Jessica Lynch Exposes Pentagon Lies

[zengrifter]

U.S. soldier hailed for bravery in Iraq
says Pentagon spin doctors made it all up


Putting the record straight:
Jessica Lynch in Washington

By DAVID GARDNER - 25th April 2007

The American military has been accused of telling lies about two of its most famous soldiers.

Official versions of the rescue of prisoner of war Jessica Lynch and the death of former US football star Pat Tillman turned both into national heroes.

But the propaganda was dismissed as "utter fiction" at a Capitol Hill hearing to expose the false battlefield stories peddled by the Pentagon.

...more - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770

[bj bob]

Although these two stories are being investigated by Congress at the same time, and apparantly are tied together as military dishonesty; my reaction is that the Tillman coverup is far more sinister than the Lynch comedy.
Tillman's death seems to point to gross negligence both on and off the battlefield, whereas Lynch was just a case of a "Poster Girl" opportunity gone bad.
But, in either case:"Caveat Cives Americanus" (may the American citizen beware!"