Is this the oath taken by Bradley Manning?

[Freeper]

Dystopian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Dec-26-10 11:21 PM
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Is this the oath taken by Bradley Manning?
   
I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.

Bradley Manning chose to uphold the orders of the Constitution of the United States.

He made a decision based on his moral being.

He stands alone. He does not have the comradery or support of a group who chose to out the evils of our government/military. There is comfort and safety in numbers. Many have committed acts of civil disobedience within the realm of safety in numbers. Support. They are on the streets.....many not of the military....some, yes. I applaud their actions.
This is not the same.

Hell, I've been on the streets. I didn't stop the war. I did nothing but hold a sign.

He is a man of integrity and principle. Alone.

He stands alone. He sits in a cell alone.

How many here among us would commit this act of heroism, knowing the consequences?
Think about it.

www.bradleymanning.org

peace~

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x74084

Yeah he's a real hero. 

He is a traitor plain and simple. Let's pretend for just one second that he was doing what you goons claim and exposing corruption. He went about it in the wrong way. If a soldier suspects corruption in the chain of command there are ways the military gives you to report those things too. You don't email classified documents to some foreigner like he did.

What amazes me is you goons wanted Bush shot at dawn for Valerie Plame being outed and this prick has helped out a whole list of people and he is somehow a hero.

notesdev (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Mon Dec-27-10 07:04 AM
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13. He does not stand alone   Updated at 6:45 AM
   
Every American who truly loves this country stands with him, allies of truth and justice.

I love my country and I stand against him because he betrayed my country. He abused his position to give out classified information to a foreigner.

Statistical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Mon Dec-27-10 05:36 PM
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83. Even if he exposed a coverup if he released classified material to unathorized persons he is guilty
   
and will spend rest of his life behind bars.

He had a lot of options.

* chain of command (the helicopter in question wasn't in his unit)
* JAG
* Inspector General
* Even writing to Congressman on Armed Services committee (would have clearance).

Exactly.

I don't mind that they worship him, so much as the fact they call him patriotic.
 

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[txradioguy]

Nowhere in the oath we take as members of the military does it say have the right to betray your country because you're pissed that you're working third shift in the TOC and you're upset because your boyfriend dumped you.

He's a POS traitor that deserves whatever is coming to him.

And considering the contempt the DUmmies feel for their country and their willingness to see us handed over to any thrid world dictator...it's no wonder they sympathize with the likes of Bradley Manning.

[compaqxp]

I found the website (www.bradleymanning.org) the was linked to be quite something, it's exactly as you would expect it.

[Airwolf]

Nowhere in the oath we take as members of the military does it say have the right to betray your country because you're pissed that you're working third shift in the TOC and you're upset because your boyfriend dumped you.

He's a POS traitor that deserves whatever is coming to him.

And considering the contempt the DUmmies feel for their country and their willingness to see us handed over to any thrid world dictator...it's no wonder they sympathize with the likes of Bradley Manning.

Hi 5

[DumbAss Tanker]

Bradley Manning chose to uphold the orders of the Constitution of the United States.

Another dyslexic idiot with delusions of admission to the shithouse-lawyer bar speaks out.

The oath mentions no 'orders of the Constitution,' it speaks of bearing true faith and allegience to defense of that governing document, but the orders to which the oath refers are the orders of the President and the descending chain of command, who indeed go to some lengths to issue orders in various forms which prohibit the unauthorized disclosure of classified information.

[JohnnyReb]

I found the website (www.bradleymanning.org) the was linked to be quite something, it's exactly as you would expect it.

Just went thru 6 pages of poor  Bradley Manning... MAN! What a fund raiser, skinner missed a golden opportunity there.

Lawyers smell money....The sharks are circling....

[true_blood]

Nowhere in the oath we take as members of the military does it say have the right to betray your country because you're pissed that you're working third shift in the TOC and you're upset because your boyfriend dumped you.
He's a POS traitor that deserves whatever is coming to him.
And considering the contempt the DUmmies feel for their country and their willingness to see us handed over to any thrid world dictator...it's no wonder they sympathize with the likes of Bradley Manning.

You said it txradioguy. They sympathize with a traitor, but yet, our military they despise.
Liberalism, a bad case of mental disorder.

[Karin]

I was just perusing that thread, and I came upon this:  First, a guy compliments another guy on his post:

Vattel (1000+ posts)      Mon Dec-27-10 12:58 PM
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36. Well-said: "America's only hope is the courage of more brave men like Bradley Manning to do their duty as ascribed in the pre-GWB Constitution."

The compliment-receiver took that and ran it into the most fatuous, self-regarding, preening, pompous posts:

90-percent  (1000+ posts)        Mon Dec-27-10 04:59 PM
Response to Reply #36
64. Thanks 
 I try to channel Hunter S. Thompson and Frank Zappa in to all my posts. And I was doing word salads years before Sarah Palin stole my riffs.

"The lights have to stay on us for a while because the people in power cant be trusted because of what they've done in the last decade."

I strive to toss a post salad as concisely as Michael Moore does when he speaks. Others I find magnificent at compressing complex issues into understandable terms are Elizabeth Warren and Alan Grayson. Thom Hartman, Max Keiser, Cenk, Bill Moyers etc. Theres some people out there good at that and Michael Moore has been one of them.
 

I dunno, it just kinda stunned me.  Completely off-topic, while they're all having divine worship at the feet of Brad. 

[true_blood]

I dunno, it just kinda stunned me.  Completely off-topic, while they're all having divine worship at the feet of Brad. 

That was a bit off topic, huh? Too much bong.