Comments on: Military refers all charges against Bradley Manning to court martial

By: Hans

Hans — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:57:37 +0000

It is really difficult for me to get this “concept” of adding up charges … I can’t see the intention of justice than (atleast for me) it is pure revenge from the army trying to maximize the charges against Bradley …

Or could the prosecutor give a single name of a person, which got damaged by Bradley? …

This way of prosecution has nothing to do with justice!

By: emma

emma — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:34:35 +0000

@Hans Bradley’s attorney isn’t asking for 30 years. He was arguing for a reduction in the number of charges Bradley was facing, and explaining that even 30 years would be a long time. He was hoping to get the charges reduced, and then would have had fewer charges to argue against at the court martial.

By: Hans

Hans — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:22:33 +0000

Well … what kind of legal defense is it, if Bradley Manning’s attorney is asking for a 30 years in prision sentence … saying this should be enough …

Just a reminder: Albert Speer, responsible for the death of more than half a million jewish people got a sentence of just 20 years during the Nürnberg trial back in 1946 …

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Trials

Dear Bradley,

your case is watched from around the world! Please keep your strength up! You are my hero!

Hans (Hamburg/Germany)

By: Corinne

Corinne — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Suppose a Bradley Manning or someone just as moral were to expose the Iraq “war”? How many lives could have been saved? But Bush and friends spent a year and and a half convincing the American people of LIES! Then they turn around later after the whole invasion of Iraq and say ‘Oh, we were wrong. heh heh. Oh well.’ The on and on and on. I am disgusted at the U.S.A. with much more than this, but I will keep it to myself now.

By: Corinne

Corinne — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:00:04 +0000

I regret to say this country and it’s constant war business, killing innocent souls who have no voice to be heard anymore, is very sad. But what can we REALLY do about it? We are being controlled by the guys nobody would want to tangle with-the REAL people who control this country. I think you know who they are. Bradley Manning tangled with his sense of morality and the horrors of war. He is paying the “price” of his convictions-not from Jesus, the final judge, but the people who PLAY GOD, who everyone has to answer to. They are not in the least exempt from the final judgement either. I would also like to add that Julian Assange is a hero who deserves no punishment for revealing the truth to the public. Our tax dollars go to these immoral wars. Everyone is paying the price for TRUTH, JUSTICE, THE AMERICAN WAY!

By: ken stanger

ken stanger — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:44:53 +0000

The USA is only interested in making $ billions of dollars daily. Its main easy way is War, terrorism , torture and death. The USA vested interests will stop at nothing to make sure it’s business as usual.
Bradley Manning is just a porn and is being used as an example to anyone else who might dare to challenge the system.
Obama can do nothing. He is just a tool of the Zionists and the capitalists. If he were to step out of line he would go the same way as the Kennnedys.

ken stanger

By: Gary Roberts

Gary Roberts — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:17:35 +0000

We see the “small fry ” getting burned in this issue but what of the Big Fish like Rumsveldt and Wolferwitz and George W and Patraeas who have really been the CEOs and Top Parts of the System . How is it that they are not on trial for their part in condoning such acts of cruelty and deceit
Lets see the true leadership in this issue come forward or are the Military just weak asses who rely on someone else to do their dirty work for them so they can get away with murder

By: Robert Hauser

Robert Hauser — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:19:16 +0000

Why is Karl Rove making millions off his book peddling tour instead of rotting in a hole in Quantico for doing worse than Manning is even falsely accused of? Jesus, Joseph and Mary this country has gotten to be a $$$$ewer.

By: Arnold

Arnold — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:10:54 +0000

The exposure of gross wrongdoing by US Military forces, had to made public if there was any possibility of getting the tragic situation corrected. The chain of command had already defaulted credibility by justifying it and not taking corrective action.
The future of the American reputation for truth and fairness is dependant on examples of More Bradley Mannings being willing to stand up to military arrogance that plays into the hands of United States enemies.

By: Darrin

Darrin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:49:22 +0000

for Starr.

Controversy is again surrounding the U.S. military with the most recent viral video of Marines urinating on dead Taliban (video below), an action which is defined as a war crime by the Geneva conventions and has been called “deplorable” by Defense Secretary Leon and promised a full investigation.

This is not the first time that U.S. forces have drawn attention to themselves for similar acts, adding to their already-lengthy record of violating human rights in the Middle East. Human rights violations like this one only add to a record which not only tarnishes America’s reputation but also can derail many U.S. efforts in the Middle East.

In a war crime last year committed by the Army, 11 soldiers were convicted of the murders of three Afghan civilians by a “kill squad” led by a squad commander in which those accused collected the deceased’s body parts as war trophies and posed with them for pictures. The incident was described as killing “for sport.”

These incidents of course are reminiscent of another major human rights incident in 2004, when Army personnel posed with hooded and naked Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in what amounted to physical and psychological sexual abuse. It sparked national media frenzy, after pictures of the abuse were broadcasted, which enraged and sickened many Americans.

It is these actions that have stained not only the mind of Americans but of people around the world. When picturing U.S. forces, people will inevitably imagine men and women who have formed a habit of and derive great pleasure from torturing prisoners and citizens on countless occasions. This will be the reputation that precedes any diplomatic conversation with the United States, creating more hurdles for foreign relations than necessary.

The video of the Marines urinating on dead Taliban surfaces at a time of delicate talks between American-led coalition forces and the Taliban, attempting to bring greater political stability to Afghanistan. While Taliban officials said that the video controversy will not affect the talks, it is an incident which will inevitably remain in the forefront of their minds any time the mention of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan arises.

What’s to stop a country’s leader and officials from trusting the U.S. forces, when the men and women who claim to uphold our nation’s standards do nothing of the sort? With a reputation of abuse, there is no reason other countries should turn towards the U.S. military for help or support. Diplomatic conversations cannot and will not be taken seriously with a group of people who show no respect to others, a serious hindrance to any kind of political agenda the country could have hoped to have.