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In reply to the discussion: Bradley Manning is a hero and a freedom fighter. [View all]tumtum
(438 posts)59. Only those of us who've been there, done that, experienced it,
can truly understand what happens to the human mind and body under those conditions.
I believe that Pvt. Manning and J. Assange released this video, not to demonize the Apache crew, as some here have done, but show how war can, as you said, turn good people into something that not even their families would recognize.
I believe Manning did this country a service by releasing this video so people can see what we experienced and I hope this young man doesn't spend the best part of his years locked up in a cage.
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Bottom line is that Snowden has openly and publicly admitted that he committed crimes.
Tx4obama
Jul 2013
#13
Yeah, "detachment" is probably a good word for it, from a military perspective...
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
Jul 2013
#30
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
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
And once again you side with the authoritarian NSA and against whistle-blowers.
rhett o rick
Jul 2013
#68
Convicted by a kangaroo court. The real felons are the ones who submitted Manning
totodeinhere
Jul 2013
#29