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Bradley Manning for Nobel Peace Prize?
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The name of Private Bradley Manning - a U.S. soldier accused of passing classified material to the whistle blowing website Wikileaks has consistently made it into the headlines, mostly in connection with his trial. But now his name is now on a different list - that of over 200 nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize. His nomination was put forward by the parliamentary group called "The Movement" in the Icelandic Parliament. One of its members Birgitta Yonsdottir says Manning deserves the nomination because it's not a crime to blogger-whistle on war-crimes.
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RKP5637
(67,111 posts)TheWraith
(24,331 posts)Being "nominated" means absolutely nothing--it means someone stood up and said "I nominate so and so!" It has absolutely NO weight in terms of the Nobel committee.
"because it's not a crime to blogger-whistle on war-crimes."
Actually, it IS a crime to steal classified data. Even if you pretend it involves war crimes.
greiner3
(5,214 posts)Of all things liberal just shines forth in every post!
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)...on the grounds that he stole classified data which revealed nothing particularly untoward... that's the new purity test for liberalism? Huh.
izquierdista
(11,689 posts)All those allied soldiers who looted the Reichstag, no one is ever going to prosecute them for stealing your precious "classified data".
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Have you seen the evidence? Do you have a jury's decision?
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)I was out of town and may have missed that report. Thanks.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)joanbarnes
(1,722 posts)bvar22
(39,909 posts)Who better for a Peace Prize than someone who risks their life, freedom, & livelihood exposing WAR Criminals and WAR Profiteers?
Bradley Manning has MY vote.
You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.
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avebury
(10,952 posts)Peace Prize and people are going ape-shi** over it. It will be fun to watch.