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The Northerner

(5,040 posts) Tue Feb 7, 2012, 03:10 PM Feb 2012

'If Obama wins Nobel prize, why shouldn't Manning?'

U.S. soldier Bradley Manning, who is now awaiting a court martial trial on suspicion of passing data to whistleblower Wikileaks, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. An Icelandic Parliamentary group put him forward, saying he exposed corruption and war crimes. Clark Stoeckley, an activist for Manning's cause, thinks the accused deserves the prize more than Barack Obama deserved his.

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'If Obama wins Nobel prize, why shouldn't Manning?' (Original Post) The Northerner Feb 2012 OP

Obama has fought his entire life to make the world a better place Renew Deal Feb 2012 #1

Everybody seems to forget him assaulting a female soldier. TheWraith Feb 2012 #2

Renew Deal

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1. Obama has fought his entire life to make the world a better place

Reply to The Northerner (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 03:21 PM

Feb 2012

Manning is a soon to be convicted criminal with violent tendencies.

TheWraith

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2. Everybody seems to forget him assaulting a female soldier.

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 04:27 PM

Feb 2012

Which is why the military was in the process of kicking him out when he decided to steal the classified data.

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