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-- our attack, invasion and occupation are illegal under US and international law;
-- war crimes, including murder, torture, and targeted assassinations happen daily;
-- civilian men, women, and children are willfully targeted;
-- since October 2001, millions of Afghans have been killed, injured or displaced, their country perhaps the most hellish anyway, devastated by decades of war, deep poverty, depravation, and unimaginable human suffering, mostly caused by America;
-- the same holds for Iraq, Pakistan, and nations where Washington wages proxy wars; and
-- our presence and imperial aims cause harm, not Manning or WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, exposing truths the public has a right and need to know.
They deserve praise, not prosecutions, compliments, not condemnation, and accolades, not accusations. They're heros, risking personal harm to disclose disturbing truths, what government and media reports suppress, sanitize and distort, letting warlords plunder lawlessly so war profiteers can cash in, Americans the worse off for it.
In his August 4 Anti-Empire Report (http://www.killinghope.org), author William Blum asked:
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