Jessica Lynch Laments Military Portrayal

[gristy]

This news broke less than an hour ago. Amazing...

PALESTINE, W.Va. (AP) - Former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch said the U.S. military was wrong to manipulate the story of her dramatic rescue and should not have filmed it in the first place.

The 20-year-old private told ABC's Diane Sawyer in a Primetime interview to air Tuesday that she was bothered by the military's portrayal of her ordeal.

"They used me as a way to symbolize all this stuff," she said in an excerpt from the interview, posted Friday on the network's Web site.

"It hurt in a way that people would make up stories that they had no truth about," she said.

She also said there was no reason for her rescue from an Iraqi hospital to be filmed. "It's wrong," she said.

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[jonoboy]

1. now she IS sounding like a brave lady

[berner59]

2. another question...

Which is emerging...was the rape real?? I wouldn't put it past the Pentagon to throw this in...

link:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=2813&click_id=2813&art_id=vn20031107142734177C761954&set_id=6

[kayell]

3. Very brave, I salute her

It takes a lot of courage to go up against the whole BFEE propaganda machine and say that they lied. Hell, most of the Dems in Congress don't have this courage. I wonder if she's been watching her senator for an example of courage against the machine.

[Maine-i-acs]

4. A true patriot.

Speaking her mind and questioning the system. Good, democratic, patriotic thinking.

Too bad her patriotism will be called into question by the BFEE. Perhaps today.

[Robb]

5. I guess we'll have to watch Diane

...but her only statement here, "I don't think it happened quite like that," is a little weak. Props, tho'. L)

[BlueEyedSon]

6. She wants to focus on selling the book

[TahitiNut]

7. duplicate

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=204708

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