Bradley Manning is a soldier serving in the United
States Army. He has been a very bad
soldier. Manning is a homosexual. He didn’t like how he was treated in the
Army. He gave some very serious
classified information to a website called WikiLeaks. This is operated by a rather unsavory Australian
character known as Julian Assange.
Thousands of leaked classified documents were released around the world. This resulted in many bad things happening. The military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the document provided by Manning resulted in increased danger for American soldiers and may have caused unnecessary battle deaths. Many claim the documents Bradley Manning released had an influence in the Arab Spring uprising. Bradley Manning has not served his country very honorably.
Thousands of leaked classified documents were released around the world. This resulted in many bad things happening. The military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the document provided by Manning resulted in increased danger for American soldiers and may have caused unnecessary battle deaths. Many claim the documents Bradley Manning released had an influence in the Arab Spring uprising. Bradley Manning has not served his country very honorably.
Maybe he got confused when he raised his right hand
at the induction center and promised to protect and defend the constitution of
the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic. (Sarcasm
Alert) Maybe Manning heard he promised to be a good soldier if everything
went his way and he didn’t have to struggle too much. If people treated him as he liked and just
danced in the streets with joy because of his sex life. After that he’d consider the
constitution protection stuff. I’m sure
it’s an easy mistake to make.
When reading accounts of Bradley Manning’s life it
is often mentioned that he was “bullied” in high school and in the Army. What exactly does that mean? When I was serving in the military I can’t
count the number of times people mocked my long last name that ends in
“ski.” I was teased because I like to
constantly read. I had numerous pranks
pulled on me. I got into shoving matches
with people when I stood my ground. A
few times a punch or two was thrown before cooler heads prevailed. Was I bullied? Big guys were teased for being big, little
guys were teased for being little, southerners were teased because of their
accents, guys from New York were teased for the way they talked and there were
often heated verbal exchanges combined with pranks. Was everybody being bullied? If we were then none of us let it bother us
too much. Nobody ever got mad enough to break
the trust our country had put in us. We
all had access to top secret material.
It seems that Bradley Manning was upset with the
military’s policy of “Don't ask, don't tell.” Manning claims he wanted to serve in the
military as an openly gay man, but during his time in the military, he made no
secret of being gay. His distress over
the issue is a bit confusing.
When I was in the military there were gays serving and before I was in the military there were gays who served. Years from now there
will be gays serving in the military. It
just seems that other gays serving in the American military are doing it a bit more honorably than Bradley Manning. They have a
sense of purpose beyond their sex life.
Bradley Manning’s actions were a reflection on the type of person he is
and does not represent other gays serving honorably in the military.
It appears Bradley Manning had gender identity
issues and even spent time living as a woman.
With the past of telling people he was gay, having gender identity
issues and being bullied, someone in the Army thought Bradley Manning was a perfect
candidate to serve in the Army’s Intelligence branch. (Sarcasm
Alert) What could go wrong?
It is said he worked up to 15 hours in a dimly lit
secure room. (As someone who has served I can only say “He got to be in a room and
had over 8 hours off? Lucky guy.”) He once was told he would lose his one day
off a week for being consistently late. (Well,
how about the person who had to stay late consistently because Manning wasn’t
on time to take over?). He
overturned a table in a conference room and damaged a computer before being
restrained. (Yeah, just the kind of guy you want handling your intelligence.)
So Bradley Manning felt the best way to handle his
situation in the Army was to release thousands of classified documents and videos to WikiLeaks. The Army was very upset with this and gave Bradley
Manning a court martial. He was
convicted of many things including violations of the Espionage Act. He was acquitted of the most serious charge
of aiding the enemy. This makes sense
since the United States is not at war with WikiLeaks, at least not at this
time. Bradley Manning has been sentenced to spend 35 years in a military prison. He now wants to be called Chelesa and have gender reassignment surgery. Aside from coward, traitor and a variety of expletives,
Chelsea is not something I would call Bradley Manning.
Military service requires sacrifice and
dedication. It’s not easy. Serving in the military requires someone who
can look at people enjoying a day at the park, or a sporting event, and feel they’re
responsible for making certain nobody harms these people. As long as they and their fellow servicemen wear
a uniform, they will do whatever it takes to protect these people, their families
and our way of life.
Bradley Manning only thought about how everything
affected him. Bradley Manning’s actions
may have led to the deaths of fellow servicemen and others helping the United
States to fight our enemies. He was a
bad soldier. Bradley Manning is a bad
person.
Check
Out My Other Blog Posts
