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agreed, 100 percent.... mike_c Mar 2013 #1
Would you feel the same way customerserviceguy Mar 2013 #2
He recognized a greater duty. And I thank him for that. morningfog Mar 2013 #4
In the end, history will be his judge, I guess customerserviceguy Mar 2013 #5
Of course the military thinks he's a traitor. He exposed them for the murderous morningfog Mar 2013 #6
"Many Americans" can be fooled very easily. MessiahRp Mar 2013 #71
Correct Smilo Mar 2013 #76
depends on if what i was doing was evil datasuspect Mar 2013 #9
No, it just depends customerserviceguy Mar 2013 #12
I thought I was the only one here that thinks Manning is an idiot LTR Mar 2013 #11
No, you're not the only one. Cha Mar 2013 #16
While I was willing to argue the point customerserviceguy Mar 2013 #17
Oh please Hillary will not be president. At least I hope not. white_wolf Mar 2013 #20
So, Barack Obama is a DLC Centrist? brooklynite Mar 2013 #29
Yes he is. white_wolf Mar 2013 #46
So, then, not voting for anyone in the Democratic Primary? brooklynite Mar 2013 #59
if they don't have anyone who isn't owned by Wall Street, then no. white_wolf Mar 2013 #60
So, my vote will have more influence than yours...thanks. brooklynite Mar 2013 #61
Actually, he's an old-school Republican alarimer Mar 2013 #72
President Obama put through tax increase on me and the rest of the 1%... brooklynite Mar 2013 #74
If she announces that she wants the nomination customerserviceguy Mar 2013 #92
Some secrets need to be revealed. MNBrewer Mar 2013 #22
I'm certain customerserviceguy Mar 2013 #93
Some of the secrets should not have been so think Mar 2013 #32
I agree, he is no hero in my book n/t doc03 Mar 2013 #37
He lifted the rock and the creepy crawlies are pissed and scampering upi402 Mar 2013 #3
Russia Today and Iran's PressTV get off on telling the truth about America's problems. Fire Walk With Me Mar 2013 #7
He is a vile little piece of Peregrine Mar 2013 #8
do you kiss your mother with that mouth? datasuspect Mar 2013 #10
awww Blue Palasky Mar 2013 #18
He's a true patriot who deserves a medal. MNBrewer Mar 2013 #23
So we all should just shut the hell up and ignore shit like this?: think Mar 2013 #38
Whislte blowers generally do violate some laws, but here in this democracy sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #39
So... was Daniel Ellsberg also a "vile little piece of sh.." for the Pentagon Papers?... cascadiance Mar 2013 #62
Bradley Manning is fighting for ME, my constitutional civil liberties, bvar22 Mar 2013 #13
This! MoreGOPoop Mar 2013 #14
A soldier undermines the civilian government's diplomacy! What could be better? struggle4progress Mar 2013 #51
WHAT diplomacy?? vanlassie Mar 2013 #75
If you actually have something to say, why not say it? struggle4progress Mar 2013 #79
My point is that thanks to the actions of the Bush Administration, diplomacy is not vanlassie Mar 2013 #84
Well, of course, no one who has a lick of sense imagines that governments of any kind struggle4progress Mar 2013 #89
OK... vanlassie Mar 2013 #90
He will go down in history, like the White Rose reorg Mar 2013 #15
Just like RudynJack Mar 2013 #25
Manning did expose particular war crimes, I guess you haven't been reading sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #40
Like the students of the White Rose, he risked his life reorg Mar 2013 #52
Nothing obliges you to like Mr Obama or his administration, but comparing them all to Nazis struggle4progress Mar 2013 #73
The hypocrisy is sickening noise Mar 2013 #86
You're welcome to take the PoV that soldiers are entitled to ignore constraints imposed on them struggle4progress Mar 2013 #88
Claims that he was a principled whistleblower might have had some credibility, struggle4progress Mar 2013 #19
Yes, every government expects to be able to operate in secrecy, ronnie624 Mar 2013 #21
+1 MNBrewer Mar 2013 #24
Which particular crme RudynJack Mar 2013 #27
All of the crimes that the US government commits ronnie624 Mar 2013 #31
You misunderstood my question. RudynJack Mar 2013 #33
No, I understood your question. ronnie624 Mar 2013 #35
So which crime, specifically, are you referring to? Whats_that Mar 2013 #67
War crimes, none of which have been investigated btw in case you had not noticed. sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #41
You have no objection to military personnel undermining the diplomatic corps? struggle4progress Mar 2013 #49
You're not making any sense at all. sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #56
You do not understand this notion of civilian control of the military? It is not a difficult notion, struggle4progress Mar 2013 #64
Is torture Constiutional? Are you aware of the oath taken by members of the US sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #68
You defend Manning's oath RudynJack Mar 2013 #70
.... think Mar 2013 #43
You are free to dislike diplomats and to oppose diplomacy if you like, but then you should be struggle4progress Mar 2013 #45
Diplomacy? ronnie624 Mar 2013 #47
Let's see a link for your claim US diplomats are assassinating journalists struggle4progress Mar 2013 #48
And "WE don't torture" either. vanlassie Mar 2013 #77
This particular subthread concerns ronnie's claim that US diplomats assassinate journalists struggle4progress Mar 2013 #81
Sometimes your posts are rather strange. ronnie624 Mar 2013 #78
Your prior post indicated you believe US diplomats are murdering journalists: struggle4progress Mar 2013 #80
I think you're mistaken. n/t ronnie624 Mar 2013 #83
OK. You were free to clarify what you were actually saying, if you really wanted to be understood. struggle4progress Mar 2013 #87
Thank you. RudynJack Mar 2013 #26
It was a long-winded way of saying, 'I like the status quo, and I hate anyone who undermines it'. nt ronnie624 Mar 2013 #28
Only to those RudynJack Mar 2013 #34
? ronnie624 Mar 2013 #36
It's a long of saying 'don't expose Bush's war crimes' considering that sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #42
That's a cheap shot and a cop out struggle4progress Mar 2013 #82
I didn't intend for it to be. ronnie624 Mar 2013 #85
+1 gulliver Mar 2013 #30
Well done, struggle4progress Cha Mar 2013 #57
Why 'unfortunate'?? RT is one of the best most fact filled international news outlets sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #44
When do you expect RT will start publishing Russia's diplomatic cables? struggle4progress Mar 2013 #50
As soon as they publish any of the others. You don't watch it, do you? But you sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #54
It's a propaganda outlet owned by the Russian state struggle4progress Mar 2013 #55
Just as I thought, you are simply reacting to the old, historical Cold War rhetoric sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #58
Has nothing to do with the Cold War... brooklynite Mar 2013 #63
Well having observed the brutal crackdown of peaceful OWS protesters, the near sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #66
al Jazeera is good too MNBrewer Mar 2013 #65
This sub-thread is amazing. The fact that you even have to make this point Number23 Mar 2013 #91
amen. Ola. Mar 2013 #53
No matter what one's opinion of him, he is right here: freshwest Mar 2013 #69
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