[Drew68]

FOX and MSNBC are showing it live right now.

[Paul Atreides]

I can't wait to hear the latest conspiracy theory about this.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Lester Holt reading that the family had requested the media show some sensitivity in the pictures it shows, to try and avoid showing her in pain as she got out from the chopper(she is still in casts).

He read the above while MSNBC has a continuous live overhead closeup shot of the helicpoter and transfer. I wonder which media scum will ask her if she feels guilty for living while others died? BBC headline will probably be "Girl maimed by Bush's war limps home".

[lelio]

And I see her secret mission to Paris was successfully completed this morning. Good job!

[flutters]

Where can I find a weblink to watch it on the Internet? Do you know?

[journey7873]

Why has she been made out to be such a Jesus figure. Why does she get all of the attention? What about the frumpy black POW who was freed?

[Drew68]

Here's a good pic from yesterday for those of you who haven't seen it:

Pfc. Jessica Lynch receives the Purple Heart from Lt. Gen. James B.
Peake, U.S. Army surgeon general, during a ceremony at Walter Reed
Army Medical Center, in Washington, on Monday, July 21, 2003.
Lynch also received the Bronze Star and the Prisoner of War Medal
(AP)

[Wright is right!]

Noticed that El Chopperola landed next to a baseball field and that there was NO ONE anywhere near the LZ. Was there some special significance to landing on a baseball layout or was that simply the only flat space available?

Michael

[1Old Pro]

Good for her and her family

[Right_Wing_Mole_In_Seattle]

Is anyone else embarrassed that we sent this young girl off to war? Just curious.

[fly_so_free]

Thank God for Jessica and the rest of our POWs coming home. Personally, I thought they would be found dead or not found at all. Remember the horrible pictures of the POWS who died and the smiling guy kicking their bodies? It's a miracle they got out-especially Jessica. I didn't think they'd find her-she is much more injured then the rest. She was seperated from the others too. I don't know if we will ever hear about what really happened to her . She may not want to talk about it, and that's fine.

As for the few here who can't understand why she is a hero- she deserves special recognition- they all do. Anyone who is a POW, and especially those who have been tortured, deserves respect. They were POW's because they served our nation.

Some people here seem to want to think less of the women in the military, or look down on their service as if its not as worthy as the mens. That is just wrong.

From what I've learned , the Armed Forces function as a team. Each persons role is important. Even General Patton acknowledged this in one of his speeches,-when he praised the truck drivers running day and night on the supply lines, not stopping even when under attack.

So women in the military have a role. They aren't as big and strong as the men, but they are there (wherever they are sent) doing their jobs and serving our country. They deserve the same respect and recognition that you would give any soldier.

Ask yourselves this question: If you take Jessica and the other women out of danger, who do you replace them with? Do we put in the Draft and end up with a bunch of Taliban-Johnny-Bin-Walkers from San Francisco? Of course they'd be in Canada long before that.

I mean, I don't like to see these young women in danger, (its even worse when they have kids) but, somebody has to take the place of the useless , worthless, parasite, sandal wearing, liberal males who are out laying in the streets, and defacating and vomiting on Federal Buildings in "protest" of the war.

I'm not saying there aren't problems with both sexes serving toghether. The higher-ups are stupid if they think you can put men and women in close contact and expect them to stay away from each other. (Somebody needs to tell them-military officials- about the birds and the bees)

Even with the problems, I applaud the women, like Jessica, and my God-daughter, who are serving our country. God Bless and Protect all of them- men and women- and bring them home safely.