Ted Rall for August 02, 2013
August 01, 2013
August 05, 2013
Transcript:
Know your level. If PFC Bradley Manning had murdered Iraqi civilians, he'd be a hero. They'd give him medals. Instead, he ratted out his superiors (Who murdered Iraqi civilians). This makes him a traitor whose disloyalty threatens anarchy. If people obey their consciences and not the chain of command, society could collapse. (Hitler: Is Paris burning?) (Man: Sure! Almost certainly! No worries.) Which would be bad. (Man: I'm confused what about when the white house leaks to the press?) (Soldier: #2 can rat out #3 not #1 %$* slow learner!)
wcorvi over 10 years ago
If the government doesn’t have anything to hide, then the government doesn’t have anything to worry about, when it comes to leakers. eh?
JHAppel over 10 years ago
masterskrain – The Pentagon Papers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_Papers
erik.vanthienen over 10 years ago
And : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre
The Army and Government had less control then on what journalists wrote. But they learned …
Bilword over 10 years ago
That’s the way it is, just like Rall’s cartoon.
Motivemagus over 10 years ago
Zing! And interesting Nazi reference — Hitler demanded that Paris be burned, and his military chose not to do so. How shameful a comparison!
Helen Marshall over 10 years ago
Thank you Ted Rall.
Malcolm Hall over 10 years ago
My conservative friends thought that Obama would be soft on terrorists. He showed them. He’s more fascist than Bush.
Harrison_Bergeron over 10 years ago
That was a war that the US government and military deserved to lose. The entire thing was a goddamn holocaust, a war crime that should disgust any person who would claim to be a civilized human being.