It was not a surprise that a judicial officer recommended that
Pfc. Bradley Manning should be court-martialed ("Manning trial
recommended," Jan. 13). This was inevitable from the beginning
of the Article 32 hearing. And just as inevitable is that there
will be a court martial. I and others will be outside the
military base, presumably Fort Meade, during the court martial
to show our support for him.  And a final inevitability is that
Private Manning will be found guilty. What remains to be seen is
what will be the sentence. Whoever decides on the sentence will
not have the courage to give him time served. Thus, the support
network will continue its work to free Bradley Manning,
incarcerated for allegedly leaking information which showcased
U.S. support for dictators and at least one alleged war crime.
It would not surprise me if the soldier was given a life
sentence because he refused to aid in the prosecution of Julian
Assange. Yet as someone who has worked for decades in trying to
get Leonard Peltier, the