2012-08-16, 02:55 PM
Satellite Wrote:US hid this,
[video=youtube;5rXPrfnU3G0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXPrfnU3G0[/video]
I find it damn gullible to think that what has been leaked so far is all that US is hiding in their "secret" files. Or some other country. Bradley Manning is sitting in jail right now, for exposing the truth that elements in US government tried to hide. Manning should not be sitting there, those soldiers who killed innocent civilians should. Winners write history, but in reality both sides tend to make war crimes.
I already mentioned the video. Yes, they should of just come clean instead of sweeping it under the rug. If you actually read the facts about the incident then you would understand why it happened. Lack of info and intel can get people killed. Those reporters didn't let any of us know they would be there, in an area known for enemy activity. Not to mention they weren't wearing anything to identify them as members of the press. And some of the people traveling with them were armed. The pilots acted according to protocol. At the time we didn't know they were civilians. Yes, a mistake was made that costed lives, but that's just a sad fact of war. People are making it seem like the killed them in cold blood "BWaha, civilians, lets kill them". It was an accident. pomegranate happens. They should of never hid it.
As for Bradley Manning, he's sitting in jail because he's a monumental dumbass and broke the law and violated the Uniformed Code of Military Justice. Let's say he never leaked the documents, but still copied and such He still would of gone to jail. Here in the Army (Yes, I am a soldier, you're not) we take security seriously, even if it's just grandma's cupcake recipe on a secret network. He accessed a secret network, use unauthorized software on that network (those charges alone can get all your rank taken away and possibly discharged from the military and your security clearance revoked). Then he used the software to illegally copy software to an external storage media ( which is another charge) and then leaked it. Don't try to make this "He exposed the truth about, blah blah blah" He deliberately committed (he thought about it, knew the consequences and still went ahead and did it) a crime. And he deserves jail time and he SHOULD be sitting there. If you still think he's some sort of hero, then, as I said before, you're just as stupid as he is. Get the facts straight and get off that bandwagon.
Oh and by the way, the term "Secret" is used as a classification label (Confidential, Secret, Top Secret) used to protect information from being used to endanger or damage national security. Everyone and their mothers know there are files on there.