Bradley Manning: A Tale Of Liberty Lost In America - Glenn Greenwald/TheNation

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18. Wondering how many other emotionally damaged iindividuals, in trouble with the military, or

civilian law have received this kind of concern and whether association with Assange, with Greenwald cheer leading in the background, somehow makes Manning more worthy of President Obama's intervention, so Obama should act on Manning's behalf regardless of how many other such victims would formulate their cases, or should Obama just decree that all of them be released.

Is it what Manning released that somehow makes him more deserving, so those other wrecked lives of the emotionally and functionally incompetent have no human rights in and of themselves, except for what they deliver to the public and political motives of others? Even though human rights need no further justification, what was the constructive effect of what Manning delivered to Assange?

It's wrong for the military to treat Manning disproportionately worse because they discriminate against the particular type of his actions compared to those of others. I feel sad for this lost and apparently confused "soul", but I'm confused too.

I just can't forget the fact that Manning did volunteer for the Army, raised his had, made a promise that informed him of the consequences of these kinds of actions. If the point is that he, any prisoner, should be treated as humanely as possible, that's a yes for me, but consequences there must be, or we'll have to reconsider consequences for everyone in similar situations. That's something that I could support, but it's also extremely unlikely, so I object to Manning's privileged martyr status, especially since the only thing that appears to support it is his celebrity associations.