Yes sir, given the sharp picture this article paints her actions in leaking while in boot camp was just another example of someone refusing to get with the program. Either that or the two things don't really have much to do with each other...<p>I find it weird, the implication in the article is of a weak person.<p>So, she leaked classified material and went to prison because she was weak, which sure is a narrative alright. I bet the author of the piece is mentally, morally and physically strong enough to never leak classified material, destroy their life and suffer greatly for doing something that has no appreciable benefit to them.<p>So the logic goes like this: Manning was different, therefore Manning was weak, Manning did something the author and other people at boot camp wouldn't therefore Manning is still different therefore still weak. Weak, weak, weak not strong like the author and other soldiers who cohere together to value commitment and loyalty, manly non-weak virtues that weakling Manning could never know.<p>Anyway, really it seems a little unlikely given this description of Manning as a soldier that she would ever have gotten through basic. So I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few lies sprucing up the main point of the article, which main point being that Manning is weak and we should feel a sort of moral disgust about that condition of weakness.<p>ah well, the writing was just awful. Maybe that's why I ascribe an awful world view to it.