In
A Few Good Men, Lt Kaffee battled state-utilitarianism, in
the face of near certain public humiliation, the almost certain
end of his career, and the extreme likelihood of professional and
personal failure. When he rose to the challenge, and took a great
risk to do the right thing, the audience felt a rush of pride, cheering
his achievement, and sharing a real sense of what we like to think
it means to be an American.
Brad Manning is both the hero in our
modern story, as well as the defendant. If we as Americans cannot
cheer him, because we are numb, fearful, afraid, and have forgotten
our principles, at the very least we must be able to stand up and
loudly proclaim, "The defendant has rights!"
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