Well, the news media ran stories about her. Yes, Fox as well as the liberal media. They were some of the most postive stories about the war effort we had in a couple of weeks of "bad news" and "quagmire". If the caveman contingent on FR wasn't so worried about girl-soldier getting some exaggerated good press, they might have noticed that she and her company, and the other POWs rescued were the first good news the media focused on regarding the war effort, and one that captured the attention of the country because there was a nice clean smiling face they could put up on the banner graphic. I for one was glad they did. The country needed good news.
And the media seemed to want to report it. But it stopped then, with the same short attention span of any other media hype, it died, for the most part. She was not picked up by the left for them to run with, because they are not interested in stories that might make the war effort look good. Nor do I think she would get on board their cause. Feminazis are not exactly behind what she was doing and they don't want her has a hero.
Jessica Lynch was on our side. America's side, in a war abroad. I never forgot that.
So the left didn't use her much, except her pretty smiling face, and they used nice glowing terms to talk about her. So what? Well, at the idea that a woman soldier was getting too much good press, a lot of FReepers behaved horribly. From blaming her for not giving enough information and intimate details of her treatment (eager listening for what it was like and what was done to her) Details that never would have been asked of a male POW. It embarrasses me still.
During that time my group of friends was sending packages to two different units abroad, one in Afghanistan and one in Iraq, and encouraging them to look us up at FR if they got a chance. I cringed thinking they might and find those threads.
There are heros as yet unsung in this war, there always are. I hope they get found, and their stories get heard. The face, the name, that captures the media's attention for a minute is not blessed by it so much as it is inflicted upon them, with the consequence of great scrutiny they never should have been subjected to. To those who think there are better heros to put up on the TV, great. Push for them. But to push for them at the destruction of Jessica Lynch is despicable.
Yeah, that's the worst part.
"Well, the news media ran stories about her. Yes, Fox as well as the liberal media. They were some of the most postive stories about the war effort we had in a couple of weeks of "bad news" and "quagmire".
How is this using Lynch to advance a political agenda? Her rescue was news...yes, it was very good news at that. I don't even fault the media for reporting the lie, because that was the official line the Pentagon was putting out at the time. The blame I lay on the media comes after the first element of doubt was introduced. When the doctor in Germany announced that Lynch had not suffered gunshot and knife wounds, the media should have torn into the Pentagon's retraction like they tore into Bob Packwood, Clarence Thomas, Robert Bork, etc. Instead, the Pentagon's (DACOWITS's?) retraction suited the political agenda of the feminazis and the CommieLib press just fine, so they continued to tell tales of Lynch, Warrior Princess.
So, while its obvious that CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, Katie Commie, Diane Sawyer, Susan Estrich, et al, used the Lynch lie to advance their own liberal agenda, I fail to see how anyone on "The Right" used her to benefit any kind of political agenda whatsoever. We on "The Right" just want to see the truth of that night given the same coverage as the lie. We also want to see those like Miller, Sloan and Riley get the same attention and recognition as has Lynch.
"If the caveman contingent on FR wasn't so worried about girl-soldier getting some exaggerated good press, they might have noticed that she and her company, and the other POWs rescued were the first good news the media focused on regarding the war effort, and one that captured the attention of the country because there was a nice clean smiling face they could put up on the banner graphic."
Careful, you're starting to sound like an emotional liberal here. "Caveman?" Oh come on, give me a break! Am I a "caveman" just because I see through the dangerous feminazi propoganda that surrounds the Lynch story, and want to see the truth be given the same attention as the lie? Am I, and dozens of other FReepers "cavemen" because we want the true heroes of that night to get the full credit they deserve and the recognition they earned, instead of having it foisted upon a soldier who was unconscious at the time, just because that helps advance the women in combat agenda of radical feminazis? Give me a break. If I hadn't know you from other threads, and agreed with you much of the time, I'd suspect you were a liberal with that "caveman" crap. Please leave the ad hominem comments out, they don't accomplish anything.
"And the media seemed to want to report it. But it stopped then, with the same short attention span of any other media hype, it died, for the most part. She was not picked up by the left for them to run with, because they are not interested in stories that might make the war effort look good. Nor do I think she would get on board their cause. Feminazis are not exactly behind what she was doing and they don't want her has a hero."
Are we talking about the same Jessica Lynch? 'Cause the one I've been hearing about was reported and hyped practically every time she hiccuped for months! She was front-page news even when she returned home to West Virginia! The entire nation knows she's engaged to her fellow-GI boyfriend! We all know about the soon-to-come Lynch bio and movie! We know she snubbed that Mohammed guy when he visited her hometown! For crying out loud, she is a war hero in America's eyes, because the lamestream media made her one! Granted, each and every servicemember, of all serives, whether they're fighting or not, is a hero in their own light. But Lynch has been made an icon by the media because to do so fit their agenda, and the agenda of DACOWITS. Now, if you apply your theory that the media don't want war heroes to the likes of Miller, Riley, Sloan, and thousands of other soldiers and Marines who fought bravely, and are still fighting bravely to this day, I'd have to agree with you. There's even one man, an Army Combat Engineer E-7, who's being considered for the Medal of Honor for his valiant defense of his unit at Baghdad International Airport. Unfortunately, the MOH would be awarded posthumously...and worse yet, I can't even recall his name, because we the American Sheeple haven't had it drummed into our heads like Jessica Lynch's name.
There are many, many heroes serving in Iraq and Afghanistan right now. They're also serving at Fort Hood, Fort Riley, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, and anywhere else an American wears the uniform of his or her country. Some, however, put themselves above the rest, by their heroic and unselfish deeds, often at the cost of their lives or limbs. These are the feel-good stories we should focus on, not those trumped up for political purposes. I understand full well, being a former member of the media myself, that the CommieLib press will never give these men and women their due. But we FReepers shouldn't buy into the lies told us by the same media we never believe when a poll doesn't go the way we like it. They never take their agenda out of their reporting, even if it's a feel-good story that we can all get behind.
"Jessica Lynch was on our side. America's side, in a war abroad. I never forgot that."
Do you honestly think anyone has? To say I, or any other member of the "caveman" contingent has is not only an exaggeration, it's insluting.
"But to push for them at the destruction of Jessica Lynch is despicable."
Oh for Pete's sake! Who is pushing for her "destruction"? Get a grip! Your exaggerations are almost as bad as CNN's! Why do you think it's "destruction" to call for the truth? Why is it "destruction" to want people to wake up, smell the GI coffee and realize we were sold a bill of goods with the Lynch lie? There are consequences waaaaay beyond the book and the movie. If the likes of those pushing the Lynch lie get their way, in the not too distant future, 120 pound women will be standing in the ranks right next to 200 pound Cavalry Scouts, Infantrymen, Tankers, Cannoneers, etc. These combat units will be weakened and placed in danger because political correctness will have won the day, thanks in part to the minset of America after having swallowed the lie. America itself, will be in danger because of the Lynch lie. If seeing the need to draw attention to that fact equates to "destruction" in your eyes, then you need to shift some paradigms. We "cavemen" aren't trying to bash women in the service, we're calling for the truth to be heard.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!