12,783 days...306,803 hours...18,408,200 minutes...

[Gravitycollapse]

That's the length of time you must suffer if you knowingly divulge confidential evidence of US war crimes. That on top of the other forms of torture suffered upon you before conviction.

Jesus Christ, what have we done.

[hrmjustin]

1. Heartbreaking!

[TwilightGardener]

2. Probably shouldn't release hundreds of thousands of chunks of classified info that you signed up

to be entrusted with, then. Actions, they have consequences.

[kelliekat44]

3. ++1,000. nt

[Gravitycollapse]

4. "Actions, they have consequences." - Unless you're the state. Then actions have no consequences.

Excepting collateral damage on non-important human beings.

Good though. At least you are being transparent. Now I can add you to the list of people who support torturing suspects and covering up war crimes.

[CincyDem]

6. Or a corporation type person. n/t

[Egalitarian Thug]

16. Or from the right family. n/t

[sagat]

5. Correct.

+1.

[liberal_at_heart]

7. Maybe Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Wolfowitz shouldn't have conspired to start a war where men, women

and children lost their lives. Then Manning wouldn't have had a reason to leak those documents. Where's the consequences for them? Where's the consequences for being responsible for the death of thousands of people?

[Egnever]

8. Or at least stick to stealing the docs that you have the issue with and not thousands more

you havent even looked at.

I think the sentence was just. The kid was obviously going through a tough time in his life when he did this. He could have easily gotten the full 90 years and the judge would have been justified in giving it to him. As it sands he should be out in 7 years and hopefuly he will get some help in the meantime.

I think the sentence shows a lot of compassion on the judges part.

[Gravitycollapse]

10. "I think the sentence shows a lot of compassion on the judges part." - That's a joke, right?

You're joking. You must be joking. You're hilarious.

[Egnever]

11. blah blah blah

I am outraged ! blah blah

[Gravitycollapse]

12. Yeah, I'm pretty outraged that we just sentenced someone to more than third of a century...

in prison because they revealed US war crimes. Pretty fucking outraged.

Again, it seems the government apologists are acting gross and sadistic.

[Egnever]

15. you are a poopie butt blah blah

Excuse me while I dismiss your pathetic grasp of what happened here.

[Gravitycollapse]

17. You are mean spirited and should honestly be ashamed of your words.

That you are not disturbs me quite greatly.

[Egnever]

18. LOL

So it's fine for you to denigrate anyone you want but I call you poopie head and I should be ashamed.

[Gravitycollapse]

19. No, I don't give a shit if you call me a poopie head. Is that what you got out of this?

Reading comprehension, people.

I am calling you mean spirited for the way you are treating this issue. For the way you are essentially mocking a whistleblower who was just sentenced to spend the majority of the rest of his life behind bars for revealing war crimes to the public.

[Egnever]

22. Reading comprehension? That's rich

Coming from someone who repeatedly ignores the fact that Manning dumped thousands of documents he had no idea of what was contained within.

The fact that they happened to contain a couple of items you deem to be government misbehavior does not equal whistle blower.

They also put lots of peoples lives in danger but you cant comprehend that apparently. Sadly neither did manning cause he didnt even read them!

So yea he got off easy the judge recognized he was a screwed up kid and took mercy on him. He could have easily have sentenced him to the whole 90 years.

[Gravitycollapse]

24. "government misbehavior" - Apologist rhetoric aimed at diminishing the severity...

of the kind of crimes detailed in the information released.

That kind of mental wrangling is sick.

[Egnever]

28. Tell it to the 100's of afghans he exposed as working with the US

I am sure they will direct your comments right back at you.

[Gravitycollapse]

29. The lack of redaction is Wiki Leaks fault, not Manning.

So if you want to complain about the revealed informants, go to the people who revealed them to the public. Which was Wiki Leaks, not Manning.

[Egnever]

31. That has to be the weakest defense I have ever heard

it's not the leakers fault he leaked the names its the peoples who published the leaks.

It is exactly why he got the time he did. He endangered peoples lives by dumping info he hadn't even looked at regardless of the consequences.

He is a hero for releasing the info you think needed to be exposed but not at all responsible for the stuff that shouldnt have been. Do you even hear yourself?

[Summer Hathaway]

30. ...

"I am outraged ! blah blah."

You have just summed up, with incredible precision, the current state of DU as a whole.

[Gravitycollapse]

14. You're absolutely bonkers if you think 35 years is getting "off light."

[sabrina 1]

20. How about this ...

You probably SHOULD Lie your country into war, and you probably SHOULD sweep up hundreds of innocent people and throw them in your gulags where you torture them and even let your friend Rumsfeld watch some of the torture.

You probably SHOULD go to the wrong country, take control of their oil, but tell the people you're looking for WMDs, kill over a million human beings and totally destroy their country.

Because if you do all that, you will live in luxury for the rest of your life. You will be honored and praised for your 'patriotism'. You will receive a days long state funeral when you die and everyone will talk about what a what compassionate, kind, patriotic person you were.

One thing you will not do is go to jail.

.........

You probably shouldn't expose War Crimes because you will be called a traitor and sent to jail for decades.

America, what a country.

[Gravitycollapse]

21. Honestly, I want to meet these posters in person...

And see if they'd be willing to say such shameful things to a live audience.

The kind of mockery being thrown at Manning...it's sadistic. There's no better way to describe it.

[Egnever]

23. Let me know when you are in Vegas

I will be happy to sit with you and discuss it in front of anyone you choose.

[Gravitycollapse]

25. How old are you?

I'm actually asking a serious question. I'd like to know your age.

[Egnever]

26. Good lord

[Gravitycollapse]

27. Listen, if you're too afraid to give your age, you're likely not capable of meeting in person.

I'm asking nicely now. How old are you?

[Recursion]

9. There are Maldivians in jail for longer than that because of what he did

Still, keeping him in jail doesn't make anything better.