Slow down... This is not a “combat soldier” that we are talking about. We’re talking about a soldier that found herself in combat. Nobody (except apollo5600) is taking anything away from her, but don’t try to make her something that she is not.
Did anyone actually even see the live show with Smith? It was a hit piece against the Bush administration, the Iraq war, and the U.S. government. It was so leading and superficial I became immediately outraged. It’s one thing to “admit” that she wasn’t the hero she was depicted, it is another thing to repudiate her own country and tarnishing the sacrifices of her fellow soldiers. That was exactly the tone and the purpose of that farce of an interview.