[AppyPappy]

The report said the information about Lynch's ordeal was based on battlefield intelligence which officials said came from monitored communications and from Iraqi sources in whose reliability has yet to be assessed.

Geez people. Read the article.

[William Terrell]

Excuse me for trying to be rational here, but what does that mean, specifically? Out of all the media available, the Post is among the most socialist. You know the socialist media are rabid for women in combat; it's a major point in the socialist cause.

Why do you buy the story from this cryptic statement? What were the monitored communications and exactly what did they say? What does it mean "Iraqi sources in whose reliability has yet to be assessed"?

This lady should be honored for her support service, in spite of her being placed much too close to the front lines. But this kind of bloviation? From this source, with all the potential benefits for so many feminist causes?

I'll be willing to compliment her on her resolve and courage under pressure, but to go any further I'll need to see these communications first. I'll sure as hell not take the raw word of the Washington Post.