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I would like to know why you seem to think PFC Lynch is solely responsible for the loss of life in Nasireyeh that day. And yes, I read the report that you keep drawing illogical conclusions from. There were many factors that played into the situation that morning. I'm sure, given your reasoning, that PFC Lynch is also responsible for the convoy having been there in the first place.

Was she the reason her truck broke down? Could the weather conditions have POSSIBLY played a part in that? Or does that not fit your agenda? So I guess, using the reasoning you have employed heretofore, that PFC Lynch is also responsible for the breakdown of the other truck in the convoy as well. Hell, at this rate, why don't you just go on and blame her for every breakdown of every vehicle used by the 507th, and every weapons jam, etc. etc.

Do you see where I'm taking this? Before you accuse me falsely, I do not have a feminist agenda for the "weakening" of our military.

I'm sorry for all she has endured, just as I am sorry for all that Miller, Johnson, Buggs, Aquiano, etc. lived through or died as a result of. What makes me the angriest is those like yourself who appear to have an axe to grind where it concerns this young soldier. The horrors of war are a brutality she will live with the rest of her life. What she doesn't need is for you to add insult to those injuries.

I would like to know why you seem to think PFC Lynch is solely responsible for the loss of life in Nasireyeh that day... I'm sure, given your reasoning, that PFC Lynch is also responsible for the convoy having been there in the first place.

Was she the reason her truck broke down... Hell, at this rate, why don't you just go on and blame her for every breakdown of every vehicle used by the 507th, and every weapons jam, etc. etc.

I don't think she was solely responsible or even primarily responsible what happened to her unit in Nasireyeh during the ambush. I've only commented on her performance in this thread because that's what this thread is about. I am familiar with army common task responsibilities; I know how real soldiers are measured. When given a task, a real soldier is graded on a pass/fail, go/nogo, scale. They either accomplish the task or they fail. Jessica failed to deliver her vehicle to the assigned destination points by allowing it to become disabled. This failure ended up costing people their lives when it prevented Bugggs and Aquiano from being able to turn around and it forced First Sergeant Dowdy to go after them -it's the law of unintended consequences. I don't blame Jessie: I blame the people who put her in that situation. I know many people like yourself have bought into the notion that there are combat and non-combat positions in the army, but this is a lie. Even something as innocuous as driving a truck can have disastrous consequences if not performed to standards. Can't you see how this was nearly impossible for the slight Jessie to do? She was being asked to drive a 5-ton truck for nearly 3 DAYS straight. That's a lot of stress for anybody, but it is especially true for someone of her stature. I want the PC thinking on this subject to end so that we can again strengthen our military.