Chelsea Manning to receive gender transition surgery: lawyers

This is a massive failure of leadership and is squarely on the head of the CofS of the United States Army. This person is a convicted felon, endangered the lives of soldiers with his reckless behavior and was found guilty by Courts Marshall and sentenced appropriately. No where in the contract signed with the United States Military did it explicitly promise this type of care and attention this as a term of agreement. The CofS of the Army has rolled over yet again to PC and we can anticipate that he will do the same in the case of Bergdahl. I am ashamed of this decision and hold it as further evidence that the entire leadership of the DoD is failing the soldiers, sailors, airmen and marine who serve everyday in harms way without the benefit of special treatment. Manning came to the prison as a matter of his own misdeeds. He served as a man, committed treason as a man, was court marshalled as a man he was processed into Levenworth as a man, he should serve his sentence as a man and after he is released -- as a man -- he can seek what ever therapy he/she wishes. We have to stop this madness.

As long as Manning is on our roles, we're responsible for Manning's medical. It's as simple as that.

We are more screwed up than a football bat. Purely elective and unnecessary surgery and should not be done on the tax payers money, period.