[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I watched Katie Couric's interview with Lynch and Bragg today, and it was just so apparent that Jessica Lynch should never, ever have been in the position she was in. Some people are equipped to handle it (she said Lori Piestewa was cool and collected throughout the ordeal), and some are just not. Jessica Lynch is not the warrior type, and now having seen her body language and heard her speak, and I can hardly believe she was in that unfortunate position.

[Joe Hadenuf]

It's no different than 155 pound females driving radio cars in the senseless murder districts of major cities. They should not be there, period. Ask any guy that's stuck on a mean, brutal beat, if he wants a woman partner, or a big ol 260 pound male partner when facing street hardened bad guys and two time losers looking at 25 to life.....I think the answer is quite obvious.

[milemark]

You said exactly what I thought when seeing her on Today and on the ABC Primetime special, as well as at that speech she made at her return from the hospital.

What amazes me is that her recruiter, the people at the processing center where recruits get their physical exams, the instructors at basic training all thought that someone of her size and temperament was suited to be a soldier. What were they thinking? Are we that desperate for volunteers?

[VOA]

Some people are equipped to handle it (she said Lori Piestewa was cool and collected
throughout the ordeal), and some are just not. Jessica Lynch is not the warrior type

I don't know if Lynch had involvement with the made-for-TV movie that ran on
NBC last week, but whoever made that film did show Lynch as someone who was bascially
"a victim of circumstance", showed her comrades (e.g., Lori) as bascially cool under attack,
and the story really centered on the Iraqi lawyer who made her rescue possible.

Too bad the film didn't (and maybe couldn't due to on-going investigations) fill out
more details on Pvt. Miller and some of the other soldiers.

I'll give the show credit...I winced and groaned when the black lady (Shoshanna, sp?)
got her leg wounds.
Having suffered with one broken foot bone for a couple of months, I can hardly
imagine the terror of knowing you've just been shot through both of your
ankles/shins at the one time you're really saying "Feet don't fail me now!".