[Fitzcarraldo]

She is a US Soldier, now and forever. There is a saying in the Marines Corps: "Once a Marine, Always a Marine."

She wore the uniform and still has the medals. It's not only about her service and pride but that of every soldier who risked their life in her rescue and cared for her in the hospital. She owes them her life and tribute.

[submarinerswife]

There was a soldier that during that ambush, took out a mortar nest and shot several Iraqis to save the lives of the "other POW's" that day. He received the SilverStar for his Audie Murphy type bravery. He is featured on 60 minutes tomorrow night. Now to me, this kid is a bonafide hero.
And he hasn't bashed the military in order to get an interview either.

[WVNan]

We also know how the alphabet networks distort interviews. Snip....snip snip....snip snip snip.

[grania]

She wore the uniform and still has the medals. It's not only about her service and pride but that of every soldier who risked their life in her rescue and cared for her in the hospital. She owes them her life and tribute.

All of that is true. Yet, she's just a kid who couldn't afford college and signed up to be a supply clerk. One has to wonder if part of her recruitment involved being made to understand that she could end up in a war zone asked to shoot people.

I don't understand the refusal to meet the person responsible for saving her, either. Maybe that's hype, too? Maybe she did meet him privately, to avoid more exploitation? Have she and/or her family issued a "thank you"?

She's a kid, for heaven's sake, younger than the Bush twins. This is a bit of an issue. The rich kids go to college, the poor kids risk their necks defending the country to get a chance in life. I know it's a calculated risk, but I hate to see the very best our country has to offer dying in war.

[douglas1]

I cannot see any WM [WOMAN MARINE ] acting like like this twit ,I have meet some WM these women are tough LYNCH WOULD NOT MAKE IT IN THE MARINECORP, MARINES ARE NOT SOLDIERS THEY ARE MARINES, FROM THE VERY GET GO THIS IS DRILLED INTO THEIR MINDS ,THEY WOULD SAY OR DO NOTHING TO EMBARASS THEIR BELOVED CORP.

[nmh]

What about the Iraqi lawyer who TOLD our men WHERE she was, diagramed the hospital and risked HIS life for hers? No thanks there?