The Manning trial

I haven't been so active at THE HUFFINGTON POST lately.  There isn't much I can say about the sequestering crisis, except that Obama should have gone "over the cliff" last month instead of making Dubya's tax cuts permanent for all but the richest 1% of Americans.  Obama's the kind of negotiator who demands half a loaf, will settle for a quarter loaf, but in an pinch will settle for an eighth loaf, not unlike Bill Clinton.  That compromise seems likely to be remembered as the last appeasement before the policy was finally abandoned, which will be depressing. (A bit like the 1938 Munich agreement.)

Just lately I became active again writing about (surprise, surprise!) Bradley Manning's trial.  When certain people write posts like "He aided the enemy and should be shot!" I've taken to replying "How did he specifically aid the enemy?" They respond with lines like "You've got to be kidding!" but they hardly ever answer my question.

I've also been reading about the trial at the website run by the British newspaper THE GUARDIAN.  Many of its reports and articles are about British stuff, but it's done a better job of reporting the Manning case than American newspapers like THE NEW YORK TIMES.  Most of the Englishmen who post in that site's forums seem to support Manning.