[LargeCompanies]

Huh who had a better quality of life? The guy living decently and freely in Russia with tons of admiration and fans or the guy no one knows that's locked up in solitary confinement???

I think the answer is an easy one and thus fleeing was a cowards move compared to the life Manning has led.

[abiox]

what benefit would arise from being "not a coward" in this context?