Comentarii la: (English) Supporters

De către: Melissa Fitzgibbon

Melissa Fitzgibbon — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:47:16 +0000

Coming from a legal background (Australia) I have to admit that I find Bradley being kept in solitary and tried behind closed doors (military proceedings), disturbing. I think the public should demand that he have a fair trial and a public trial. I am probably showing an idealistic faith in the legal system here but if Bradley Manning is tried in public then the government has to produce evidence that what he did was illegal and convince a jury that what he did was not for the good of the public.
I admit that I am not familiar with American legal proceedings relating to espionage but surely the credibility of the legal system is at stake here too. As an American citizen, as well as a military man, is Bradley Manning entitled to go beyond whatever justice the military gives him and access the wider American legal system under the American Constitution?
I think Bradley deserves a fair trial and I hope enough people demand a fair trial that the government takes notice.

De către: Michele A.

Michele A. — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:13:01 +0000

When you knew that soldiers were torturing people, shooting unarmed civilians etc, you realised your conscience would not allow you to remain silent. You have bravely made a stand for freedom of information and for human rights and have risked your own freedom in doing so. It is indeed courageous and you are not alone. Hopefully your supporters, who are growing in number, will give you comfort and will hound the powers that be to work towards your freedom. A full transparent sharing of information is also important for our historical records. The record needs to be as complete as possible to prevent the historical revisionists from manipulating the truth to further their own agendas.

De către: Michele A.

Michele A. — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:53:52 +0000

Bradley, you are a champion.

De către: Daniel S.

Daniel S. — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:10:53 +0000

Bradley Manning you really are, a HERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IN THE CAUSE OF JUSTICE
Freedom for Bradley Manning!!!!!!

Stop War in the World!
http://www.arbeiterfotografie.com/galerie/reportage/index-2002-09-28-london-stop-the-war-5.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eucYe9O82JM&feature=player_embedded#at=22

De către: da'i

da'i — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:10:31 +0000

justice for bradley manning.
stop support war in iraq, afghasnistan, anywhere else.
educate ourselves.

De către: peace

peace — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:12:27 +0000

free bradley manning

italy

De către: vanpeer

vanpeer — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:10:42 +0000

Dear All,

I have just read about the plight of Bradley Manning in the Flemish newspaper DE MORGEN in Belgium, and am shocked at the conditions he is kept in (as I am shocked also for the reason of his arrest). I guess he is not allowed to receive email? If so, I would be glad to correspond with him.

I have searched your website and responded to several pages, but what seems to be worrying to me is that about 4 or 5 of my emails came back as ‘undeliverable’. Are we being sabotaged already??

All good wishes with your fight, which I am prepared to join – have donated 100 $.

Professor Dr. Willie van Peer
Belgium

De către: Tom Parsons

Tom Parsons — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:59:24 +0000

You are a patriot. Unfortunately for you, and for us, true patriotism is seen a an impediment to corporate power. I respect you.

De către: Homero Mattos Jr

Homero Mattos Jr — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:15:45 +0000

Dear Manning, let your foes to know that “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.” Abraham Lincoln
And for the most zealous one, direct them to Luke, 12,2

De către: RG

RG — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 01:16:35 +0000

We need to learn to question laws, government and to act to change laws to protect heroes. Who said laws that we have are right laws?”

Is it wrong to break law if you are trying to protect innocent children? Is it really wrong to give out military videos if you are trying to protect those who cannot protect them selves?

Bradley Manning, you may be thought of as of a criminal now, but the truth will prevail and someday you will be thought of what you really are, a HERO WHO RISKED HIS OWN FREEDOM TO HELP PROTECT LIVES OF THOSE WHO COULDN’T PROTECT THEMSELVES!

I am bad at writing, so the above lines basically summarize what I wanted to say for those who don’t want to read the whole stuff bellow.

Unfortunately, laws do not consider “reason”. Unless some miracles happens (presidential pardon, or some other miracle) Bradley will most likely be convicted. If law allowed for “reason”, such as it would be lawfull to break law and distribute classified information in order to help prevent killings of civilians then obviously he would be found innocent or even not charged or imprisoned. But as of now, the sad truth is that this hero may be found guilty, I would say he will most likely be found guilty. Maybe some day laws will be changed so heroes will be protected in cases like this since they are acting in order to save innocent lifes. But as of now, even though many of us feel that he is a hero, many others will say that he broke military laws and released classified information, they’ll say that he did something bad because he broke law. I was borned and raised in a communist country. Many people fought against the communist government. Many of them were imprisoned, tortured. My uncle (R.I.P.) was imprisoned and tortured just for the fact that he was in my home country’s underground army during World War II, fighting to free my home country from Germans. After World War II, Russian tyrany was ruling my country and the underground army members were thought of as enemies of the country. They were imprisoned, tortured, often sentected to death. Many civilians thought of them as of criminals because the law said that they were fighting against my home country. After the fall of communism, these soldiers became heroes. There are no more laws saying that they were the bad guys. This is the change that is needed right here, right now. Laws need to be changed so if someone acts to prevent killings of innocent, they will not be prosecuted or imprisoned. This hero here did not sell any military information that would endanger the U.S. army or the American nation. He did not sell or give out plans on how to build nuclear weapons to terrorists. The laws that the army is using against him were raised to protect the army and the American nation. He did not do anything to put the army or the nation in danger. Unfortunately, someone forgot to put some additional clauses in law, so to protect people who give out non safety related army information that would help save civilians, to not imprison or trial those people. It seems that the people in charge in the army are simply having revange on this hero, just because they could find a paragraph that would put him in prison. At first when I watched they video of those civilians being killed I thought “oh well, it’s war, it’s not like they meant it” (even thought they laugh at the dead and take pride of “good shooting”). But this made me think, what if we had a war here in United States, what if lets say we had a civil war and army happened to sometimes kill civilians. What if it was my children? Or my neighbours? The thought is very chilling….. even though I don’t have children. Someone may say “well, if you’re not a terrorist you got nothing to worry about”. My uncle was not a terrorist either when he jump out of a window to commit a suiciede while being tortured by the communist. He was thought to be, be the government back then, but not by the current government. Many will say that this hero did something wrong, he broke the law, but……. was he really wrong to do that when he tried to save innocent?