Chelsea Manning Sentence Commuted

[Johnw1104]

Goatseye said:

Johnw1104 said:
I had no problem with Manning being jailed. It's Assange that has been wronged, and Obama has been hounding him from day 1.

Yes, let's all applaud a man for finally doing things as he flips off the lights and heads out... it's akin to praising the benevolence of slave owners for freeing their slaves upon dying.

What kind of analogy is this? Obama willingly commuted Manning's sentence, there's no clause for Manning to be released upon Obama's done with his 2nd term. 

I would think it is obvious: What took him so long?

It's a duplicitous attempt to change the historical narrative regarding his approach to freedom of information... Perhaps it's just me, but a complete reversal of one's own policies during the last few hours of a final term seems both insincere and self-serving. His modus operandi of the past eight years cannot be undone by a single, contradictory act on his way out the door.

There's no reason Manning had to be in jail, Assange trapped in an embassy, and Snowden living in Russia were this reflective of Obama's true sentiments; rather, he's only in favor of such things when it's no longer inconvenient for him.