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The more I think about this, I can understand how a girl who answers, "I didn't shoot nothing," when asked about her Rambo actions, would feel used by the US military. She joined the Army in order to one day be able to go to college. She was sent into a war zone with an inoperable weapon (which probably saved her life because I bet those Iraqis would have taken her out if she had been firing on them). She should never have been there. She was rescued by an elite rescue squad, and she probably wasn't real familiar with their tactics and actions. Those folks are highly specialized with each member trained to do certain jobs, including providing the best medical care on a battlefield. They are the ones you want to come get you when you're down. These folks came in there after her and faced no fight. They were potentially rescuing a victim of some type of biological disease/virus that could kill even them. The military had to exercise extreme caution because she could have been a carrier, left to be rescued. And this is sounding like some thriller novel, but it was a possibility. Maybe Jessica did not like the overly cautious treatment. Maybe Jessica's family was told things by Army personnel, and they later learned the stories were false. Even Army personnel read newspapers and get stories wrong. Jessica is YOUNG, and she has been through a tremendous ordeal, physically, mentally, and emotionally. Hopefully, she will gain some wisdom from all of this. Someone has mistakenly told her to tell all now while it is still marketable. I think she will change her views over time.

Imagine women in combat in Vietnam. Imagine women in combat in WWII. Do we not have any real men in DC anymore? I would like to hear some of the male politicians say, "I wouldn't send my daughter into combat, and I wouldn't send yours." And hogwash on any feminists saying that women should have the same opportunities as men. How many women market themselves as mercenaries without the promise of a college education and "seeing the world"??????