It would seem that a lie travels at the speed of sound
- but the truth travels at the speed of light
A world without Bradley Manning...Would you really want to live there? Think that over for a moment...We would not know hwat really went on - and continues - in Iraq. We would have no idea what our elected officials did and said in our names. And the view from abroad: Manning's act of conscience served to confirm many nations' worst fears and in this sense, perhaps provided a form of grassroots diplomatic leverage. When Manning opened the tap and let the information flow, he changed the world. And America just hates it when an individual citizen takes it into his/her head to change the world. After all if we are a beacon of light to the world, what happens when the beacon lights up the darkest corners of its own source?
A brace of links that will lead you all over the earth. Don't worry about footprints: they help destroy your trail...or in Manning's case, the trial...
www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/colombian_gm_employees_sew_mouths_shut_in_protest_20120816/
www.truthdig.com/report/item/criminalizing_dissent_20120813/
- KBOO