Thoreau72
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I suppose that by that assessment, Hezbollah, which has no navy and no army isn't a thread... This isn't a discussion about our endeavors in Afghanistan/Iraq btw.
Back to the point: your feelings about Afghanistan & Iraq do not warrant Manning's actions, they may rationalize your point of view, but they don't justify his crime.
He joined the Army in 2007- five years after the current Iraq conflict began, it's not like he didn't know a war was going on.
Duh!
I joined the Army years after Vietnam started. What's your point?
Justify his crime? Revealing government crimes is itself a crime? In what authoritarian country do you live?
Revealing the crimes of government is ALWAYS the right thing to do. It is NEVER a crime.
You are apparently quite content to defend and condone government crimes. I'm not.