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In reply to the discussion: Pfc. Bradley Manning offers guilty plea in Wikileaks case [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Seriously I think you should try to develop some more effective debating skills.
Credibility is important. When someone is obviously playing games, they lose credibility. And this is something you do all the time when you are trying to defend the indefensible.
The fact is there is NO protection for Whistle Blowers in this country.
The fact is that Manning reported the crimes he witnessed to his superior officers and was ignored and the crimes continued.
The fact is he then had no other option but to become a Whistle Blower which is what he did.
The proof that he was correct to make that choice is that not one of those who committed war crimes has even had a slap on the wrist while the messengers have all been persecuted for telling the truth.
I notice that the critics of Manning and Wikileaks (and by extension (see Lieberman, Palin et al) the NYT, The Guardian, La Monde and all of the other press who published material leaked to Wikileaks), never discuss the truths that were revealed, they struggle so hard NOT to discuss the crimes that have been revealed. And they never accuse Wikileaks or Manning or the Press who reported on the crimes, of LYING.
So what we are left with are some more facts. No one denies the truth told by Manning, yet they condemn those who published the facts.
And those same critics will never be found discussing the facts themselves. Interesting and disturbing at the same time in what it says about this country.