Comments on: Welcome To The Machine

By: wisewebwoman

wisewebwoman — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:47:43 +0000

Oh course these cretins wouldn’t recognize true courage if it bit them in the **s.
Brandon Neely is a true hero in every sense of the word. To rail against the machine takes untold courage not to mention the financial cost to him and his family.
XO
WWW

By: R J Adams

R J Adams — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:48:46 +0000

Jo – two relevant comments that I came across on websites, though in fairness they were written earlier last year in response to Brandon Neely’s evidence on prisoner abuse at Guantanamo, given to the CSHRA:

“It’s been a long time since I’ve called anyone a moron, but I can’t think of a better person to whom I should apply the label than Brandon Neely.”

and,

“I would assess Brandon Neely as a “weak sister” when it comes to being a member of the military.”

Both these quotes come from members of the US military. Hardly surprising, really.

By: Nevin

Nevin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:48:52 +0000

There is a slow but steady growth among the soldiers who are not very happy with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I would recommend everyone to check out the web sight of Iraq Veterans against the war. The winter soldier segment is very important. In fact on my web sight I put a link of a soldier speaking out against the war in general and his role as a soldier there….

If soldiers stopped fighting today, there would be no longer wars to fight!

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:27:44 +0000

I thought it was a brilliant story – are people in the US really denouncing it as cowardly?

Surely the cowardly position would be to know that what you did was wrong, but just keep quiet. Far, far braver to go up to the person you wronged, look them in the eye, and say “Sorry.”

By: Twilight

Twilight — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:08:17 +0000

That’s about as heartwarming as any story gets these days, RJ. Good on ‘em all!