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I'm sympathetic with what your saying, but the types of things we learned about our military via these leaks were unbelievable. That our military is perfectly o
by scoofy 14y ago
I'm sympathetic with what your saying, but the types of things we learned about our military via these leaks were unbelievable. That our military is perfectly okay with opening fire on reporters and children should not be classified. I, for one, learned that my military's definition of 'atrocity' vastly differs from mine. Was it the right way of doing things? Probably not, but it doesn't seem like there is a way of showing these types of things to the public when most media outlet won't even show the coffins of the soldiers we've lost.
- bcoates 14y agoWere any actual revelations about the military in Manning's files? I remember the big Wikileaks surprise being that the Islamists and conspiracy theorists were right that most middle east/north African governments were outright US client states. The US military's definition of a civilian not including people standing next to other people who carry weapons in public in Iraq shouldn't have been a revelation to anyone, it's not like they were making a secret of it.
- mpyne 14y agoPlease keep in mind that there is an ocean-sized gulf between "Manning did in fact leak classified material that he should not have" and "everything the U.S. military and government have ever done is A-OK". This is also a common refrain among some of Manning's supporters, but I try to treat people and arguments on their own merits. The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend.