[Movemout]

I don't disagree with Mrs. Walters. If those are the facts then I hope Sgt Walters is recognised. What you have here is a classic example of the fog of war. A Company Commander is either lost or given bad directions. He leads his soldiers into a hornets' nest of paramilitary forces. They fall under attack. Good soldiers are killed and captured. Jessica may not be the star of the act but she was there. I doubt she participated in the media frenzy to make her a star. She probably just wants to be left alone to try to sort out what happened. I hope she finds peace. She lost good friends and comrades to butchery and a muslim killing frenzy. I think a bronze star is little consolation.

[Movemout]

I make little distinction between two frenzies, muslim and media. It was inadvertent but, in retrospect, appropriate.

[CWOJackson]

So well stated. It's amazing how many people seem to have a viseral dislike for this young soldier who did nothing more then her duty. Yet they want to blame her for the media hype or because she was awarded a medal for doing her duty.