Bradley Manning
17 December 2011, 11:33 AM
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Bradley Manning
The USA soldier facing charges for leaking state secrets.
Since Manning's guilt is not really in question it seems fair to ask what you feel about his behaviour.
Is he a heroic whistle blower who told the world about the darker side of US war mongering which it deserved to know?
Or does he deserve to spend the rest of his days in prison for breaking the rules?
Whatever the outcome I find it staggering that such a low ranking soldier should have access to vast amounts of US secret intelligence.
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Since Manning's guilt is not really in question it seems fair to ask what you feel about his behaviour.
Is he a heroic whistle blower who told the world about the darker side of US war mongering which it deserved to know?
Or does he deserve to spend the rest of his days in prison for breaking the rules?
Whatever the outcome I find it staggering that such a low ranking soldier should have access to vast amounts of US secret intelligence.
dl
17 December 2011, 11:50 AM
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The USA soldier facing charges for leaking state secrets.
Since Manning's guilt is not really in question it seems fair to ask what you feel about his behaviour.
Is he a heroic whistle blower who told the world about the darker side of US war mongering which it deserved to know?
Or does he deserve to spend the rest of his days in prison for breaking the rules?
Whatever the outcome I find it staggering that such a low ranking soldier should have access to vast amounts of US secret intelligence.
dl
Since Manning's guilt is not really in question it seems fair to ask what you feel about his behaviour.
Is he a heroic whistle blower who told the world about the darker side of US war mongering which it deserved to know?
Or does he deserve to spend the rest of his days in prison for breaking the rules?
Whatever the outcome I find it staggering that such a low ranking soldier should have access to vast amounts of US secret intelligence.
dl
17 December 2011, 12:35 PM
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From any country's perspective you cannot have people with access to sensitive information going to the press. So whether I agree with it or not, he will be made an example of.
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17 December 2011, 03:32 PM
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Well he is guilty as charged and he broke all the military rules and trust placed in him so I think he has to go to prison but with a little leniency say 10 years?
In mitigation his revelations seems not to have resulted in any very severe consequences for the US aside from a lot of political embarrassment.
Also the military need to get their act together re access to sensitive information which might include psychological tests on thiose holding such information as this guy seems a bit of a screwed up kid.
And bear in mind if this had been a Syrian or Libyan soldier spilling the beans on his own military the guy would be deemed a hero in the Western World.
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In mitigation his revelations seems not to have resulted in any very severe consequences for the US aside from a lot of political embarrassment.
Also the military need to get their act together re access to sensitive information which might include psychological tests on thiose holding such information as this guy seems a bit of a screwed up kid.
And bear in mind if this had been a Syrian or Libyan soldier spilling the beans on his own military the guy would be deemed a hero in the Western World.
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17 December 2011, 06:41 PM
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Well he is guilty as charged and he broke all the military rules and trust placed in him so I think he has to go to prison but with a little leniency say 10 years?
In mitigation his revelations seems not to have resulted in any very severe consequences for the US aside from a lot of political embarrassment.
Also the military need to get their act together re access to sensitive information which might include psychological tests on thiose holding such information as this guy seems a bit of a screwed up kid.
And bear in mind if this had been a Syrian or Libyan soldier spilling the beans on his own military the guy would be deemed a hero in the Western World.
dl
In mitigation his revelations seems not to have resulted in any very severe consequences for the US aside from a lot of political embarrassment.
Also the military need to get their act together re access to sensitive information which might include psychological tests on thiose holding such information as this guy seems a bit of a screwed up kid.
And bear in mind if this had been a Syrian or Libyan soldier spilling the beans on his own military the guy would be deemed a hero in the Western World.
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