lol. Funny, never was part of the speel when I was in.
Did it ever occur to you that she is simply ashamed of having been captured? Particularly without managing to put up much of a fight? That having your shame broadcast to the entire world isn't particularly gratifying? That having complete strangers lie about it, pretend you did things you didn't, makes it worse rather than better?
Some people tried to make her some sort of heroine and it was a lie and she isn't playing along. Then they get mad at being reveal as liars in the matter. But that is their fault, not hers. She didn't ask for the lying myth-making treatment.
And no, it is not her duty to put up with being lied about for the good of media hounds or DOD flaks or women in the military boosters. On the contrary, to let stand accounts of heroism on her part that she knows to be false would be dishonorable on her part and insulting to the genuinely worthy.
Huh I guess being rescued by American forces is the most shameful thing that could happen to an American. Tell that to the families of those who died in Iran trying to rescue the hostages back in 1980.
JMO, but you are the one who should be shamed, Ted Kennedy staffer.