If a young blonde woman went missing in Iraq, the war might get some

[democrat in Tallahassee]

attention. Ya think?

[rzemanfl]

1. Aw hell, they'd find her and our troops would shoot her on her

way to the airport. How's the weather there?

[warrior1]

2. They tried that remember

Jessica Lynch.

[atreides1]

3. One did

Remember Jessica Lynch?

[mopaul]

4. i actually expect it. a female g.i., held captive, perhaps beheaded

but perhaps tortured first and filmed, with hooded men. just think of the positive effect it would have for the war effort.

[whistle]

5. And your point is.....

...We have been there and done that:

<snip>
Friday, 4 April, 2003, 09:26 GMT 10:26 UK

POW rescue: Your reaction

A teenage US servicewoman who was presumed dead in Iraq has been rescued ten days after going missing in action.
Nineteen-year-old supply clerk Jessica Lynch has two broken legs, a broken arm and multiple gunshot wounds but is said to be stable.

She was rescued from a hospital when special forces stormed the building. The bodies of two unidentified American soldiers and eight Iraqi militia were also found in the building.

What's your reaction to the news?

<snip>
A US woman soldier who shot to fame after being taken prisoner during the Iraq war has accused the military of using her for propaganda purposes.

A video of US commandos carrying a badly injured Private Jessica Lynch from a Nasiriya hospital was released at the height of the conflict.

But the 20-year-old criticised the release of false information about her capture by Iraqi forces.

She also said there was no reason for her rescue to be filmed. ..
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."

[democrat in Tallahassee]

6. rainy rainy rainy