MR OBAMA RIGHT ON MANNING

MR OBAMA COMMUTES CHELSEA MANNING SENTENCE HE IS RIGHT TO DO SO.

Private Manning was responsible for the release to the public of thousands of pages of secret documents which embarrassed the USA. Many of them exposed the malpractice, cruelty and unprofessionalism of our troops in Iraq, We didn't like what we saw. We like to imagine that we are the "good guys' even when we are not. Manning gave us the truth about our invasion and occupation of Iraq, He was an heroic whistleblower to do it. I don't know many individuals who would have the courage to do what he (and later ) she did.

Manning did not create or edit the tapes, emails and other documents he released. The embassasment was only a function of the truth. If we object lets do something about it. P erhaps if we are so very unhappy with what Manning released...we should revise our foreign policy, strengthen the training regemin of or troops and increase their awareness of the rules of combat.

Manning suffered greatly at the hands of the military, kept in isolation, treated harshly and he served seven years. The President thought it was enough. I agree.