Regardless of whatever additional spin people wish to put on this, for the moment I would hope we could focus on the Collateral Murder tape that Manning enabled us to see, and thank God the end of the savage punishment has come.
We tortured Manning. It was wrong. Manning showed us the kinds of remorseless murder we committed under false pretenses.
The fake news media, led by the Paper of Record New York Times knowingly lied us into war. You needed an IQ of 80 to see through the propaganda. We murdered innocent people, took out electricity and water plants, bridges, starved them of food and medicines - and blamed it on them. Just like the helicopter pilot blaming the people trying to rescue the innocent wounded.
I don't want atrocities committed in my name and it is the regular course of business for the Military Industrial Complex, the politicians, and the media to lie about war.
I would prefer a pardon but thank God this individual injustice is over.