[Jerry_M]

"Would so many men and so much expensive machinery have been risked for the rescue of a jar-head marine of 19, a black boy of 19, a homosexual boy of 19 or a poor white boy of 19 ...? "

Yes.

We don't leave anyone behind. (Something that this writer will never understand.)

[elbucko]

If a soldier's mind is not wholly engaged in battle, he is a risk to himself and his immediate mates - the last thing a soldier needs is a corporal of poetic mind or a philosopher for a sergeant, the one reciting Horace,

Exactly. Which is why I would not want to be in combat with this disgusting, self absorbed moron of a writer.

[deJaz]

It's so hard to believe anyone in their mind could think the way you do.It's a shame that you could disrespect a soldier that was fighting for freedom and liberation of the iraqi people.She put her life in danger just by being over there.Shame on you.God Bless America and All the brave soldiers.

[Believe_In_The_Singularity]

If you want to see incestuous, look at your "Royal" family.

BITS

[lsee]

editor@thisislondon.co.uk

Apparently, Sewell has quite a reputation for inflammatory remarks.Sewell's Sewer

Sewell's Sewer A British columnist applies the worst anti-Semitic diatribes to Israel's handling of the Intifada. What followed was a storm of public protest.

On November 3, 2000, London's Evening Standard printed an article by Brian Sewell entitled "Bible Stories." The article draws a gross parallel between the Nazi slaughter of 6 million Jews, and Israel's clumsy way of handling the recent riots. Sewell also refers to "International Jewry," a phrase popularized by the anti-Semitic text, the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion," and used regularly by Adolf Hitler and every anti-Semite since.

Sewell makes a whole series of unsubstantiated historical claims -- Palestinians "cut off from Holy Places of Islam" and questioning whether the land of Israel could have been as "Jewish as the Bible implies." Sewell then justifies lynching by saying that he would perhaps have done it himself in the same position.

Following the publication of Sewell's article, HonestReporting sent out a letter to its subscribers, which at the time numbered less than 1,000 subscribers. Still, the wave of reader outrage was so great that the Evening Standard printed two separate follow-up articles: "Sewell sparks wave of protests" and "Sewell and Israel."

After more pressure, the Evening Standard published an unprecedented counter-opinion piece entitled, "Why Brian Sewell was wrong." Says writer Simon Sebag Montefiore: "[Sewell's] article was so riddled with clumsy mistakes, historical lacunae and silly ignorance about basic events, that it would take this entire page to correct."

This is a prime example of what HonestReporting can accomplish when we work together.

[cynicom]

The author evidently does not read very much or very often.

Latest effort prior to Lynch was for the American pilot shot down in Bosnia or that area. He should check the number of men that risked their lives to rescue him.

What an idiot this man is.

[ibtheman]

The idiot that wrote this article needs to shot! Stupid moron! His main point is in total error. Woman are not front line troops! I served in the Marine Corp. never have I shared a fox hole, A.P.C. with a W.M. woman marine, I mean never!!!!!!! And by the way p.o.w.'s were repairing broken military vehicles, when they were ambushed! Who ever was providing there fire support, propably left them there working on vehicles, so it was not there fault! Stupid ! Many come on this site, and make some of the most stupid statements, and have never served in the military!

[demosthenes the elder]

to the author, a quick response (the longer ass-reaming will need to wait till evening):
Oh, you son of a BITCH! Appalling safety record? Incestuous hills?? The naivety of the provincial American???
Oh, you son of ten thousand fathers!

[VadeRetro]

... the same incestuous hills of West Virginia among which Jessica was born?

Now you got a feud on your hands, Sewell! I resent this and so do my brothers and sisters, the entire population of this state.

[elfman2]

I agree with a few things in this article, but on the whole it's a disgusting piece of crap.

Yes, as far as we know, Jessica's no more of a hero than any other service members. And yes, women shouldn't be in these combat positions for the reasons that Jessica could probably tell us if she wanted to talk. And yes, her rescue is more noteworthy than that of an ugly smell big grunt.

But no, when a pretty little girl's pulled from the clutches of barbarian rapists, its publication's not the result of far right conspiracy. The resiliency of the teenage girl is published because it tugs at our heart. The bravery and skill of the rescuers is celebrated not because of its propaganda effect, but because it gives us hope.

Yes there's a double standard on some tedious clinical level buried in this, but it's the double standard of chivalry, the strong helping the weak and coming to the aid of a pretty young lady in distress. This "double standard" is part of what makes us great and decent, and it's to some degree imbedded in our nature.

And that, THAT is at the core of what so motivates the creepy vermin that write articles like this. That there IS an innate difference between men and women, and that some of the greatest and most inspiring values in our culture are tightly integrated into that difference. And that no matter what "gains" they make in pushing women into unnatural roles to further their agenda, incidents like this will happen, be celebrated and destroy their "progress".

[Redcloak]

Regarding the author: Would "tinytesticles" be an inappropriate keyword?

[Paraclete]

An example of the European culture, finesse, and sensibility that is so lacking in America.

[js1138]

Speilberg spent a couple hundred million saving Private Ryan. The only question is whether we know where someone is.

[fightinJAG]

Okay, now you've done it.

Where is this guy's email?

[MattAMiller]

She wasn't in a combat role, she wasn't on the frontlines either, she just got caught up in the fighting. POW missions are not rare, I'm certain we would have done the same to rescue any of those men.

[Anamensis]

Would so many men and so much expensive machinery have been risked for the rescue of a jar-head marine of 19, a black boy of 19, a homosexual boy of 19

Translation: I'm morally superior, the rest of the world is prejudiced.

...or a poor white boy of 19 from the same incestuous hills of West Virginia among which Jessica was born?

Translation: Nope, not a prejudiced bone in my body. I don't believe any snotty stereotypes that might serve to make me feel better than any particular class of people, no sirree baghdad bob.

[Dan from Michigan]

While I agree with the last paragraph, the guy still is a class a prick.

[R. Scott]

“Would so many men and so much expensive machinery have been risked for the rescue of a jar-head marine of 19, a black boy of 19, a homosexual boy of 19 or a poor white boy of 19 from the same incestuous hills of West Virginia among which Jessica was born?”

YES

[HairOfTheDog]

This article deserves no response to its substance. The Brits can handle their own on this one... We have enough of our own knuckledraggers here for me to worry about.

[happydogdesign]