[Hillary's Folly]

Geez, from dissing the Iraqi who supposedly helped her to this, this Jessica Lynch thing is starting to get nasty. Too bad.

[SouthernFreebird]

More like the real story is starting to come out.

[Knightsofswing]

I wonder if she has any cheese & crackers for the WHINE!

While she was enlisted she was goverment property, to be used as needed by the DOD.

She has no complaints, just media spin!!

[thiscouldbemoreconfusing]

Certainly a differant way to hype a book, that's for sure.

[Lael]

Geez, from dissing the Iraqi who supposedly helped her to this, this Jessica Lynch thing is starting to get nasty. Too bad.

Dissing that Iraqi was unforgivable...fact is, the "doctors" weren't able to communicate with coalition forces, and that Iraqi guy had to earn the trust of the Americans by returning repeatedly to the hospital to gather intel.

Got to cut her some slack, though...the pain and all.

But, still...

[HamiltonJay]

Nasty? By telling the truth? That she can't understand why she's being portrayed as a hero, when in fact she merely survived? When all of her comrades died, and other came in gun blazing to rescue her?

You think Humility and Honesty are nasty traits?

There is no doubt propoganda was used around her rescue, and I personally am glad to see she is not letting all this hoopla go to her head, and is showing true respect for her fallen comrades. (I do have to question her $1MM book deal) But that's the only thing I can complain about.

Just imagine if she had been someone like a Bubba, or a Dachle or a Gore... and came back that way... she'd have spun her own press into that she single handedly won the war by now.

[NetValue]

Oh dear me. How disappointing that this American hero would make such a shabby charge. Our government has not "used' her in any way. The print and broadcast media did though. They used her, badly, in my opinion. Especially, the British wire-services.

[Hildy]

Why is it nasty to tell the truth? I think everything she's saying is honorable. She's saying she is not the hero, the people who risked their lives to save her are the heroes. You don't agree with that?

[aruanan]

No, this is much more about an otherwise inexperienced 19-year-old getting used by a lot of people for their own purposes. Diane puts words into her mouth in the form of a question. She simply answers it and then is characterized as "angrily" accusing the Pentagon of something.

[pollywog]

Geez, from dissing the Iraqi who supposedly helped her to this, this Jessica Lynch thing is starting to get nasty. Too bad.

You are so right Hillary's Folly!! She is beginning to make me wish that we hadn't videoed her rescue! This girl needs paddled!!! Ungrateful.