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originalpckelly

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11. The real question is why we even have weapons like that in the first place.
Tue Dec 27, 2011, 03:23 PM
Dec 2011

And you'll probably get around to the secrecy and spy games of the cold war as your answer.

This is the same country that for decades classified a film about the damage done by nukes, it's not like people would have reacted differently to the brinksmanship of the cold war if they had seen clearly the kind of horrors those weapons bring to people, right?

It's easy to let your government risk your life when you don't have to see half melted babies, it's another thing entirely to have to imagine what it would be like if the people you see in that footage are your own or yourself.

Bradley Manning is a traitor. [View all] originalpckelly Dec 2011 OP
Best. Post. Ever. loudsue Dec 2011 #1
Bradley Manning is a hero. rgbecker Dec 2011 #2
... xchrom Dec 2011 #3
Your post makes me want to stand up and applaud. Marrah_G Dec 2011 #4
Dick Cheney is a hero and Pfc Manning is a traitor. Can you say Bizarro World? nm rhett o rick Dec 2011 #5
Hear, hear!!!!! GliderGuider Dec 2011 #6
It's not you, originalpckelly. Traitors have been in charge since Nov. 22, 1963... Octafish Dec 2011 #7
K&R GliderGuider Dec 2011 #8
Thought about Bradley Manning a lot over Christmas. Overseas Dec 2011 #9
I disagree surfdog Dec 2011 #10
The real question is why we even have weapons like that in the first place. originalpckelly Dec 2011 #11
Excellent post! sabrina 1 Dec 2011 #12
K&R NorthCarolina Dec 2011 #13
There is indeed something wrong with this country slay Dec 2011 #14
"this fucking country" hfojvt Dec 2011 #15
Bravo! JackRiddler Jan 2012 #16
... Fire Walk With Me Jan 2012 #17
There's something happening here got root Jan 2012 #18
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