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‘Democracy Now!’: Rowley on Afghanistan; Greenwald on ManningPosted on Mar 3, 2011
Thursday’s edition of “Democracy Now!” featured two prominent journalists (well, three, including host Amy Goodman), Rick Rowley and Glenn Greenwald, commenting on two timely and pressing news stories. By way of a preview, here’s a quote from Rowley on his chosen subject, the war in Afghanistan: “By every measurable means, the U.S. is losing the war there now. ...” Tune in below for more from Rowley, as well as from Greenwald on the plight of Pfc. Bradley Manning. —KA Democracy Now!: Clip 1: Rick Rowley on Afghanistan: Clip 2: Glenn Greenwald on Bradley Manning:
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By fearnotruth, March 5, 2011 at 7:13 am Link to this comment
of course this man should be freed on bail or whatever, ASAP, for basic
humanitarian justice and in order that he be permitted to tell his story publicly
which would serve all ‘people’ everywhere
but, it will not happen, mainly because the myth surrounding his case is more
useful to the soulless ‘non-people’ intelligence goons’ ongoing Wikileaks psy-
op than is the truth - Pfc Manning, most likely, is not a witting participant in
the psy-op, he is being used mercilessly
all sympathy goes to this poor chap - the global intelligence nexus uses its
assets until they are no longer useful - the myth is more useful as such, no
different than OBL - confirmed dead since 2002 - yet the useful myth is given
everlasting life
at day’s end who can say if pundit Greenwald and/or host Goodman are witting
or unwitting - the Wikileaks psy-op works because the MSM is known to lie, so
progressives clamor for the ‘truth’, which the ‘leaks’ are purported to reveal -
ultimately they are the perfect vehicle for ‘deflective source disinformation’
the proof is in the fact that no CIA/MI6/Mossad intelligence nexus ops are
reveled, nor is any of the heinous ‘wet work’ of Blackwater XE, integral to
perpetuating the rolling black-op/psy-op that is the Global War of Terror
what’s in the ‘leaks’ is fuel to propel the flight forward of the globalists’
Report thisagenda: demonization of ME regimes that have outlived their usefulness and
must be deposed (e.g. Egypt, Tunisia, Libya) and replaced with more pliant
puppets; and, ‘raison’ to launch on Iran and Pakistan
By sallysense, March 4, 2011 at 12:09 pm Link to this comment
(A letter sent to officials and the president.)
Dear Sir,
My duty as an American citizen, who cares deeply about our country and people, is to speak up for the sake of our country and its principles, which are for truth and justness and human decency.
My conscience is speaking on behalf of Private 1st Class Bradley E. Manning, a soldier being held in inhumane conditions in the United States Marine Corps Quantico Brig in Virgina. The reports of the conditions of his confinement are un-American. They resemble the conditions found in repressed countries using inhumane treatment, those same conditions that United States leaders are quick to call horrible and deplorable.
Our country needs the truth for its own betterment. Intelligence agencies which also consist of Wall Street lawyers and corporate heads, and whose influences steer towards manipulating the playing field to where their own best interests come first, have already wreaked havoc upon the state of our country.
We suffer the loss of our soldiers’ lives and health in wars where their enemies are the same fighters that our intelligence agency encouraged and funded years ago, being formed overseas to fight another country in an earlier era.
Just as Church and State do not mix well, neither does the Military and Wall Street Corporatism. And no matter how hard a higher echelon of ties, tries to hide those enmeshments, it still shows. We don’t have to look far to see the effects it has had.
Our country’s lifetime has gotten to the point where its health now needs the truth for its future well-being. Nothing else will be able to continue to replace that. See the facts for yourself. There are those of high level status who remain in denial, believing that they can ultimately manipulate situations into some sort of silver lining, while failing to realize that their own denial does our country no good.
Our country needs its people’s conscientiousness. It needs its people exposing the truth. Our country does not deserve to become known as the quick cover-up capital of the world. Nor does it deserve to be influenced into being another inhumane treatment facilitator either. For those ways and means to become a policy of our country’s officials, just shows the weakness of conscience, which falls by following the methods of repressed lesser countries, rather than leading the way through the strength of truth and fairness.
No human deserves inhumane treatment. And no one in our country who exposes the truth deserves inhumane treatment. And our military does not deserve inhumane treatment amongst one another.
Truth is not our country’s enemy. Falsehoods may consider the truth to be an enemy, but our country and its principles don’t. Our country’s principles need the truth. For without the truth, our country’s principles will cease to be.
All around the world there are humans being persecuted for exposing the truth. When there is a human in the Quantico Brig in Virginia being persecuted for exposing the truth, it just shows how well lies have taken hold. And our country and military and citizens don’t deserve that.
You Sir, are in a position to intervene and stop the unfair and inhumane treatment of Pvt. Manning, and righten that unconstitutional dire situation. You Sir, are in a position to show our country, and the rest of world, that the United States Military is not like the military of repressed lesser countries.
You Sir, are in a position to let our country and the world see, that you are on the side of truth and decency.
Please intervene to stop the unfair and inhumane treatment of Private 1st Class Bradley E. Manning.
Sincerely,
Sally Kline
(Had posted this elsewhere and would like to share it here too.)
Report thisBy Peter Knopfler, March 4, 2011 at 12:20 am Link to this comment
I like Greenwald, although He seems to be the only one
Report thiscovering the Manning story, unfortunately behind
military closed doors they know Greenwald is A GAY man,
and so is Manning, so for the military it´s just
another “hard on” for manning! “You know how gays
whine! My suggestions in THE SREET DEMAND MANNINGS
RELEASE TO A CIVILIAN GROUP!´REHAB for Manning.
Greenwald just another guy who cares. GET IN THE STREET
WHERE YOU GET THINGS DONE!