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Well, I think there's been a major change in standards for awards since WWII, and that's where a lot of objection comes from. If it's not unusual in this day and age for someone to get a BSM for something like what happened to her (and I've been told by several people that it isn't), then I have no problem with it.

The difficulty with a lot of this is that it can't be comfortable for her, knowing she did nothing extraordinarily heroic, and being turned into this larger-than-life sort of icon. I've said before that they did something similar to the flag-raisers on Iwo Jima. There were six, and of the three that lived to return, two suffered survivor's guilt and did not appreciate coming back and being turned into celebrities, knowing that their buddies didn't come home at all. One, Ira Hayes, lost control of an alcohol problem and drank himself to death.

I don't blame her. I blame the media. Looks like Hack blames the Pentagon. I just think it's a shame. People have barely even heard the names of the others...why not?

I don't blame her. I blame the media. Looks like Hack blames the Pentagon. I just think it's a shame. People have barely even heard the names of the others...why not?

Because Jessica was a lone rescuee in a rescue that was the first of it's kind since WW2. Simple as that. Why can't you accept that?