Quote Originally Posted by Haloti92 View Post
Not shooting the messenger, imo.

I also think it is naïve to think foreign policy does not involve 95% of the things on that list for every/any country. All countries spy. All countries threaten, cajole, attempt to assert their own self-interest. No country publishes every cable/communication/message or effort that it makes in terms of asserting its own self-interest, especially if controversial.

It is not reasonable to expect a country to refrain from spying, colluding, threatening or keeping secrets.

The only things that are truly objectionable are illegal acts that are covered up or not punished, and I do not see many, if any, of those.

Manning deserves what he got, imo.
Couldn't agree more.