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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 1149620" data-attributes="member: 18225"><p>The Obama administration is off the top rope on leakers (are you guys siding with Obama on this one? <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/surprised.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":surprised:" title="Surprised :surprised:" data-shortname=":surprised:" />).</p><p></p><p>I heard a woman on a call-in radio show and her comment got me thinking.</p><p></p><p>Her basic point was that after the Nuremberg trials, Americans at the time comforted themselves with the (false) assertion that, '<em><strong>of course, we would never let that happen</strong>..' , </em>i.e. get railroaded by an out-of-control government into allowing/participating in unthinkable acts of total insanity.</p><p></p><p>Yet, here we are - the Holocaust might not be the best comparison to what's been happening in the '<strong><em>war</em></strong>' on '<strong><em>terror</em></strong>', but hopefully you get the drift.</p><p></p><p>By legal standards Manning is 100% in the wrong, in terms of the military, or national security, or bla-ba-di-bla-blah.</p><p></p><p>But, what if he's a real Patriot here?</p><p></p><p>Think about it for a second: the same governmental secrecy that you decry in other contexts, you support in your willingness to buy the government line and send Manning to the gallows.</p><p></p><p>It's a pickle, no doubt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 1149620, member: 18225"] The Obama administration is off the top rope on leakers (are you guys siding with Obama on this one? :surprised:). I heard a woman on a call-in radio show and her comment got me thinking. Her basic point was that after the Nuremberg trials, Americans at the time comforted themselves with the (false) assertion that, '[I][B]of course, we would never let that happen[/B]..' , [/I]i.e. get railroaded by an out-of-control government into allowing/participating in unthinkable acts of total insanity. Yet, here we are - the Holocaust might not be the best comparison to what's been happening in the '[B][I]war[/I][/B]' on '[B][I]terror[/I][/B]', but hopefully you get the drift. By legal standards Manning is 100% in the wrong, in terms of the military, or national security, or bla-ba-di-bla-blah. But, what if he's a real Patriot here? Think about it for a second: the same governmental secrecy that you decry in other contexts, you support in your willingness to buy the government line and send Manning to the gallows. It's a pickle, no doubt. [/QUOTE]
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