[ck2]

His life is effectively over for serving his country and following his conscious and morals

He will live in a cell the size of a bathroom for the rest of his life and face possible torture.

While we shop at the mall he did something incredible brave.

[philwelch]

He won't be tortured. At worst he'll face life imprisonment for violating laws against espionage, but he explicitly signed on to obey those laws when he joined the Army in the first place.

[adamokane]

Memorial Day is a day for remembering men and women who died while serving the country in the armed forces. It has nothing to do with Bradley Manning.

edited to address comment below - I know what you're saying, and those people absolutely sacrificed...but that's what Veteran's Day is for, as I understand it.

[ck2]

Is it about death or rather sacrifice? What about someone that would have died from their wounds in WW2 or vietnam but from the useless Iraq or Afgan wars they lost limbs but survived?

What about someone who was told by recruiters they would not have to kill anyone and went in as a photographer but their airport was overrun and got severe mental trauma because they had to kill people at point-blank range? Do they deserve to be included?

The dead don't suffer, it's the living scarifies that do.

Let's stop war by making draft mandatory. They we can all have a real memorial day instead of BBQ.

Yes I know we have Veterans Day but it seems kinda stupid to have just one day if we supposedly value such sacrifice.

[koeselitz]

That's true, Memorial Day is about remembering those who gave their lives serving our country in the armed forces. So I suppose we'll have to wait until next year to commemorate Bradley Manning's life on Memorial Day.