Jessica Lynch Says Military Manipulated Her Story

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

Is it just me or this is going to be the MOTHER OF ALL PR FLOPS? Just picture: Jessica besides Wesley Clark.

http://www.theomahachannel.com/news/2619087/detail.html

PALESTINE, W. Va. -- Former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch has accused the military of using her capture and dramatic nighttime rescue to sway public support for the war in Iraq.

Lynch said she's bothered by the military's portrayal of her ordeal in Iraq. She said the U.S. military manipulated the story of her dramatic rescue -- and shouldn't 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 there was no reason for her rescue from an Iraqi hospital to be filmed.

In an excerpt reported Friday in the New York Daily News, Lynch said, "They used me as a way to symbolize all this stuff. It's wrong." (...)

[Richardo]

1. Just wait - by Monday she'll recant. Ask DiIulio how that works.

Rove is watching.

[omshanti]

2. Also, "Jessica Lynch condemns Pentagon" from the BBC

"She said she was grateful to the American special forces team which rescued her but, asked whether the Pentagon's subsequent portrayal of her rescue bothered her, she said: "Yes, it does. They used me as a way to symbolise all this stuff. It's wrong."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3251731.stm

[thebigidea]

3. Glad she's doing the right thing

I was really almost hostile to her, thinking she was part and parcel of the propaganda machine. Glad she's talking NOW - when the movie comes out.

I wonder if she'll comment on the deaths of the others.

[arcane1]

4. looks like she's earning the title of "hero"

:toast:

[xultar]

5. I don't understand the "Jessica besides Wesley Clark" statement

I will say that yes she is earning the title of hero....I will also say that she needs protection from Rummy, KKKarl, and Dick

[Screaming Lord Byron]

6. That's what we want to see.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

10. Explanation

I imagine (expect? hope?) her campaigning for the Democratic candidate.

[mike_c]

7. damn..., this is a courageous thing to do-- I hope she...

...finally tells the whole truth about what happened.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

8. I get the feeling she doesn't actually know.

Can't blame her for that, I reckon.

[TahitiNut]

9. duplicate

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

I'm locking this thread. Interested DUers are welcome to continue discussing this in the referenced thread.

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[lumpy]

11. Jessica beside Wesley Clark ?

Don't you think this girl has been used enough for political purposes?

[gardenista]

12. Lynch herself is enough for me.

If she can keep telling the truth and deflect the coming attacks and disinformation (i.e., constant focus on the alleged anal rape), she will indeed be a hero, and one of the few effective voices to shine a light on the evil manipulation of her story by Roveco Productions.

What to watch out for:

-Constant focus on the anal rape story. This is a big winner for the media and Roveco Productions. First, the word "rape" in a headline or promo sells. Second, it deflects attention from the real story, which is that the BFEE manipulated events. Finally, it may intimidate Lynch from telling her story on multiple media outlets. It is a horrible feeling to not know if you were raped or not, and they may be able to put so much psychological pressure on her that she cracks.

-Constant hype of the "Saving Private Lynch" story. (NOT authorized by Lynch, but a propaganda piece brought to you by the same folks who brought you the incubator story in the first Iraq war.

-Accusations that Lynch is making big bucks off of selling her story, thereby impugning her credibility. (My understanding is that there is a $1 million dollar book deal. In my neighborhood in the Bay Area, that buys you a 2 bedroom house with a garage.)

-More "accidental deaths" of those soldiers who participated in the Roveco Rescue Production.

-Public villification of Lynch by the RW. She is already being completely trashed in Freeperville.

Jessica Lynch has now become one of my personal heros. She is being stronger than I ever could be under the same circumstances. As far as I'm concerned, whether she is standing beside a Dem nominee or not, her bravery in standing up to the BFEE will emerge as one of the key factors in the destruction of Roveco Productions.