Those poor guys at FARS have definitely overdosed on "X-files" re-runs. Sadly, this corroborates the theory that the less factually informed a people are, the more the "curiosity-vacuum" is filled with conjecture, superstition and out and out paranoia...
You finally understand why the insecure, the cowardly, the sadistic and inner-disempowered join bureaucracies and power organizations: to abuse those who choose not to join these "power institutions." It may not be in their individual DNA, but a lifetime of conditioned self-loathing shows anyway. Hence, the reason why these organizations need serious civilian and civilized oversight.
The type of psychological coercion Manning experienced as part and parcel of his confinement these past months, the typical human being would find beyond endurance. It drives some mad, others to suicide and others merely capitulate to whatever their captor demands.
I would interpret Manning's "plea" a cry for the torture to end...
Some "victory."
By the way, this is for the adults in the room. Anyone familiar with any government agency/bureaucracy understands that "need-to-know/classified/top- secret/confidentiality/national security, etc." are merely noble- & neutral-sounding labels a bureaucracy uses time and again to cover-up and hide from the taxpaying public incompetence, waste, negligence, fraud, and out-right criminality.
Anyone who saw the civilians assassinated by the military in the helicopter video released by wikileaks to the media and whose release is attributed to Manning clearly understands that whoever released this video is not just a whistle-blower but an authentic patriot.
Irony: the Commander in Chief, ultimately responsible for this bloodshed, got a Nobel Peace Prize. Manning, ends up in the brig. No further comment is needed.
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Those poor guys at FARS have definitely overdosed on "X-files" re-runs.
Sadly, this corroborates the theory that the less factually informed a people are, the more the "curiosity-vacuum" is filled with conjecture, superstition and out and out paranoia...
Friend,
You finally understand why the insecure, the cowardly, the sadistic and inner-disempowered join bureaucracies and power organizations: to abuse those who choose not to join these "power institutions." It may not be in their individual DNA, but a lifetime of conditioned self-loathing shows anyway.
Hence, the reason why these organizations need serious civilian and civilized oversight.
Who says torture doesn't work?
The type of psychological coercion Manning experienced as part and parcel of his confinement these past months, the typical human being would find beyond endurance. It drives some mad, others to suicide and others merely capitulate to whatever their captor demands.
I would interpret Manning's "plea" a cry for the torture to end...
Some "victory."
By the way, this is for the adults in the room. Anyone familiar with any government agency/bureaucracy understands that "need-to-know/classified/top- secret/confidentiality/national security, etc." are merely noble- & neutral-sounding labels a bureaucracy uses time and again to cover-up and hide from the taxpaying public incompetence, waste, negligence, fraud, and out-right criminality.
Anyone who saw the civilians assassinated by the military in the helicopter video released by wikileaks to the media and whose release is attributed to Manning clearly understands that whoever released this video is not just a whistle-blower but an authentic patriot.
Irony: the Commander in Chief, ultimately responsible for this bloodshed, got a Nobel Peace Prize. Manning, ends up in the brig. No further comment is needed.