Manning's commute is nothing more than a grand publicity stunt  by the Obama Administration. It had zero to do with humanitarian issues but cynical political purposes to prop up the crumbling remains of the Democratic Party, revise Obama's history of being a war criminal and cater to the LGBT community, and anyone opposed to the illegal US wars in the Middle East.

Manning commutation will be used as a tool by every liberal and pseudo-left ass kisser of Obama, although the action only puts an end to one of the many, many atrocities of which the Obama administration has committed. By the way, commuting Manning’s sentence rather than granting a full pardon means that the precedent of conviction remains on the books as well as the sentence of a nearly lifetime term.