Rhosty says that Bradley Manning put untold thousands of US troops in harms way. Well why not also address the extensive use of Depleted Uranium used by the US military and the unexplained Gulf War Syndrome which sees far more US soldiers die by suicide than war.

Why not also address the huge birth defects in Fallujia {Iraq}. Women's hair samples taken by Prof Chris Busby showed slightly enriched Uranium which indicated a new type of small nuclear weapon. Is this not putting US Soldiers and Iraqi citizens in harms way?

The US Govt treats returned soldiers like scum and they beg in the streets with missing limbs.

Bradley Manning is being held under Bush's Patriot Act and will be tried not by a common court but by a biased Military one who will determine what is admissible as evidence.

Obama's National Defence Authorisation Act gives the military the power to arrest and detain indefinitely anyone in the West they suspect of being a terrorist. They would have thrown the key away on Manning without a trial had he not been such a high profile detainee.

It is interesting to note the speed with which the US government arrested Bradley Manning but did little to address some of the facts that came out of the Wikileaks cable release. Many Western governments, not just the US, are focussed more on the personalities and motives of whistleblowers than the follies their leaks reveal. It does not provide one with much warmth and confidence that our governments are always acting in our interests.

Governments will cherry pick their heroes and villians according to the dogma of the day. The outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame by the Bush administration as payback for her husband's writings on the Iraq war and in exposing the lies of that administration, led - not to prison, but to the President pardoning of the 'leaker'. One rule for some a different one for others if you are not a game player.

I do believe strongly in a mixed economy with a good balance of government and private activities but there has to be strong frameworks in place to prevent abuses of power within the Executive.

Rhosty, don't you think sending soldiers to an illegal invasion might be what put their lives at risk? Fair dinkum, you take the biscuit for just plain silly.

And individual, we are not being invaded and the navy must rescue anyone in trouble on the seas, including fools like you if you get into strife.

FAir dinkum, 6 million people a year come here and you still dare to whinge about a few thousand refugees.

Marilyn Shepherd Quote "6 million people a year come here and you still dare to whinge about a few thousand refugees."
What a stupid argument your 6 million are not on welfare, they don't take houses that could go to homeless people, they don't cost us billions of dollars per year we actually get money of them.

Quote "the navy must rescue anyone in trouble on the seas" Most of the pickups are in the Indonesian rescue zone but they are bought to Australia.

Millions of socialist dinosaurs still think that Philby, Burgiss, McLean, and Blunt were heroes of the workers paradise, too. But their own people consider them traitors.

It is not just Bradley Manning who is blowing the whistle on our Govt/Corporate corruption.http://patriotsquestion911.com/ This site will give you thousands of prominent political/military/scientific professionals who know the truth.

Major General Albert Stubbline was in charge of all Army Military Intelligence during the early '80's.Lt Col Robert Bowman was in charge of Advanced Space Programs with a PHD in Nuclear Physics and Aeronautics. He is a leading figure in telling the truth about our Govts corruption and evil intent.

Susan Lindaur a CIA asset was the first non Arab whistle blower to be arrested under Bush's Patriot Act. Sibel Edmonds was a FBI translator another 911 whistle blower.

When are we in the West going to admit the truth of the intentions of our imperialistic masters?