Chelsea Manning: Killing

Chelsea Manning is United States Army soldier and whistleblower. Explore interesting quotes on killing.

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“As the late Howard Zinn once said, "There is not a flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people."”

Chelsea Manning

Letter to Barack Obama (2013)

“In our zeal to kill the enemy, we internally debated the definition of torture. We held individuals at Guantanamo for years without due process. We inexplicably turned a blind eye to torture and executions by the Iraqi government. And we stomached countless other acts in the name of our war on terror.”

Chelsea Manning

Letter to Barack Obama (2013)

“I initially agreed with these methods and chose to volunteer to help defend my country. It was not until I was in Iraq and reading secret military reports on a daily basis that I started to question the morality of what we were doing. It was at this time I realized that (in) our efforts to meet the risk posed to us by the enemy, we have forgotten our humanity. We consciously elected to devalue human life both in Iraq and Afghanistan. When we engaged those that we perceived were the enemy, we sometimes killed innocent civilians. Whenever we killed innocent civilians, instead of accepting responsibility for our conduct, we elected to hide behind the veil of national security and classified information in order to avoid any public accountability.”

Chelsea Manning

Letter to Barack Obama (2013)