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In reply to the discussion: "I'm sorry that I hurt the United States" Bradley Manning apologizes in court [View all]jberryhill
(62,444 posts)140. Quite obviously...
...there was no quid pro quo. That's the point.
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"I'm sorry that I hurt the United States" Bradley Manning apologizes in court [View all]
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
OP
Where on earth does he get off accusing Bradley Manning of having "hurt people"
jberryhill
Aug 2013
#1
Don't be fooled! This apology came from a programmable animatronic look-alike!
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#21
Area 51 is a myth. Figleafs are falling off statues in sympathy to reveal illicit peni.
freshwest
Aug 2013
#41
...said the convict who endured psychological torture at the hands of our military
derby378
Aug 2013
#3
Why dont you just come out and tell us your point in lieu of making us guess with
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#55
Oops! Didn't realize we were chatting too fast for you. Sorry. Here's a quick explanation, to help
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#101
My question, which you failed to address was "Why dont you tell us your point?"
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#141
Don't bother. Saying you would like the torturer in 1984 is a clear personal attack and baiting.
freshwest
Aug 2013
#132
You'd have to had remembered the reference. He was a sadistic, deceitful, evil being, not you.
freshwest
Aug 2013
#144
He did when he released the thousands of diplomatic emails, including unredacted names
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#134
This is not prosecution testimony, y'know: it's Manning's defense. Spin it as homophobic if
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#85
Manning said that if he could do it over, he would fight to change the system from
bluestate10
Aug 2013
#76
Awfully patronizing, don't you think? Not as if "the system" is so just and trustworthy...
nomorenomore08
Aug 2013
#135
He looks so gentle in the picture at the link. He's been taken advantage of by 1% shills.
freshwest
Aug 2013
#49
Agreed on everything you said. I read one of s4p's earlier threads and followed the money.
freshwest
Aug 2013
#68
"Wikileaks pulled in tens of millions of dollars a month, but only gave a paltry sum to Manning's
Number23
Aug 2013
#131
I gave the link on the $59K above; the figures pulled in before they were blocked was on a s4p.
freshwest
Aug 2013
#136
Was it you or someone else who said that Assange did not provide much Wikileaks money
JDPriestly
Aug 2013
#139
Well, everybody's different! I myself simply adore folk who make intelligent informative comments!
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#22
I am glad you feel that way. Sometimes a very simple statement is very poignant.
PowerToThePeople
Aug 2013
#24
A Typical Day For PFC Bradley Manning at Fort Leavenworth (03 May 2011)
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#93
It's his own theory and the defense has been pursuing it for some time
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#92
I agree. Being gay is not a gender disorder. That is why I am troubled by his defense's argument.
SunSeeker
Aug 2013
#147
I'm going with what his attorney Coombs called it. Let me look up this Worsely quote. He's wrong.
freshwest
Aug 2013
#148
Really? I tried to provide links giving some overview of today's proceedings, but if
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#35
So do I, and I respect him for these words. I believe he cares deeply about people.
freshwest
Aug 2013
#50
THANK YOU FOR LINKING THIS!!! I am happy to see the young man sees he was wrong
Pretzel_Warrior
Aug 2013
#28
Thanks, that is a very sympathetic article. It appears his army superiors are coming to his aid.
freshwest
Aug 2013
#52
You certainly have an ... um ... inflated view of the power of internet posters!
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#88
The real Manning disappears behind his symbolic value in certain narratives
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#47
Real people do, Cha. We don't have the rich and famous to give us cover. Ditto thnx to s4p.
freshwest
Aug 2013
#98
The one which Assange admitted actually shows people with weapons including RPGs being fired on
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#46
In the stress of a war zone, I suspect those who have hammers see nails. As for the rest of it,
freshwest
Aug 2013
#60
I agree generally about hammers/nails, but in this case, they did see nails.
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#63
I'm sure they did see weapons. And did what they did as a matter of course. I found, though, as
freshwest
Aug 2013
#73
Both. One of the suspected RPGs was a camera, one was an RPG.Another person in the crowd had an AK47
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#66
If we are going to say facts don't matter, its not much of a conversation. The illegality of the
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#128
Check his eyes. Did he blink out the word "torture" using morse code?
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2013
#45
You really want to compare Bradley Manning with a killer like Padilla? Oh--and your expert
msanthrope
Aug 2013
#89
No comparison that I can see. One calls for old people to get off their asses and leave hospitals,
freshwest
Aug 2013
#96
... Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reform. The whole history of the progress of human
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#102
I don't regard those three as whistle-blowers. Assange specialized in mass-dumping of documents
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#114
So, for you, a whistleblower should be defined by what they DON'T release, not by what they do?
Bonobo
Aug 2013
#117
"Here's hundreds of thousands of documents I haven't read" isn't whistle-blowing
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#143
Like me or not, you should take Douglass very seriously: not only is he one of the finest
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#118
If everyone cared about what people thought of them, we wouldn't have nearly as many famous people
AZ Progressive
Aug 2013
#107
Very moving...he has dealt with incredible hardship, deserves mercy and I hope he receives it
BeyondGeography
Aug 2013
#127