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The one thing i saw was the particular incident where a helicopter apparently was shooting innocent people down in a street in iraq and you know, those are serious things and again, i never bad mouth our military because i view many times that the military's victims also. whenever there's a war it's because of failed politics. it's the politicians' failure and then you're required to go to war. and many of the wars we're fighting right now i don't think are necessary, especially the iraq war. it was based upon lies. it was based on untruth, and we went into this country, invaded it, overthrew ...

All to wikileaks because he believes it's manifestly wrong that the american military is doing all this stuff. is he a victim of an attack on his own freedom of speech rights the way that he's being treated? >> i do. i think he's a necessary whistleblower. i mean, when bad things happen, certainly we don't like to hear about them but we certainly need to know about them and i know the one thing i saw was the particular incident where a helicopter apparently was shooting innocent people down in a street in iraq and you know, those are serious things and again, i never bad mouth our military bec...

War it could not win, and blacks were the losers, measured as a percentage of adult males, blacks were dying in vietnam at a rate twice as high as whites. >> in order to atone for our sins and errors in vietnam, we should take the initiative in bringing a halt to this tragic war. >> everybody attacked him. >> what was president johnson's reaction after the riverside speech? >> well, after the riverside speech, i don't think we talked to him anymore. >> he was angry? >> yeah. >> on that day, april the 4th, 1967, as king spoke at riverside, he would have exactly one year left to live. three week...

By the late 1960s, andrew young says king had become exhausted. >> we were pretty well worn out. i mean, he had been going from '55 to '67 without a let-up. >> there was a rumor dr. king was planning a sabbatical, maybe in india or in africa. was that true? >> he was thinking about it. that was his -- that was his dream. it wasn't india or africa, it was really riverside church. >> the prestigious riverside church in new york was looking for a pastor. >> he said, that was my ideal. that's what i wanted to be when i grew up. >> i speak out against this war. >> but that never happened. instead, ...

Instead, this speech at riverside will become king's moral watershed over vietnam. by 1966 the u.s. was mired in a war it could not win, and blacks were the losers, measured as a percentage of adult males, blacks were dying in vietnam at a rate twice as high as whites. >> in order to atone for our sins and errors in vietnam, we should take the initiative in bringing a halt to this tragic war. >> everybody attacked him. >> what was president johnson's reaction after the riverside speech? >> well, after the riverside speech, i don't think we talked to him anymore. >> he was angry? >> yeah. >> on...