[joesnuffy]

When the press and the military spun the photographs of the flag raising on Iwo Jima
the propaganda value ended up destroying the lives of those used for the propaganda

The others of Pvt Lynch's party reported jammed weapons...almost immediately....

Given the past history of Iraqi's treatment of U.S. female personnel...most specifically the rape-torture of even their own women..

The truth of how she was treated may not be for publication ..ever...

To treat her now as a great female warrior ..other than just a soldier like (many others) who did her duty to the best of her ability under the conditions would be doing her a grave injustice.

And ultimately harm her....leave her alone...let her recover in her own time..with her childhood friends and family...

The worse this story gets spun...the worse it will be for her in the long run imo

Yes its nice for us to have heros...but only if the absolute truth comes out...and not some fiction spun on the keyboard of a pentangon-dacowitz nebish

[jlogajan]

Yes its nice for us to have heros...but only if the absolute truth comes out

POWs, WIAs and KIAs will always be heroes, even if the circumstances of their capture/death are otherwise mundane. They stood on the line for us and paid a high price.