Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years

Re:Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years by nhangen on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @01:47PM (#6252079)

I'm not going to take the bait and allow you to define that default behavior for Soldiers as that of a civilian killer.

The Soldiers know what they sign up for, and if you've never been scared for your life in a combat zone, I'd argue that you lack the perspective to that claim.

If a Soldier doesn't feel comfortable with their mission, they have many ways of dealing with it that do not involve being gagged by their superiors.

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Re:Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years by monsterix on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @05:27PM (#6253408)

I hope you'll agree that the discussion on the parent thread was about newbies joining the army and not about Soldiers who are through with their training and know the many ways of 'dealing' with it.

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Re:Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years by nhangen on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @07:22PM (#6253968)

I don't agree that there is a need to separate them. They are thoroughly indoctrinated going in, and during basic training. New Soldiers are given a battle buddy to watch over them, and a team leader to watch over them, and a squad leader, platoon leader, etc. Sorry, but it's just not there.

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Re:Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years by monsterix on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @08:15PM (#6254210)

So you mean set of people who are yet to join the army are the same as the set of people who are already in the army? :-)

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