Reply #12: I understand how he feels, too. [View All]

[DealsGapRider]

To be honest, I've been rather disappointed by a lot of the Jessica Lynch bashing that has taken place here on DU, as I feel like their anger at Bush and Co. was inappropriately placed on her shoulders. Even if her rescue was staged and the whole thing was a propaganda circus, Lynch herself did nothing wrong. Yet she was practically made to look like the villain.

That having been said, I don't think it's right to profit off one's service to the country. Reminds me of that asshole Scott O'Grady who got shot down over Bosnia and has spent the rest of his life capitalizing off of it.

If I were in her position, I wouldn't be able to live with myself knowing that I got $1 million for simply getting captured while my comrades got killed.