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Originally posted by mb99usa
I may have missed something but I have never heard anything from her directly. I have heard and read press releases. I have heard and read military information releases.
I'm just saying that the sources a lot of the information is coming from have a lot to gain from this remaining "a heroic rescue mission for a heroic service woman."
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The problem is that a lot of people will gain by discrediting her story too. That's why you have to take it all with a grain of salt. Was it as dramatic as they've made it all out to be? No probably not. It was probably far worse to experience than it could be expressed on film, even if the BBC version were true. Its easy to cynically dismiss her story, and part of me wants to, but then again part of me can imagine if she were my sister, or daughter, or good friend. The anal rape thing is pretty bothersome, I'm surprised that people find this so funny. I wonder who made this up. Was it the US Marine Corp? Was it Bush? Was it Jessica Lynch? Was it the GOP? Was it the doctors who examined her?
As for her heroism? She's not any more of a hero than any other person in uniform in my book. I'm appreciative of our armed forces in general. Rarely do the people worshipped as heroes, desire the title "hero". I think if I were in a position to be labeled a "hero" it would bother the hell out of me. Ah well...