Peter Van Buren asks: Would You Have Chelsea Manning’s Courage When Called?

Chelsea will be free in May!

With more than a little irony, while I was in Iraq working for the State Department, Chelsea Manning’s office was across the hall from mine. While I was winning the war by writing emails to the embassy, Manning was across the hall capturing the texts of hundreds of thousands of State Department cables, famously released by Wikileaks, showing that was could never be won.

My war in Iraq ended in near-complete failure. What Manning did will have an impact far beyond that terrible struggle. In this video, I ask the question of why I didn’t do what Manning did, and challenge the audience: when faced with history, would you have the courage to do what Manning did?

I didn’t.

Skip ahead to about 2:30

2 thoughts on “Peter Van Buren asks: Would You Have Chelsea Manning’s Courage When Called?”

  1. A brave admission. But you weren’t the only one. But Pfc Manning is the only one… THE hero of the Iraq war.

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