Bradley Manning - Prison
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- colin_s0
it doesn't take much scholarly effort to recognize the patterns of america's empire and how it's currently on the downswing. history repeating and all that.
what will be unfortunate, at some point in time, is when it does crumble - whether it be by foreign advance or civil war - the devastation could far outlast the potential consequences of the conflict.
empires throughout history have come and gone, but america is aiming to be the second in the nuclear age (the first being the USSR). russia is barely holding on to stability at this point, but it was never a global financial contributor the way the united states is. a superpower change in this era will have massive effects across the board. i'd reckon it wouldn't be a new "dark age," but it'd likely be close.
this is all just to comment on the more the truth becomes the enemy and those who represent it are prosecuted, the fact that people like ted cruz have a shot at a presidential race (or, for that matter, the fact barack obama ever got elected) we're representing less and less the designs of a free republic and more an ideological dictatorship.
manning did break the law, and yes, he should be prosecuted. but in a system that would actually declare a fair justice, bush, cheney and rumsefeld should be held equally accountable. but the military might of america is so far beyond a weapon the world has ever seen that it will be a sad day when the world sees what it actually does, when those prescribed power start losing control.
- Empires do come and go, but there doesn't have to be devestating end, there can simply be a shift in power.wagshaft
- true, but in the end, everything built falls.colin_s
- Except the internet!nb
- It's always a devastating end for empires, the difference is the time span. An empire can suffer 200 years or die in 1 year.Beeswax
- UK?wagshaft