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VFP Applauds Bradley Manning!"I felt I accomplished something that would allow me to have a clear conscience.” Bradley Manning has shown us once again that he is a hero. On Thursday, February 28, he made a profound and historic statement to a military court and to the world. Reading from prepared notes for over an hour, Bradley detailed how he released classified military and government documents to Wikileaks, and he explained why he did so. I believed if the public, particularly the American public, could see this it could spark a debate on the military and our foreign policy in general as it applied to Iraq and Afghanistan. It might cause society to reconsider the need to engage in counter terrorism while ignoring the human situation of the people we engaged with every day.... I felt I accomplished something that would allow me to have a clear conscience.” What Manning released through Wikileaks was evidence of the regular killing of civilians by US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the regular cover-up of these war crimes. The Iraq War Logs and the Afghan War Diaries also revealed that military and civilian leaders were lying to the U.S. people when they presented rosy assessments of the progress of those wars.<More> WWII Veteran Will Pool, member of Chapter 72 in Portland Oregon is interviewed by former Board member, Dan Shea also a member of Chapter 72. |
CalendarMar 17 - Mar 26, 2013 - SOA Delegation to El Salvador Mar 19 - Anniversary of Iraq War Apr 4 - 28 - April Days of Action – A Political Uprising to Stop Drone Spying & Killing Apr 5 - 7 - Historians Against War National Conference Apr 17 - Apr 23, 2013 - SOA Delegation to Paraguay Apr 17 - 18, 2013 - Truth and Justice: The 2013 Summit on Military Sexual Violence in Washington DC led by Service Women's Action Network Apr 18 - May 2, 2013 Annual VFP Tour to Viet Nam Apr 22 - Submission Deadline for Summer Edition of VFP Newspaper May 19 - May 27, 2013 - SOA Delegation to US Border/Mexico Aug 6 - 11, 2013 - VFP National Convention in Madison, WI Sept 21 - National Day of Peace Sep 22 - Submission Deadline for Fall Edition of VFP Newspaper Nov 11 - Armistice Day VFP Action AlertsContact your U.S. Senators and ask them to vote against John Brennan's nomination to head the CIA February, 2013 Sign the Daniel Ellsberg's petition to Free Bradley Manning February, 2013 VFP in the Media
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