Comments on: Second anniversary of the Afghan war diaries. Take action July 25th!

By: Dan Brettelle

Dan Brettelle — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:16:58 +0000

There are not as many people standing up as I would like to see I was in the 60′s where the numbers were there and they had an influence. Bradley Manning stands for all Americans. This travestry in the American system needs to be dealt with. It cannot really be removed as its influence alreday has an impact on the country.

By: John Lutz

John Lutz — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:50:50 +0000

Bradley Manning is a Brave Soul. In the deepest of systems that denies you the freedom of thought and action this Brave Soldier worked through heart and God so that man may be redeemed. Since the future is hard to predict (ie Statistics DON’T work), he has put forth no plans forth on anyone’s future efforts, put no one at risk and is, what I consider, above and beyond the call of duty of an American Soldier. Thank you Bradley! Blessings to you!

By: Dr. S M Babulanam

Dr. S M Babulanam — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:44:15 +0000

What it is but a Kangaroo court!

By: Jill JOhnson

Jill JOhnson — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:26:14 +0000

This is a modern day witch burning. I am ashamed of Obama for encouraging ‘whistle blowers’ and then standing by, as Chief, and letting this happen. Change, indeed. FOR THE WORSE. Obama’s spoken opinion on the matter was that Manning was guilty – before being tried. We treat our foreign prisoners better than we treat our own citizens; they in return chop off our soldiers and journalists heads. That is harm. Oh he disobeyed military rules, off with his head. Why is the military allowed the absence of guilt when they have been proven many times in the past to commit atrocities. Does the judge have to have 3/4 of the world condemning Manning’s imprisonment and sham trial instead of just HALF THE WORLD? It’s an embarrassing and telling chapter in American history. I hope it gives pause to other brave men and women who think joining the militarism empire is a glorious career.

By: Chris and Mary Fogarty

Chris and Mary Fogarty — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:52:58 +0000

Bradley Manning is the Hero of our Era. He exemplifies why I served in the US army. His prosecution (actually persecution) is a measure of the degeneration of our once-upstanding government.

By: Dr. Stan Benton

Dr. Stan Benton — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:13:59 +0000

How about a petition to remind POTUS that if he does not free Bradley Manning, he will lose hundreds of
thousands of votes in November? (That seems to be
his big concern right now.)

By: Jake Terpstra

Jake Terpstra — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:05:34 +0000

Bradley is a national hero and deserves to be released–with a medal for bravery.

By: William Dane

William Dane — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:52:09 +0000

Unjust laws exist as do unjust wars and unjust military actions. FREE BRADLEY MANNING.

By: Nishant

Nishant — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:42:50 +0000

The truth shall prevail.
Upholders face the tedious task so do their kith and kin. But generations to come would bow to such a singular stance to seek truth,which has deprived so many their loved ones.

The Standard of Emancipation is now unfurled…..
I will not equivocate
I will not excuse,
I will not retreat a single inch:
And I will be heard,
Posterity will bear testimony that I was right.

William Lloyd Garrison

By: Markin

Markin — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:06:54 +0000

Let’s Redouble Our Efforts To Save Private Bradley Manning-Make Every Town Square In America (And The World) A Bradley Manning Square From Boston To Berkeley to Berlin-Join Us In Fields Corner (Corner Dorchester Ave And Adams Street), Dorchester -Beginning Tuesday July 24th From 4:00-5:00 PM

http://www.standwithbrad.org/

Click on the headline to link to the Private Bradley Manning Petition website page.

Markin comment:

The Private Bradley Manning case is headed toward a late fall/early winter trial. Those of us who support his cause should redouble our efforts to secure his freedom. For the past several months there has been a weekly stand-out in Greater Boston across from the Davis Square Redline MBTA stop (renamed Bradley Manning Square for the vigil’s duration) in Somerville on Friday afternoons but we have now changed the time from 4:00-5:00 PM on Wednesdays. This stand-out has, to say the least, been very sparsely attended. We need to build it up with more supporters present. Please join us when you can. Or better yet if you can’t join us start a Support Bradley Manning weekly vigil in some location in your town whether it is in the Boston area, Berkeley or Berlin. And please sign the petition for his release. I have placed links to the Manning Network and Manning Square website below.

News has reached me that some of the folks at the Dorchester People for Peace (DPP) are starting a stand-out for Private Manning beginning on Tuesday July 24, 2012 at 4:00 PM at the corner of Dorchester Avenue and Adams Street (the Veterans Triangle) in Fields Corner. Please join them.

Bradley Manning Support Network

http://bradleymanning.org/

Somerville Manning Square website

http://freemanz.com/2012/01/20/somerville_paper_photo-bradmanningsquare/bradleymanningsquare-2011_01_13/

The following are remarks that I have been focusing on of late to build support for Bradley Manning’s cause.

Veterans for Peace proudly stands in solidarity with, and defense of, Private Bradley Manning.

We of the anti-war movement were not able to do much to affect the Bush- Obama Iraq War timetable but we can save the one hero of that war, Bradley Manning.

I stand in solidarity with the alleged actions of Private Bradley Manning in bringing to light, just a little light, some of the nefarious war-related doings of this government, under Bush and Obama. If he did such acts they are no crime. No crime at all in my eyes or in the eyes of the vast majority of people who know of the case and of its importance as an individual act of resistance to the unjust and barbaric American-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I sleep just a shade bit easier these days knowing that Private Manning may have exposed what we all knew, or should have known- the Iraq war and the Afghan war justifications rested on a house of cards. American imperialism’s gun-toting house of cards, but cards nevertheless.

I am standing in solidarity with Private Bradley Manning because I am outraged by the treatment meted out to Private Manning, presumably an innocent man, by a government who alleges itself to be some “beacon” of the civilized world. Bradley Manning had been held in solidarity at Quantico and other locales for over two years, and has been held without trial for longer, as the government and its military try to glue a case together. The military, and its henchmen in the Justice Department, have gotten more devious although not smarter since I was a soldier in their crosshairs over forty years ago.

These are more than sufficient reasons to stand in solidarity with Private Manning and will be until the day he is freed by his jailers. And I will continue to stand in proud solidarity with Private Manning until that great day.

Immediate Unconditional Withdrawal of All U.S./Allied Troops And Mercenaries From Afghanistan! Hands Off Iran! Free Private Manning Now!