Yeah - pretty much.
Here's the thing, there has to be a balance between open goverment and keeping some things - particularly military or security related things - secret.
The argument is over the balance and I completely agree that the balance is tipped way,
way too far to the side of secrecy. I also agree that some of the things leaked - like the footage of the killing of journalists - should never have been classified and belonged in the public domain. If Pvt Manning had been leaked that sort of thing alone, it would be an entirely different story. The problem is that Pvt Manning made no attempt to review what he leaked and some of it could have been things that ought to have remained classified.
Of course the situation is complicated by the fact that Pvt Manning was fighting on the wrong side of an illegal war: that should definitely be a primary consideration in sentencing, but I can't fault the fact he was prosecuted and convicted.
In fact, there should be many more prosecutions and convictions, not of the service people who prosecuted the war but of the politicians who sent them in: in my opinion - and far more importantly, the opinion of people like the head of the UN at the time - the war was illegal and therefore Bush, Blair and their entire cabinets ought to be prosecuted for war crimes.
Think what a fantastic message that would send to the rest of the world - and particularly, of course the Muslim world.
.. it's not too late, either - there's no Statute of Limitations on war crimes