Outrageously inhuman. Is this Iran, China or Myanmar? No, it's USA. So disappointing and disheartening to realize that in this world, nothing is as it seems. 

don't be disheartened my friend. come along to my chomsky group (see activitives) and get involved. resist, speak out and spread an 'active presense' (gerald vizenor) around you to inspire others to do the same. 

thank you for commenting on my post.

Daniel Ellsberg (Pentagon Papers fame) had this to say which is a condemnation of Obummer: 

President Obama tells us that he's asked the Pentagon whether the conditions of confinement of Bradley Manning, the soldier charged with leaking state secrets, "are appropriate and are meeting our basic standards. They assure me that they are."

If Obama believes that, he'll believe anything. I would hope he would know better than to ask the perpetrators whether they've been behaving appropriately. I can just hear President Nixon saying to a press conference the same thing: "I was assured by the White House Plumbers that their burglary of the office of Daniel Ellsberg's doctor in Los Angeles was appropriate and met basic standards."

When that criminal behaviour ordered from the Oval Office came out, Nixon faced impeachment and had to resign. Well, times have changed. But if President Obama really doesn't yet know the actual conditions of Manning's detention – if he really believes, as he's said, that "some of this [nudity, isolation, harassment, sleep-deprivation] has to do with Private Manning's wellbeing", despite the contrary judgments of the prison psychologist – then he's being lied to, and he needs to get a grip on his administration.

If he does know, and agrees that it's appropriate or even legal, that doesn't speak well for his memory of the courses he taught on constitutional law.

The Rev. William Alberts had this to say about Manning and the real enemy: http://counterpunch.org/alberts03112011.html

And many more: http://www.google.com/search?q=bradley+manning&domains=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.counterpunch.org&sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.counterpunch.org

Not at all surprising in the land of the free (to torture & persecute) where the innocent John Walker Lindh is losing many years of his young life so that former Attorney Ashcroft could get some success: http://www.google.com/search?q=lynch&domains=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.counterpunch.org&sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.counterpunch.org#sclient=psy&hl=en&domains=http:%2F%2Fwww.counterpunch.org&sitesearch=http:%2F%2Fwww.counterpunch.org&q=american+taliban+john+walker&sitesearch=http:%2F%2Fwww.counterpunch.org&aq=1&aqi=g5&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=323b41dab96d1eee

The more things change....

And then you have to ask yourself whether Obummer is worse than Bush:

http://counterpunch.org/swanson03162011.html

It's a real tragedy. US should have garlanded him instead. That's the problem with US and it shows its hypocrisy.

I just hope that US authorities will treat him humane and according to the law. I don't ask for anything else. Let him live.

There are many sensible military lawyers, soldiers/officers and historians within the US military establishment. Equally public opinion is disgusted with the treatment. Unfortunately it appears the lunatics have taken over the assylum and Dr. Obama either doesn't care or is MIA.