other than that last jab, I enjoyed reading your views, and agree with your sentiments about the credibility of activism.

Thanks for taking the time to talk with me on the issue.