The real story about Jessica Lynch abduction and rescue had raised a lot of questions and criticisms. The coverage of her rescue is too good to be true and was seen worldwide. It was like seeing a scene from the movie instead of real dangerous mission in capturing a captive. Is it the media or is the government who made Jessica Lynch a hero? These are the things that are valued by the Pentagon and the military.
The Jessica Lynch story is about an American soldier whose troop was ambushed after making a wrong turn in Iraq. Some of her comrades were killed and taken as prisoners like her. But according to the story, she was full of stab wounds and bullet holes and was left off in an Iraqi hospital where she was held for eight days by dangerous Iraqi guards, abused and raped. Then comes the most exciting part, the rescue team all composed of US Army Rangers and Navy Seals. A real treat in an action packed movie except it didn’t happen that way.
The truth, Lynch does not remember anything. You will learn from the statement of nurses and doctors that the fedayeen guards had left the day before the rescue and that Jessica was not abused and there was no danger or resistance of any kind. In short, the US forces can just walk in and they knew it.
The hospital doors were open and doctors and nurses have provided decent care for Jessica and even tried to return her to the US forces themselves. She has no knife wounds or bullet holes on her body as the US claims. All she had were a few broken bones. The dramatic and violent rescue was nothing but fake but America bought it because it was on TV.
The hard truth is, this is how the government does their politics and fabricate history. This is how they create patriotism by simply relying on PR. They care more about their image on TV with a faked rescue at the expense of a sound judgment. The people are consumed with the idea that the US will not do anything wrong and that the TV will not lie.
Then months later, Jessica started speaking publicly and was very critical about what really happened and said she was used to symbolize all those heroic acts. She denied about her heroine status and was not ready to take credit for something she had never done. She also denied of fighting her captors and it had been hard for her to convince people that it was not her who made all those stories.
Jessica was a good story to make because she does not remember anything. All she remembers after the ambushed was she was down on her knees praying. She further said that she was well treated in Iraq and remembers one person singing to her to make her feel at home.
The real Jessica is that courageous girl who served her country well by going to Iraq when she was called for. But the government made a puppet out of her to ease them of the violence and bloodshed they have created among hundreds of dead citizens making them more dangerous than Saddam or Osama.
The truth behind the lies is that the Pentagon cares more about the power they portray as people around the world see them. They don’t care who they step on or who they use to get what they want.
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