Will We See Jessica Lynch Again Tonight? Or is She No Longer a Patriot?

Question

The war propaganda machine ditched her like a hot potato when she called BS on them and told the truth about her ordeal. So they made her a footnote. Persona non grata.

That's why I just love the military.

Answer 1

"Some time after Lynch's rescue, several sources alleged the story of Lynch's rescue was distorted and exaggerated by the United States government in an effort to undercut public resistance to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Iraqi doctors at the hospital in question claimed Lynch was well cared for by hospital personnel and virtually unguarded at the time that she was rescued by American forces; rather, Lynch's "rescue" was a publicity stunt that was staged, and the subsequent news reports were carefully controlled propaganda, drawing on the captivity narrative genre.[citation needed] Though Pentagon statements claimed that Lynch emptied her rifle fighting off her attackers, later reports and Lynch herself indicated that this was not the case; in fact her rifle jammed on the first round and she did not offer any resistance to her capture. The story is now believed to have stemmed from the mistranslation of an intercepted Iraqi message which referred to one of her male fellow soldiers."

Yeah, right. It was all the soldier's fault. This was the biggest push for publicity in the entire Iraq war. Lynch states outright that she was not abused by her captors. And now she is being told she is suffering from "retrograde amnesia" and has no memory of the events. Thus, our government has made her look sufficiently "crazy enough" that she cannot be trusted to recall the events that happened to her.

"In the book I Am A Soldier Too: The Jessica Lynch Story by Rick Bragg, the author alleges that Lynch was raped anally during her captivity, based on medical records and her pattern of injuries. Iraqi doctors who treated her have disputed the claim because Lynch's clothes were on and showed no sign of having been removed at any point and the degree of her injuries did not indicate rape—although they were not looking for signs of rape at the time. Lynch has no memory of being raped nor of being slapped or mistreated during her captivity."

The way in which our American government lies makes me ill. The way in which people believe it makes me desparately sad.

Thanks for a rational question.

Answer 2

The world needs a hero, in times of need there are two kinds of scapegoats, the ones you blame the problems on and the ones you wave in peoples faces and say "what a hero".

Answer 3

I'd rather watch a reality based show. I think South Park is on tonight.