Reply #35: I am amazed that there are people on the left who can't admit that

[sabrina 1]

doing something illegal is not always wrong. In fact sometimes it is wrong NOT to do something, even if it is illegal.

I am also amazed that there are actually people on the left who do not understand that reporting torture and other war crimes is the duty of a US soldier, and if his superiors tell him to stfu about war crimes, he has a duty to find a way to stop those crimes.

Whistle-blowing was the choice he made, and since when did people on the left oppose the exposure of war crimes? That is what I am amazed by. The sudden lack of concern for war crimes since Bush left office.

I am willing to bet that if Bush were president when this happened, Manning would be a hero to those who now call him a criminal. And that has been a very rude awakening for me. I thought I was on the side of what is moral and right.

I am also amazed that the same people who are so concerned about the 'illegality' of Mannings actions, appear to have zero concern for the illegality of slaughtering innocent civilians from a helicopter including two Reuters journalists and several other civilians. Also wounding and nearly killing two innocent children. Has anyone gone to jail for that? Are Iraqis NOT human in the eyes of Party Loyalists and therefore murdering them is not a crime? I struggle to understand these things and can't ever seem to get an answer.