However, in her effort to deflect the praise of being a hero, she necessarily made it out like the Pentagon had some elaborate plan to "use" her and her rescue.
And that's just wrong for her to do.
In fact, one could argue that her statements about not knowing "why they would film [the rescue]" gives an impression that they didn't need to film the rescue. The comments suggests somehow that the rescue was "staged" (or some other word that denigrates what those Special Forces and Marines did).
That is an insult to those brave men that rescued her.
[Aside: Think about who she means when she says "they". She isn't talking about her rescuers, she is referring to the Pentagon and military commanders, etc.]
That's why I suggested in this post that she keep her comments to herself. If she wants to be humble and deflect praise, fine. But, don't deflect that praise at someone else's expense.
Well said!
I remember being 19 years old, and if you think I don't know anything now, you should have seen me then. Perhaps you remember being 19 too.
What do people expect from a teenage girl who was suddenly placed into combat, saw all her friends die, and suffered a devastating accident that broke her legs, ankles and injured her spinal cord? As if that's not enough she was anally raped by Islamic pigs and dumped into a dungeon "hospital" with no medicine or real doctors to treat her. She lie there hungry, thirsty, raped, broken and bleeding for days, praying and calling out to God for help. She then returns home to find out that everyone and their grandmother were hyping and embellishing her story in an attempt to USE her for their own political or financial gain. This gal feels used and abused, and who the h-ll can blame her?
Lastly, let's not forget that she was sold up the river by the feminists who told her that a girl can be a strong soldier and is equal to men on the battlefield. There is not one conceivable way in which this young gal was not raped by somebody. Jessica Lynch's real story is that WE ALL used her. She was used by feminists to prove that females can be good soldiers, she was used by conservatives to prove that females should not be soldiers. She was used by the news media to sell newspapers and T.V. air time, and she was used by the Pentagon to help further the war effort. She was left behind by the main convoy, and was anally raped by her pig-faced Iraqi captors. She is still suffering from her severe wounds, and from memory loss. And none-the-less she has maintained enough courage and integrity to tell them all to go pound sand up their arses. What is there to not like about this gal?
She may not know where the info was released from. Besides, she feels used. She is angry. She is hurt. She is humiliated. She is emotionally scared. She is physically scared. She wants this all to go away. Don't blame her for blaming the Pentagon. In her eyes and state of mind (and reinforced by the media circus that won't go away), my cats are at fault too.
Stop by to learn more about and support Lt. Col. Allen B. West I spoke to him last night and his lawyer will be sending more information that will soon be posted.