Did they even do a psych profile of Manning before he was sent off to boot camp ? One would think red flags might go up.
Recruiting had quatas to fill. Do you know how many 18 year old kids aren’t too obese or incarcerated that wanted to join up once iraq and Afghanistan were clearly cluster foxtrot? And at the time I think the army wasn’t allowed to ask if Corporal Klinger was their favorite character on MASH.