To: Olog-hai
Ok, so what I’ve learned from this thread is that Manning is a traitor and Snowden is not, because Manning is gay and Snowden is not.
Gotcha.
To: Strategerist
Ok, so what Ive learned from this thread is that Manning is a traitor and Snowden is not, because Manning is gay and Snowden is not. Gotcha. Gay or not Manning was in uniform and that alone makes this a whole different ballgame.
14 posted on
07/26/2013 12:24:31 PM PDT by
KirbDog
To: Strategerist
Manning did what he did because he threw a hissyfit over Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (a policy he knew was in place when he took the job).
Snowden did what he did because he threw a hissyfit that Obama wasn’t living up to some of his promises to leftists (he took the job to exact his revenge).
Both sound queer to me.
To: Strategerist; KirbDog; Starstruck
It's not gay or not gay. Neither is it uniform or no uniform.
It's about the information revealed.
Manning revealed massive amounts of general war-time information, that included information helpful to our enemies, and very little content that indicated inappropriate behavior by the military.
Snowden on the other hand is a mixed bag.
- Snowden revealed government spying on American citizens without a warrant, with very little oversight by a secretive court that only hears the government side. This represents an unconstitutional search and invasion of privacy. For revealing this, Snowden should be considered a hero and a defender of the average citizen.
- But Snowden unfortunately didn't stop there. He also revealed government spying on China and the EU including generalized techniques. That wasn't unconstitutional and revealing that is traitorous.
19 posted on
07/26/2013 12:42:26 PM PDT by
DannyTN
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