Family of Rescued POW Arrives in Germany

AP | 4/06/03 | JOSEPH COLEMAN

[kassie]

I am so happy they are being reunited. She must be so homesick for her family. I am sure having them close, will aid her in her recovery.

[patriciaruth]

Thanks!

[sirchtruth]

With all has been reported about whether or not she'd been shot, I found this from another article:

Lynch's family has said doctors had determined she'd been shot. They found two entry and exit wounds "consistent with low-velocity, small-caliber rounds," her mother has said.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,83288,00.html

[knarf]

"While troops engaged the Iraqis in another part of the city, the rescue team persuaded an Iraqi doctor to lead them to Lynch."

Now this is how good cop/bad cop should work.

Wooncha' just love to know what the 'persuasion' was?

[buffyt]

I heard that the Heinz Co. paid to fly the family over there, isn't that John Kerry's wife? I hope he is doing this as a good deed and not as a campaign ploy! But for whatever reason GOD BLESS JESSICA!

"Lynch, a 19-year-old supply clerk, was rescued Tuesday from a hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah by a team of Navy SEALs, Marine commandos, Air Force pilots and Army Rangers."
The sign out front may have read HOSPITAL but it was really a Torture Chamber.

[battlegearboat]

Heinze paid for it and that is good.

If they try to make political hay out of this gesture, may it backfire with extreme prejudice.

Anybody seen that great cartoon of Jessica "Back On Duty!"?

[Cate]

Its excellent that Jessica going to have her mom with her. She will heal much faster with her family around her.

[kassie]

No, can you post it?

[infowarrior]

Anybody sen that great cartoon of Jessica "Back on Duty!"?

Sure did, and lmao. That would be bunker spooges' mouthpiece (Baghdad Bob)'s worst nightmare (Bunker spooge is most likely going through his as we speak, eternally)...

the infowarrior

[libertylover]

I'm very glad that Jessica Lynch was rescued. However,...

Piestewa was ... a 23-year-old single mother raising a 4-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl.

It's insane for this woman to have been allowed in the military, a product of runaway politcal correctness. Who took care of her kids while she was on duty? Who'll take care of them now? (As if I don't know the answer.)

[The FRugitive]

Pfc. Lori Piestewa

...were killed in the same ambush that resulted in her capture. Among them was Lynch's friend and former roommate, Pfc. Lori Piestewa, who became the first American servicewoman killed in the war.

Piestewa was a member of the Hopi Tribe, whose reservation is near the Navajo Reservation community of Tuba City, Ariz. She was a 23-year-old single mother raising a 4-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl.

[Tennessee_Bob]

It's insane for this woman to have been allowed in the military, a product of runaway politcal correctness.

Insane why? Because she was a single parent or because she was a woman?

[libertylover]

Insane why? Because she was a single parent or because she was a woman?

Because she's was a single mother. Other people were required to serve, at least indirectly, in order to allow her to serve. And now that she's sadly been killed, others will be required to continue this service for at least 15 years.

On another thread I wrote, "I think there are plenty of places in the military where women can serve admirably but a combat position is not among them."

[libertylover]

BTW, single dads with should not be allowed either. Same reason.

[Tennessee_Bob]

others will be required to continue this service for at least 15 years.

And the same would hold true if she were married. As well, there's been no mention (that I've seen) as to whether or not she was a custodial parent or not. Seeing as how there are rules and regs put in place regarding custodial single parents enlisting, there's a good chance that she wasn't.

BTW, single dads with should not be allowed either. Same reason.

You might want to expand that to dual military families as well. I saw plenty of that while I was in the service - both parents in the military with dependent children.

[oldironsides]

My hope for the Lynch family will be that the media leaves them alone. They are clearly overwhelmed.

[wimpycat]

Oh, lovely. Another one who couldn't wait to pee in the pool.

I mean, really! Some people have no tact, no diplomacy, no respect for the dead...and yet they insist they're the decent ones.

[Mr Rogers]

Personally, I don't believe in allowing both parents to be in the military. It isn't necessary.

I'm glad one family will be reunited. I'm also glad to see people who are NOT chasing the money, who feel for the families that won't be reunited, and the classy response from the Hopis.

I disagree with women in combat (and 'combat' roles include a lot rated as non-combat), but I respect the sacrifice of those who serve.