Posted on 12/26/2011 2:06:21 PM PST by TBBT
Fox News is the latest news organization to pick up on the revelation, first reported by AIM, that Ron Paul had praised WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning as a hero and patriot. Directly referring to WikiLeaks and Army soldier Bradley Manning being held in detention, Paul said, “Should he be locked up in prison or should we see him as a political hero? Maybe he is a true patriot—who reveals what’s going on in government.” The comment drew strong applause from Paul supporters.
Video of the event, officially posted by Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty organization, also shows the Republican presidential candidate, now rising or perhaps leading in the polls in Iowa, attacking the CIA and its treatment of terrorists.
Paul “let his mask of semi-respectability fall when he praised Bradley Manning, accused traitor,” wrote Washington Post “Right Turn” blogger Jennifer Rubin.
A conservative view of Manning, who had been an Army intelligence analyst in Iraq, was expressed in strong language by columnist Deroy Murdock. He said Manning “should be court-martialed for espionage and treason.” He added, “If convicted, he should be placed against a wall and executed by firing squad” He said the same goes for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, if he is extradited to stand trial here.
Manning, a homosexual Army soldier with “gender identity” problems, has just undergone a preliminary hearing which could lead to a court-martial, where evidence was produced showing his collaboration with Assange and WikiLeaks. The charges against Manning include aiding the enemy in violation of Article 104 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. However, the prosecution team has announced that it is not seeking the death penalty.
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Romney needs Paul to be successful. Romney’s numbers stay the same pretty much no matter what so he needs as many of the ‘not Romney’s’ to split the vote as much as possible. Romney will do better if Paul does better. It also makes people overlook Romney’s flaws when compared to Paul. If Conservatives wake up to how bad Paul is and the vote is less split up, Romney is more likely to go down.
I am troubled by post #34.
I’ll stop causing trouble for a while, while I try to figure out what that’s about. Besides, gotta eat.
Good going at it with y’all anyway. Slow day otherwise.
Merry Christmas FR.
FReegards.
If Romney and Paul were the only 2 left standing, Paul would perform a saint canonizing type miracle...he would make Romney seem almost Reaganesque.
I agree that the ideology in #34 is troubling. At first some may think ‘of course, the government should be completely open’ but then in the consideration of national security some secrets are vital- and Manning directly attacked those vital secrets. What he revealed outed clandestine agents and put a lot of lives at risk. This is more than just exposing corruption, this is about putting service men and women’s lives on the line- people who are fighting for us may have died due to Manning’s leaks.
This is very disturbing.
This comes from the line that some of Paul’s mentors (like Rothbard) crossed where it really is anarchy- the belief there is no need at all for the nation-state. I don’t think Paul goes this far but he certainly makes military and national security issues a gray area in regards to this.
Considering he is applying for the job of Commander in Chief of the US Armed Forces, this should be a complete deal killer.
Then you don't have courage in your (supposedly conservative) convictions, just as Paul didn't have the courage to phrase his despicable utterance as a declarative statement.
To every person with the simple courage to call a spade a spade, it's clear that Paul praised that worthless traitor.
I dunno.
On another thread I see on the rotation right now, the topic includes how much hard intelligence was softly landed onto an Iran runway recently.
That’s an intelligence disaster. Manning, I don’t know myself what he divulged. I think Paul was being his usual let it all hand out self.
Paul is a veteran I just learned...
I'm afraid military service says nothing about ideology. George McGovern was a B-24 bomber pilot who flew missions over Germany, missions that inflicted an almost 50% death rate out of all the aircrews that served. Benedict Arnold was an important general without whose vital victories over British forces, these United States might not exist.
BTW, George Bush Senior was the youngest bomber pilot in WWII and barely escaped being eaten by the Japanese after being shot down near Chichi Jima.
Give me a break. Even if you failed to follow the Manning/Wikileaks story when it first broke, you should clearly be able to see from the amount of sparks flying over this, that Paul has committed an egregious transgression of trust in the eyes of most conservatives.
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