[monsterix]

> What exactly was Bradley Manning trying to whistleblow about?

Seen collateral murder [1]?

> Its hard to say that that is not treason.

Really? It's so easy to kill the messenger. Not to bring in the emotional aspect of this typical power structure vs. single human issue here, but then treason would be the last word I'd want to use for the guy who uncovered killing of innocents and wrong doings of some (I think most soldiers are not trigger-happy rather good people who love peace) stupid crazy soldiers in our army (who should be behind bars instead!).

Let's not forget that we pay the bills for all this.

[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXPrfnU3G0

[pfisch]

When wars happen there is collateral damage and innocent people will be in the crossfire. We all knew this. We also already know we are fighting wars on behalf of oil companies like we always have. A lot of America's power has come from the exploitation of other countries, this is how America has functioned for at least 100 years. None of this is really unconstitutional but it is immoral.

When you join the military you are pretty much agreeing to proactively aid in this whether you are aware of the reality of America or not. Lots of information about how the US behaves is readily available.

He just released tons of classified information with very vague intent because he didn't like what the US does. This was not really a whistle blower situation because we basically already knew this stuff was happening and it isn't unconstitutional. We voted for the Iraq war because the populace is not really very smart. It is what it is though.

[monsterix]

Okay if all of this is known and understood then Manning is not even a whistleblower by any definition. Why crucify for a crime that never occurred?