Comments on: Bradley Manning’s speedy trial motion denied, despite nearly three years without trial

By: Jeff Paterson

Jeff Paterson — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:57:43 +0000

I remember reading that book while I awaited General Courts Martial for refusing to deploy to Iraq in 1990. If I were to write a similar book today, it’d be titled “Military Justice is About Military Discipline, Not Justice”. The upside is that broad public opinion does affect the pro/con equation for the military when they are weighing prosecution of military objectors.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:50:17 +0000

There was a book of the 1960′s with a title along the lines of “Military Justice is to Justice what Military Music is to Music”. Nothing else to say here, but this doesn’t look good–the Army is closing ranks institutionally, and understands that anything but a life sentence might open a can of worms about its less-than-zealous prosecution of anyone in command (AKA officers above the rank of Captain) who has been complicit in the many war crimes of the last ten years.