What's With Bradley Manning...
...and his superiors?
This is an old article but it says a lot:
WikiLeaks accused Bradley Manning 'should never have been sent to Iraq'
None of this will matter of course, but I just happen to have an interest in screwed up people who do stupid things and whether and how they become unscrewed, when the full consequences of their stupidity hits them hard, like a ton of bricks, and he certainly chose the hard route. But the question is, how hard does it have to be? Is Manning as oblivious as his hero is?
If he gets to experience the full force of what he decided he could play with impunity, will he turn his life around? Maybe. Maybe not. One never knows. And maybe he will have no life to turn around.
But I'm betting if Julian Assange also experiences the full force, that should help. When the narcissistic hero turns out to be little more than a cult leader, and his following disintegrates, as I am sure it will, maybe Manning will finally begin to understand the root of his own tragic culpability. Trouble is, his court martial may be long over before Julian even begins on that voyage of discovery. Such are the vicissitudes of a life poorly lived, of a f*cked up childhood.
Another old article that shows how screwed up he was/is.
This is an old article but it says a lot:
WikiLeaks accused Bradley Manning 'should never have been sent to Iraq'
None of this will matter of course, but I just happen to have an interest in screwed up people who do stupid things and whether and how they become unscrewed, when the full consequences of their stupidity hits them hard, like a ton of bricks, and he certainly chose the hard route. But the question is, how hard does it have to be? Is Manning as oblivious as his hero is?
If he gets to experience the full force of what he decided he could play with impunity, will he turn his life around? Maybe. Maybe not. One never knows. And maybe he will have no life to turn around.
But I'm betting if Julian Assange also experiences the full force, that should help. When the narcissistic hero turns out to be little more than a cult leader, and his following disintegrates, as I am sure it will, maybe Manning will finally begin to understand the root of his own tragic culpability. Trouble is, his court martial may be long over before Julian even begins on that voyage of discovery. Such are the vicissitudes of a life poorly lived, of a f*cked up childhood.
Another old article that shows how screwed up he was/is.
Labels: Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, Wikileaks
posted by Louise at 7:27 pm
2 Comments:
Ahem...the US has had an all-volunteer Armed Forces since the 1970's. When Bradley Manning enlisted in the Army, the American people rightly expected him, as with all other young enlistees just entering adulthood, to man up and do his duty.
We all have our emotional problems and issues, I had an alcoholic parent. I also served in the US military in wartime and, with an Honorable Discharge after 4 years, like to think my service was honorable and useful. The vast majority of people with childhood problems find the wherewithal, the character, to live responsible, decent, honorable adult lives. The one person entirely responsible for Bradley Manning's situation is Bradley Manning. He made his choices. Sew dot reap.
I don't disagree with you. I just find these cases interesting.
Most of the hard knocks in life are brought on or at least amplified by one's own self. Sorting out one's own role in getting one into the rock/hard place is part of the process.
I think Manning has a better chance of taking that route (not necessarily good, but better) than Assange. Assange's narcissism runs very, very deep.
I also find it curious that hurt little children like Manning seek out and attach themselves to narcissists like Assange.
Or to put that another way, Narcissists like Assange seek out hurt little children like Manning and prey upon them, making it harder for the hurt little children to "man up".
What sort of astounds me is that Manning's supervisors didn't discharge him, as they were in the process of doing, but rather, at the last minute, decided to keep him on and put him in a position where he had access to "sensitive" documents. Lots of screw-ups to go around, but shit happens. No one has a crystal ball, at least not one that works, except maybe Nostradamus. :-p
As an aside, some of those so called sensitive documents are hilariously not harmful, yet both Manning and Assange obviously thought they would create a big scandal. And that,IMESHO, says more about them than anybody else.
The diplomat's cables, for example. What diplomat doesn't talk like that to his/her superiors back home. I mean really, who in their right mind would think the exposure of the content in these cables would cause a big international crisis?
So the American ambassador to Canada had some frank things to say about Canada. OOOH!! How dare he!! LOL!!
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