Bradley Manning – The Last Nail in the Coffin of the American Democracy

One would think that instead, Bradley Manning should be rewarded a Nobel Peace Prize ( the same one Barack Obama has recently received, even though, in my opinion, the President deserves it less) and praised as a hero, while becoming a prosecution witness against the helicopter pilots who should be brought up on murder charges for shooting and killing civilians in Iraq. (1)

‘’Light ‘em all up. Come on, fire! (Machine gun fire) ‘’Keep shooting. (Machine gun fire) ‘’Keep shooting’’ (Machine gun fire) ‘’Bunch of bodies laying there’’ ‘’Alright, we got about 8 individuals’’ ‘’Yeah, we got one guy crawling around down there’’. We’re shooting some more. ‘’Yea.. you shoot I’ll talk.. ‘’Oh yeah, look at those dead bastards’’.’’Nice’’. ‘’Nice’’. ‘’Good shooting’’. ‘’Thank you’’ ‘’We have a van that’s approaching and picking up the bodies. Can I shoot? Come on, let us shoot’’. (Machine gun). ‘’Clear. Clear’’. ‘’Oh, yeah, look at that, like thru the windshield’’. Roger, I’ve got 11 Iraqis killed and one small child wounded in the belly’’. ‘’It’s their fault for bringing their kids into a battle’’. ‘’That’s right.’’(next thing you see is a tank moving on the street crushing an Iraqi like an insect) “.. just drove over a body’’. (Laughter) ..

You’ve got to see it to believe it.

This isn’t a script for a Hollywood movie. This is actual, heartless chatting between the helicopter pilots during the shooting civilian targets. Bradley Manning felt like he must bring this and other crimes to the public attention so people would learn the truth about despicable acts of violence and atrocities being committed in the Iraq war, which was based on lies in the first place. One would think that in a just society, a sense of humanity and morality would be considered as virtues. However, in reality, Manning was convicted for being a virtuous man and sent to prison essentially for life, while those who are responsible for collateral murder are still walking free.

This military trial is especially disturbing in the light of the latest news about the Department of Justice requesting that George W. Bush, Richard “Dick’’ Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice and Paul Wolfowitz ‘’be granted procedural immunity in a case alleging that they planned and waged the Iraq War in violation of international law’’. (2) An immunity from justice, so to speak.


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