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>> There were 15 soldiers killed in a helicopter shootdown not 2 days ago. In 2 more days it will be old news. What makes Jessica's situation any more newsworthy than that story? Because she is a female? <<

The events surrounding the rescue of Jessica Lynch captured the spirit of the moment that the American people wanted to feel at the time, triumphant. She became a symbol. It has nothing to with the little details, any suffered attrocities, or the a comparison of her story to that of any other soldier. The timing and emotions of the moment were right for her to be burned into the psyche of the nation. It is actually a burden she will carry for many years to come because the symbolism is larger than any one person. It just happened that she is the face of that symbol.

Nobody chooses who or what will become symbolic as history unfold. History unfolds and it happens. Jessica had nothing to do with her becoming the symbol and people can carp about it all they want, they will not change the fact that she is the face of the emotion on that day. How many people know the story behind Patrick Henry? They only know that he said, "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country." That one line was symbolic of the the spirit of the time, Patrick Henry happened to be the one that got to say it. If I told you a bunch of things that made Patrick Henry less heroic, it would not diminish one bit the spirit and emotion embodied in that one line.

She became a symbol.

Good post. How does one become a symbol? She was chosen. Consider the possibility that it was choreographed by the agenda driven PC bunch bent willie left behind in the DoD, rooted on by the airhead media cheerleaders(or maybe vice versa). Why should a teenaged girl in the military be placed on such a high pedestal? She did nothing exemplary as far as I know.

Jessica Lynch likely endured inhumane treatment at the hands of her captors and I sympathize, but I suspect so have many others....mostly young men. I wonder how they feel about this circus? A good morale booster for our fighting men? I don't think so. It's pure PC crap any way you cut it.

Leave the women at home to keep the fires burning.

FGS