What did Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning think was going to happen? That the US military and power structure was going to say, "oops, my bad"? There's what's right and then there's what's real. Being right can also make you very dead, or very imprisoned. Is it ever worth it to martyr yourself?
We ought to be thanking Assange & Manning. The US Military's collateral murders can't be condoned. Without T Manning/Assange we would be unaware of the Military's crass disregard for human life. Too many people were killed in a very fucked up war for oil.
I will not vote/support for any politician that voted for that war.
sadly, most ppl could not care less.