Shadowthrone said:I think everyone here is forgetting the important issues.......like this porno that she is going to star in.
Lina said:I'm so upset. I just told my mom about this story, and she informed me that Jessica Lynch is now claiming amnesia.
Lina said:But what concerns me about the whole story is not "how did the doctors treat her?" but rather, why does the media report unsubstantiated, sensationalized stories to start with, and then not at least give their corrected versions as much mention as their original stories?
Of course we know the answer -- ratings and sales. And it sickens me. Especially since so many Americans somehow justify going to war by accusing the rest of the world of trying to limit our "free" way of life. Bullshit. There are a lot "freer" countries than the U.S. ...but I digress.
I agree completely.Analog_Kid said:I strongly doubt that she is "claiming" amnesia on her own. A more accurate hypothosis is that she is being orderd to claim amnesia. That goes for the physicians who are saying this too. I smelled a rat on this story from the moment she hit U.S. soil on the return flight. Two things I noticed: 1. all media were kept at a distance from her and she was also, quite obviously, very drugged-up upon arrival. 2.(and this is the most important factor) her family were shown greeting her quickly and then ushered off without saying a word to the press. Soundbites from happy parents are gold for the media, in cases like this. The military doesn't want a word of what really happened to begin to trickle out.
Of course, the funniest part is that her doctors are saying, already, that she may NEVER remember any of the events which took place during her capture. How convenient.
It's exactly that, what you just described. The media/Pentagon (yes, they're in cahoots because of this embedded journalist program) are covering up just how sloppy and insensitive the American soldiers were. Perhaps it's not a deliberate conspiracy sort of cover-up, but it's definitely a matter of what sells papers and garners ratings. And stories that make the Americans look like assholes and the Iraqis look like heroes do not. So the media loved this story when it was about a poor, brave, little blonde girl. Now that it turns out that more credit is due to the Iraqis, rather than give it to them, the media sweeps the whole story under the carpet. It's a shame, that's all.Iron-Flames said:You can take personal shots at me all you want, all I'm saying is we have two stories here, and the only difference is in one we heroicly got her out by heavy ground fire outside, and a quick extraction of the POW. In the other, it makes us look like animals, not paying attention to them trying to drive her to us, the whole story was just to make the USA look like sloppy animals. So one story makes us look like heros, the other story makes us look like animals, but BOTH stories have the same outcome. Jessica Lynch flying to Germany and then to America. POW Home Safe.
So where is the cover-up?