I am a US Air Force Intelligence Veteran of the War in Afghanistan and I support Wikileaks.

[kster]

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Crushing Bastards



Crew photo from my first deployment. The plane is a RC-135 "Rivet Joint."


During my service I held a Top Secret security clearance and worked as an Afghan-Pashto linguist; my duties included consuming and producing a large number of intelligence reports. After reading many of the Iraq/Afghan/Cablegate logs I am compelled to inform my fellow citizens that I saw nothing in these logs that could endanger our troops or public servants.

Here’s what I did see: I saw Iraq war logs that painted a very bleak picture of the situation there which doesn’t match up with the “improved security” that’s been reported by the “Defense” Department for years. I saw proof of public officials acting dishonestly and abusing their posts. Overall, I saw an out of control government that is in over its head and does more to endanger the lives of its people than any publishing organization ever could.

I volunteered to protect this country under the impression that my government followed the will of the American People and adhered to the US Constitution. As it turns out, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were never constitutionally declared and despite public opinion being against the two wars they continue to grow more destructive. My experiences in these wars differed greatly from the propaganda the American people were sold by America’s mainstream media outlets; many times I would return from a mission to see wild inaccuracies being reported on Fox/CNN/MSNBC about the very operation I had just been supporting. Wikileaks has helped shine light on the true nature of these illegal wars and the policymakers that perpetuate them, for this I am thankful.



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[bananas]

1. Is "kster" the same person as "Crushing Bastards"?

[gateley]

2. This serviceperson needs to speak in front of the House, the Senate and the American

People.

Let these armchair war supporters grill somebody who was there, not in a cushy pad in DC.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. Wonder how he feels about Manning

Only time it he mentioned was in a comment where it was claimed Manning does not exist.

[jeanpalmer]

5. This is from the comments section at the home page

Subduction: So I’m curious — you support Wikileaks and their mission, but as an Intelligence veteran do you support Bradley Manning and his actions?

JLoganJ (Me): I lean towards yes, especially in the case of the Collateral Murder video. There was a case where the Army swept an atrocity under the rug instead of conducting a proper investigation. So, in that case I view Manning as a whistleblower.

Generally, I think the world would be a better place if more people brought their conscience to work with them.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

11. Thanks, I did not see that when I looked

[bhikkhu]

20. "the world would be a better place if more people brought their conscience to work with them"

that's a quote worth repeating.

[truedelphi]

4. And then there is that little matter of nine to twenty billion

Dollars gone missing in Iraq, and some sixty eight billion unaccounted for over in Afghanistan.

Meanwhile over thirty five states have huge deficits; local counties lay off fire fighters, police, and teachers.

But for whatever reason, the members of the Political Class have saved up their anger for Bradley Manning and Julian Assange.

[Major Hogwash]

8. & then there's Rumsfeld's presser from 9/10/01 where he said $2.3 trillion dollars was missing

from the Defense Department's latest audit.
They said they couldn't find it and could not account for it.

But, of course, the news of Rumsfeld's press conference didn't make a very big splash in the media the next day because of what happened that morning.

[Raster]

9. Hmm... go figure. The next day was oh-so convenient and in oh-so many ways.

It's almost as if it were planned that way.

[librechik]

12. too many convenient coincidences for them to be accidental

IMO--now crush me, skeptics! I'm the bastard who doesn't trust what Rummy says!

[snagglepuss]

13. That 'coincidence' doesn't get much mention does it?

I myself forgot when that announcement was made.

[truedelphi]

10. Oh, I know. I was one of the first reporters ever to be

Published with an article exploring many things related to Nine Eleven, in Jan 2002.

One of the reasons that I wanted to report on Nine Eleven is that so many things just didn't add up.

(Or actually they did add up, just not with an answer that the Official Conspiracy
story tellers wanted us to figure out.)

[DeSwiss]

15. Ding-ding-ding-ding!!!!!!

:thumbsup:

[DeSwiss]

14. Ding-ding-ding-ding!!!!!!

:thumbsup:

[nenagh]

6. Very interesting comments..

thank you for posting this link. His pic now has blotted out the faces of the soldiers next to the plane..

[stray cat]

7. The person who released the documents was in the armed forces and supports wikileaks

[DeSwiss]

16. K&R n/t

[Better Believe It]

17. Kick

[bertman]

18. This veteran salutes your devotion to openness in government and

accountability for our leaders. Especially for those leaders who feel its their prerogative to classify anything that puts them in a bad light or is evidence of their wrongdoing.

Rec.

[NuclearDem]

19. Ah....that photo brings back memories

Wasn't on that particular crew, but was on one of the Offutt-based RC-135s flying out of Al Udeid.

Good memories...