Bradley Manning’s role in bringing back the missing principles of US democracy

The principles of the Declaration of Independence became the foundation of the U.S. political philosophy and American democracy. Today, however, this democracy is missing two important principles: truth and transparency. As the Declaration states, ” all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” And yet Bradley Manning is punished for bringing back the core principles of a functioning democracy and that are important to achieving the goals of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.

Angel Versetti writes for PolicyMic:

Not only does the U.S. give a chilling warning signal to any would-be whistle-blowers to remain silent, not only does the U.S. seem to believe that “all men are created equal” only as long as they are not Afghans, Iraqis or whatever other nation “potentially harboring terrorists,” not only has the U.S. violated national pre-trial procedures and international detainment conventions by keeping Bradley Manning in what the UN torture chief described as “cruel, inhumane and degrading” conditions — it has clearly shown its belief that the international law only matters for the U.S. so long as it is convenient and beneficial for its foreign policy. On other instances, such as the case of Bradley Manning, the USA, the self-appointed leader of the democratic world clearly tells the world:

There is a democracy the U.S. advertises, and there is a democracy the U.S. practices.

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Conservative or liberal, supporting Bradley Manning is the right thing to do!

In the light of the recent violation of journalists privacy of both Associated Press and Fox News, along with the recent scandals that are surrounding the Obama administration, maybe it is about time for the conservatives in this country to reconsider how they view Bradley Manning from a traitor to a truth-seeker.

Matt Lewis writes for The Week:

My question is whether recent events might have changed the context of how Manning is perceived. Should intellectually honest conservatives have voiced more outrage over the way our government reportedly kept him in “inhuman conditions“?

And might they now support a softer sentence for him? Perhaps the Obama administration’s increasingly problematic heavy-handedness with its foes in the media will create new sympathy for another person the White House has been very, very tough on.

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Be one of many and stand in solidarity with Bradley Manning!

As the trial of Bradley manning nears, thousands of supporters in the US and around the world are gathering to protest and take part in actions of solidarity with Bradley Manning. Supporters from Kabul to San Francisco all stand unanimously in support of Bradley requesting his immediate release as his heroic actions helped bring light to the darkness tht was cloaking the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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When a democratic state becomes a surveillance state!

When the democracy of the US was first established, it recognized the freedom of speech and the right for people to be informed as one of its many core principles. But when the state becomes paranoid and starts questioning the motives and the actions of its people, then democracy is demoted to a bottom level!

US writer and activist Chris Hedges said in an interview with Democracy Now! that the attacks on Manning and Assange are part of a troubling pattern of increasing repression.

Transparency promotes criminal justice when it reveals individual wrongdoing, but it also promotes social justice: the sort of justice that comes from a shift in the balance of power from the 1% to a better-informed 99%.

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