Showing posts with label War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label War. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

A Salute to Bradley Manning, Whistleblower, As We Hear His Words for the First Time | Common Dreams

A Salute to Bradley Manning, Whistleblower, As We Hear His Words for the First Time | Common Dreams
"Whoever made this recording, and I don't know who the person is, has done the American public a great service. This marks the first time the American public can hear Bradley Manning, in his own voice explain what he did and how he did it."

Leaked: Bradley Manning's Military Court Testimony

Leaked: Bradley Manning's Military Court Testimony
"In this newly released audio, Private Bradley Manning explains his motives, noting how he believed the WikiLeaks documents showed wrongdoing by the government and how he hoped that the release would "spark a domestic debate on the role of the military and our foreign policy in general as it related to Iraq and Afghanistan"."

Friday, March 1, 2013

Bradley Manning: The Face of Heroism | Common Dreams

Bradley Manning: The Face of Heroism | Common Dreams
"Heroism is a slippery and ambiguous concept. But whatever it means, it is embodied by Bradley Manning and the acts which he unflinchingly acknowledged today he chose to undertake. The combination of extreme government secrecy, a supine media (see the prior two columns), and a disgracefully subservient judiciary means that the only way we really learn about what our government does is when the Daniel Ellsbergs - and Bradley Mannings - of the world risk their own personal interest and liberty to alert us. Daniel Ellberg is now widely viewed as heroic and noble, and Bradley Manning (as Ellsberg himself hasrepeatedly said) merits that praise and gratitude every bit as much."

History Will Damn the Persecutors of Bradley Manning | Common Dreams

History Will Damn the Persecutors of Bradley Manning | Common Dreams
"History will damn the persecutors of Bradley Manning. Big powers who hide crimes away from their own people – while claiming to act in their name, of course – fear few more than those determined to hold them to account."

Monday, December 31, 2012

PERRspectives: The National Debt? Republicans Built That

PERRspectives: The National Debt? Republicans Built That
"President Bush added $5.1 trillion in red ink to the national ledger. But while the debt has grown by over $5 trillion during Obama's first term, less than $1 trillion can be attributed to new programs he put in place. The rest is the result of the tax revenue loss from the deep recession which began in December 2007 and the continuation of policies inherited from George W. Bush."