[Cacophonous]

My disgust is directed at the media and at those that continually perpetrated the Jessica Lynch myth. I have nothing against her; she seems like a decent kid. But here is the real point:

She should have been nowhere near a war zone. The Jessica Myth will be used to promote women in combat zones, which is a travesty and insult.

[#3Fan]

She should have been nowhere near a war zone. The Jessica Myth will be used to promote women in combat zones, which is a travesty and insult.

What myth? You're creating a problem where none exists. We all know that the Washington Post was mistaken and we have for months.

[ImpBill]

I don't have any problem with your "real point" and in fact agree more than not. I just feel "that discussion" is best left for threads specifically designed for that purpose. Somehow the "Jessica" threads got hijacked into a political agenda and "some" posters took out their passionate feelings on the matter on Pfc. Lynch, which in MY eyes really painted them (the posters) in a very unflattering light.

Pfc. Lynch didn't create the policy. She simply took advantage of an opportunity to both serve her country and at the same time get, by so doing, to make some benifits available to herself so she could continue her education after mustering out, as I recall reading. While it may have been wrong for the media to "play her service and situation up" it, in my eyes has been wrong for so many to seemingly attack her as the symbol for the policy they disagree with. She, the person, deserves much better.

That's all.