Friday, March 11, 2011

Punishment: Exposing War Crimes > Committing War Crimes

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/03/201139154141620744.html
Benjamin, Media. "War crimes good, exposing them bad." Al Jazeera. Web.

A military officer, Bradley Manning, stationed in Kuwait was outraged at what he saw: his own fellow U.S officials secretly committing immoral acts from child rape to unauthorized bombings. After deciding to leak this information, the government was punished Manning rather than those committing war crimes. "None of the soldiers who carried out that war crime have been punished, nor have any of the high-ranking officials authorised it." "The Obama administration has decided to make Manning's pre-trial existence as torturous as possible." Considering the punishment he is receiving, he might as well have murdered the war criminals. This is why people do not trust the American government. Anarchy!

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