"I'm sorry that I hurt the United States" Bradley Manning apologizes in court

[freshwest]

49. He looks so gentle in the picture at the link. He's been taken advantage of by 1% shills.

During the trial, he was no doubt informed of deaths that occured because of the leak. IMO, that's why he said this now in this way. Not so much about the USA, but the people that got hurt. No reason to apologize if no one got hurt.

I expect some will want to 'throw him under the bus' now for not raising a fist or the third finger and giving a 'FU' to all in the courtroom. But we don't know what he knows.

He had it in his heart to correct a wrong. I believe he was hurting inside and a victim of those who saw a way to profit off of a young man reaching out for help. Some 1% shills will claim he was coerced to protect themselves from the fallout of what they made money off and the people that died. They get no sympathy from me.

These words don't sound forced to me. The words were heartfelt. I never saw him as a traitor as he had nothing to gain, and no one to sponsor him for what he did for them.

I hope he gets leniency. The articles appear to support that he deserves mercy from the court. My best wishes to Manning and may he find healing after having been caught up in the media grinder that reached into his life.