Bradley Manning

[Bedford]

Well, if you want a thoughtful discussion of the matter, a good starting point is provided at wiki.answers: What did Jane Fonda actually do while in Hanoi during her visit

She was paraded around visiting military installations, was photographed sitting on anti-aircraft weapons, visited American POWs and after secretly receiving a list of POWs Social Security numbers, handed this list to the North Vietnamese. This caused the torture of these brave soldiers. She denounced the American military and called the American soldiers baby killers and murders.

Many veterans and conservative Americans believed that she gave aid and comfort to the enemy of the United States and should have been put on trial as a traitor. She has in later years apologized for her actions, but some say they will never forgive her for what they see as clearly traitorous actions that prolonged the war and caused more deaths of both American and Vietnamese.
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Nothing here answers my questions. If you want to have a thoughtful discussion, start by trying to address my questions.

 

[MachZer0]

No. War crimes are to be reported. Manning exposed war crimes. Using U.S. Army Ranger John Needham and Manning as examples, Cohn asserts war criminals and war crimes are respected; those who expose war criminals and war crimes are dehumanized.

Did you watch the graphic video On the Dark Side in Al Doura A Soldier in the Shadows ? Needham's father talks about the war crimes Needham reported. Needham was advised to report these war crimes. The war crimes Needham reported and the war crimes Manning exposed are referred to as war crimes.

Customary IHL - Practice Relating to Rule 156. Definition of War Crimes

Specify a war crime that Bradley Manning exposed.

 

[MachZer0]

Jane Fonda is a worse traitor than Manning or Snowden, yet she walks free and some will even pay to see her movies. Many died because of her. Yet she has a country and walks free.

A Tennessee vet who runs a movie theater is refusing to show The Butler because the movie has a real life traitor portraying a real life a patriot. Fonda, Hayden and Chomsky are the perfect examples of how America is soft on traitors.

 

[Bedford]

A Tennessee vet who runs a movie theater is refusing to show The Butler because the movie has a real life traitor portraying a real life a patriot. Fonda, Hayden and Chomsky are the perfect examples of how America is soft on traitors.

irrelevant

 

[MachZer0]

How many have died because of her? What are their names?

That's hard to quantify and I'm certain we'll never know.

 

[MachZer0]

I'm no Fonda fan, but a bit of world-class exaggeration doesn't make your point look anything but silly.

Comparing anti-war activism with espionage is dumb.

Treason and espionage are not the same thing

 

[Bedford]

That's hard to quantify and I'm certain we'll never know.

In other words, none as far as we know

You call people names like 'traitor' when they have never been tried or convicted. This says a lot.

 

[MachZer0]

irrelevant

It was relevant to the post to which I responded

 

[MachZer0]

In other words, none as far as we know

You call people names like 'traitor' when they have never been tried or convicted. This says a lot.

You don't have to be convicted to be a traitor, just like you don't have to be convicted to be a burglar.

 

[Paradoxum]

One awesome thing about Manning is that his "lynching" was completely bipartisan.

If the US keeps it up, maybe you will have no need for two parties, and you can have one party persecuting people, like in the mighty China.