Sorry, never was Iraq specifically mentioned. I was merely commenting on how America gets drawn into so many conflicts that seem to have nothing to do with us. In the case of Iraq, to my knowledge, that was our own doing and did not involve allied action to initiate. Although in a convoluted manner it was related to retalitory action on Afganistan, but frankly not even I agree that the transition to Iraq was handled properly there.

In truth, this is entirely because of the different set of standards applied in the military than in the government. Politicians, save for the president and others with active roles in the military and politics both, are civilians held to civilian law. Manning is a soldier held to the UMCJ and as such is held to different expectations than Holder. Different expectations result in different outcomes, which is why Manning is in jail and on trial and Holder got his wrist slapped.

Little bit of education here. The US is involved in many of these "no attack" aggressions because while the enemy may not have attacked us, they have attacked US allies in the NATO organization. As a member of NATO we are obligated to come to the defense of other NATO members and shocking as it may seem, the US is considered the strongest military power in the NATO organization. This means that more times that not, the US is called upon to defend NATO members and thier allies.

One point of note; Since when is digging, creating a mine, or any other such manual labor unproductive or not "actual work"? Under your belief, what exactly qualifies as actual work? Please clarify.

I am not exactly sure how being the worlds #1 PC manufacturer qualifies HP's PC division as a "failed tech company".

Actually, the point I was trying to get across was that these photos are documented, real photos. Granted they are staged publicity shots for the data center owners. The originals with high res TIF versions are avialable here. This means that although they are the real facility, they are using lighting effects and such that are not present during normal operation.

That said, more realistic photos can be seen Here

Actually, this is a pretty well documented "green" datacenter. Covered by networkworld magazine and a host of others. It is not owned by wikileaks, they just host there.

It is highly likely the mother knew nothing of this man's criminal history. Last time I checked people didn't just go around background checking thier dates. Hell I dated a woman for 2 months before I even knew her last name, much less SSI # that is required to do a proper background check. Get a clue folks. The press is supplied by the cops and public record. Of course THEY know about this guys history. The woman was likely totally clueless to it. Not to mention, since when was check fraud (something easily committed on accident) grounds to suspect a violent nature?