So I have a question. How does a human being defend themselves from being turned into a woman, if their captors drug them and torture them in such a way that it makes them want to become a woman?
I find it very hard to believe that the U.S. Government will pay for sex change meds and procedures for a convicted traitor, when I can't even get them to buy me an aspirin.
> I find it very hard to believe that the U.S. Government will pay for sex change meds and procedures for a convicted traitor
Manning was not convicted of treason.
> when I can't even get them to buy me an aspirin.
Presumably, the US government isn't actively denying you the liberty to actively seek a living on your own, or to get your own medical treatments as a result of imprisoning you, so it isn't obligated to provide for your medically necessary treatments. If that was the case, OTOH, and the government still wasn't providing you with medical necessities, then the situations would actually be parallel such that your complaint might be meaningful.
It would be an interesting awful power to have, but I have to think that such a power would have had more "terror value" against extremely sexist Arab extremists than against random E-4s who are considering leaking some war porn to wikileaks. Why dump Osama in the ocean when you can just convince her she's a woman? All her former allies will reconsider their terrorist activities.
By all accounts, however, Manning's gender issue was present before enlisting, and certainly before she had access to classified materials.
I find it very hard to believe that the U.S. Government will pay for sex change meds and procedures for a convicted traitor, when I can't even get them to buy me an aspirin.