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Please do anything you can--write a letter to the editor; hold a fund-raiser house party; write Obama, the Secretary of Defense, the Chief of Staff of the US Army. We mustn't let this wonderful man spend nearly his whole adult life in prison, which is what the prosecution is asking for; if he really did expose such horrendous rot, he deserves a medal for it.
https://www.bradleymanning.org/
Thanks for reminding folks about this.
He is exposing the treason of the House & Senate members, and presidents; who have/are not upholding their oath of office to protect and defend our country, Constitution and rights; from enemies foreign AND DOMESTIC!
If we don't stand up for him; we don't stand for the American value of requiring congress to declare "War", before sending a single armed force into battle.
We are all complicit for the murder, and harm of every single person; done in every strike-first mission of choice; if we stand silent; not requiring a change to the policies and funding which enable this.
The bravery Bradley showed us is astounding. Willing to sacrifice his personal safety, to share the truth of how our military is being forced to conduct itself in the way that "Collateral Murder" demonstrated.
I played that video on my laptop, to the City Councils of Santa Rosa and Sebastopol, and the Sonoma Country Board of Supervisors. Having been informed by myself, and others for the last 9 years, that by also not upholding their oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution on this, they as well, are guilty of treason; by not requiring the domestic enemies who voted for these policies and funding, to call for an end to this conduct.
It is a disservice to every single service man and woman; to not insist each mission is moral, just, and Constitutional. For the record, The War Powers Act, was/is a "work around" the Constitution, not an amendment. Every military action since WW II has been unconstitutional; continuation of this, does not make it legal or justified.
What this president has done in Libya, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia; is even a greater crisis of the Constitutional requirement for a declaration of war. Congress has willingly abdicated its power, to allow for the killing of perceived threats, with no due process! A policy soon to be "legal" for the same treatment of Americans, just like Manning and me; for the "crime" of naming the domestic enemies, who have been elected to serve US, and the Constitution; as well as, those devising illegal strategies for these unjust missions.
The majority of us know we were lied to for the reasons of going to "war" in Iraq and Afghanistan; and yet a decade later, and not much has been changed to acknowledge the truth, and correct the policies which allow it to continue.
Israel, and one of the top war criminals of all, Dick Cheney; continue to push us to strike-first "war" on Iran. If you stand silent, we may all end up radioactive.
I will settle for holding those at the top of the chain of command accountable in court; and seek the penalty of jail, not death, as is in the Constitution.
As for every other elected official not upholding their oath; it's time for a re-call, and work to ensure the unseating all un-constitutional incumbents.
99% of the voting US citizens, making this their top priority; will find the victory quite sweet, of dis-arming all acts of unconstitutional war. The cost of building our strength through peace, is far less in every way; than how we conduct optional conflicts; as Manning exposed.
The additional pay off having a Department of DEFENSE only, not offense; is effectiveness. It removes the reason for our enemies to act with aggression towards us.
Our country grossly needs an intervention; we are the ones who can do it.
The world, and Bradly Manning, cannot wait for you all to act. Use your voice, vote and all peaceful actions needed, each day; until we are all free from the tyranny of an unconstitutional "commander in chief", and we can wash this blood from our hands.
Bradly Manning, the inheritable future, and I are counting on you. Will you be brave enough to take the needed action, each day; until we restore adherence to the Constitution; and build peace - through justice, and human rights for all?
:waccosun: Patriotically in PEACE!,
Colleen Fernald
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