"Saving Private Lynch"

[den]

There was a lot on the telly about the rescue of Private Lynch. I think it's wonderful news that she was rescued! But the news readers prattled on about making a movie called Saving Private Lynch, or something like that, effectively trivializing the rescue.

If a movie is made about this war it should be done along the lines of The Longest Day or Tora Tora Tora. It should show everything on both sides, fairly and without propagander or comment. It should show the good and the bad, the build up and the action. It should show the Iraqis, US, UK, Australian, and Kurdish forces in action.

But above all it should show the bravery of the soldiers on all sides, including the capture and rescue of Private Lynch.

Comments

[pipibluestockin]

I do not mean to get on the bandwagon but I thought the article in which her father says she was not shot or stabbed to be rather telling.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/04/1048962918376.html

The propaganda and hype machine may have tripped over its boots.

[arcturax.livejournal.com]

Saw an article today about the Iraqi who helped her escape. He was in the hospital to visit his wife who worked there and happened to see her being beaten by a hooded man. He then walked six miles, risking capture or being shot by coalition forces thinking he was suicide bomber and told the marines where she was being held. He went into the hospital two more times to make maps and count the guards and such, risking death by torture if caught to give the marines the information they needed to go in and rescue her.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

That bloke deserves a medal, or something to show appriciation.