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kpete

(71,996 posts)
Mon Feb 6, 2012, 07:35 PM Feb 2012

Bradley Manning for Nobel Peace Prize?

Bradley Manning for Nobel Peace Prize?


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from rt...
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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Bradley Manning for Nobel Peace Prize? (Original Post) kpete Feb 2012 OP
Excellent!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2012 #1
Bush was also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. TheWraith Feb 2012 #2
Your love; greiner3 Feb 2012 #3
Supporting a woman-beater for the Nobel Peace Prize... TheWraith Feb 2012 #10
You're too late izquierdista Feb 2012 #4
Do you know for sure whether Manning is pretending? JDPriestly Feb 2012 #7
Uh, they released the data publicly. Dramatic lack of war crimes. nt TheWraith Feb 2012 #9
Do you have a link? JDPriestly Feb 2012 #11
Yes! Cali_Democrat Feb 2012 #5
I've been saying this all along...... joanbarnes Feb 2012 #6
THAT would go a long way toward redemption for the Nobel committee. bvar22 Feb 2012 #8
K&R midnight Feb 2012 #12
A local Oklahoma anti-war group nominated Manning for the Nobel avebury Feb 2012 #13

TheWraith

(24,331 posts)
2. Bush was also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Mon Feb 6, 2012, 07:45 PM
Feb 2012

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.

TheWraith

(24,331 posts)
10. Supporting a woman-beater for the Nobel Peace Prize...
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 04:29 PM
Feb 2012

...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)
4. You're too late
Mon Feb 6, 2012, 10:33 PM
Feb 2012

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)
7. Do you know for sure whether Manning is pretending?
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 02:06 PM
Feb 2012

Have you seen the evidence? Do you have a jury's decision?

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
8. THAT would go a long way toward redemption for the Nobel committee.
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 03:32 PM
Feb 2012

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)
13. A local Oklahoma anti-war group nominated Manning for the Nobel
Fri Feb 10, 2012, 11:36 AM
Feb 2012

Peace Prize and people are going ape-shi** over it. It will be fun to watch.

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