Hustler Magazine to publish topless photos of Jessica Lynch. A few pics, depicting her horsing about topless with a couple of guys from Ft. Bliss prior to her deployment. Larry Flynt got the pics from those same two guys (nice move) for a six-figure price. He said he’s publishing them to expose the fraud that is the entire “Jessica Lynch” mythos and teary-eyed support of her becoming the poster child for our cost in the war.
1). She is a poster-child. Her and her entire unit are poster children for our woeful unpreparedness in the face of a real, competent, well-armed and dangerous enemy. I’ve said that so much now, that I’m tried of the matter. I believe that it’s pointless to hash it all up again. So many others have done it far more eloquently than I can, I’ll leave it to them.
2). The media and the White House spin machine is far worse than Larry Flynt. He is quite simply, cashing in on a moment in time. The media, on the other hand, has done a far, far worse job of exploiting her publicly for whatever they are trying to prove. They’ve shown off far more of her than Hustler Magazine will, with far less tangible information. Hey, her boobs are real… we still don’t know the real story of her “war heroism.” The best story we have, so far, is that she wrecked, running hell-bent-for-election (pun intended) while being chased out of an ambush. It has been leaked (from her book) that she was have been raped however, there is sincere doubt about that from her doctors. True or, not, it didn’t stop the media from treating it as pure news and reporting as fact.
3). She made it out alive, what about Lori Piestewa who didn’t? Or, Patrick Miller, who really did act in an heroic manner? Oh, nevermind… they’re not photogenic enough.
4). She did risk her life for your country while serving in wartime. She was captured, injured, and even presumed dead for some time. Her real thanks will be that she has become a martyred poster child for Gulf II for all sides of the fence. The liberals used her for demonstrating their cause, the conservative hawks used her to demonstrate the ruthlessness of our enemies, and the press used her to push copies of their product off shelves.
I do hope she uses all of them, so as never to have to work again for the rest of her life.