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I love how everyone is skipping over all the civilian deaths and just thinks that he shouldnt have said anything. Ignorance is bliss, right? What about hurting foreign relations? Why did those documents exist in the first place? Some of it reads like a 12 year old girl insulting people on facebook. Its sad for pvt manning that he broke the first rule of fight club and may end up in prison for the rest of his life for doing what was right.
November 30 2010 at 10:22 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThis American Soldier has done great damnage to the security of the United States HOWEVER I believe he has cost hundreds of Afgan Civilian their lives or destroyed their families. I THINK THIS MAN SHOULD BE TURNED OVER TO THE AFGAN PEOPLE AND PUBLICLY STONED TO DEATH BY THE WOMEN OF AFGANISTAN. The same fate should be dealt out to the Australian who runs the web site that leaked the documents. This approach seems to satisify both offend parties and also discourages later actions of the same nature. As we have all come to know FREEDOM IS NOT FREE
August 23 2010 at 12:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyLet me get this right. A Private First Class had access to 90,000 "Top Secret" documents that can bring down the American War Machine in Afghanistan? I can see how he might have come across the video but 90,000 documents which the Pentagon is now saying is incredibly sensitive? Maybe the army needs to review their policy. Did he have access to the "Launch Codes". Mike Mullen and Sec Gates say Wikileaks might have blood on their hands, I am pretty sure the Admr Mullen and Sec Gates have blood on their hands.
GET THE HELL OUT OF AFGHANISTAN and Iraq and Korea and Japan and Germany. Bring our troops home and put the money to use on something that matters.
I don't think Manning will get promoted to E-4.
August 01 2010 at 10:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt's treason and he should be shot!!!
August 01 2010 at 11:46 AM Report abuse Permalink +6 rate up rate down ReplyHas anyone seen the report that I saw which was about The Wiki leaks guy Assange saying that he ran the tapes by the White House and got their approval to release them? I know I saw that report and it may have been on a news wire but of course the report said that the White House denied it. Then it all went silent and nothing more came of it but it would seem that somebody is lying and if it was Assange I feel we would know about it. Can anyone clear this up for me?
August 01 2010 at 12:03 AM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down ReplyJoe: True: Assange has run everything by the white house before releasing it. The white house however, has deemed none of it safe for publication. The white house has been clear that Assange has asked them if things were safe to publish, and they've also been clear that they answered "no" each and every time.
December 08 2010 at 1:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGive this guy the Medal of Honor and charge all those that had the same information with Treason for knowing and not changing the "Stay the Course" policy and letting our youth and treasure be forfeited.
July 31 2010 at 9:51 PM Report abuse Permalink -12 rate up rate down ReplyIf Manning did this, he should be charged with treason and espionage and punished to the full extent of the law.
The leaks unnecessarily put Coalition forces and civilian informants at risk, disclosed little information about civilian casualties that was not known already, and did not give evidence of deliberate targeting of civilians or other war crimes.
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