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Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 7:32
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Subject: [Futurework] Jessica Lynch --
American Dreamer
I don't know if any of you caught the Diane Sawyer interview with
Jessica Lynch. Her honesty prevailed despite the overt manipulation on
the part of Sawyer and Uncle Sam.
Her story is one which in many ways mirrors the misled
ego-mind of the typical American soldier; astonishingly sad and very telling
of the purpose the U.S. military currently serves. The purpose today is
vastly different from wars of even a decade ago. The function of defending
or overtaking the ever-escalating wealth of a few is evidenced by the
dramatic increment in Defense spending. Internationally, its presence
is supposed to symbolize democratic liberty
Jessica is portrayed as a very naive young woman who had never
even set foot in a mall till her late teens, raised in an isolated rural
community ironically named Palestine. Her chances of finding a job were
negligible as a highschool dropout, and the $1100/mth offered by Uncle Sam
was her best chance of seeing the world while performing an honour and duty
for her country. She was proud of her job, as was her brother who had also
been recruited. She had but brief training when orders came for
her to ship out to Iraq.
Upon her arrival, the supply convoy for which she was driving truck
experienced chronic halts due to stormy desert conditions, and a relatively
easy ambush of the troops transpired, their defense weapons rendered
useless by the pervasive sand. Jessica later became sole survivor
of what she still considers an uncalled for attack, during which she was
originally reported to have fought bravely, firing at every Iraqi in
sight, while in fact she had dropped to her knees to pray to God for her
life. (After the truth was revealed by Jessica herself, the propaganda
department felt it best not to diminish her contributions by
relating the real account.) She passed out
from sustained fractures to limbs and spine, to which she awakened
most painfully in an Iraqi hospital. She pleaded with the staff not to hurt
her, and refused to ingest food that was not pre-packaged and opened in her
presence, dropping to an alleged 70 lbs.during her stay. It should have been
apparent that the staff was trying to help her, yet this sick frightened
child had heard such awful tales of these foreigners, so she persisted with
a vigilance that would have been sure death had she not been rescued by
Uncle Sam.
Today, Jessica is learning how to walk again, and may be permanently in
pain and handicapped. She still considers herself a proud
soldier. Despite the agony of knowing that their daughter had been
injured and captured, her parents still support the "war" on terrorism,
or Saddam, or whatever they think the real reason for the invasion was.
Odd that Uncle Sam seeks to recruit such naive youngsters to allegedly
win a war. Peculiar that given the conditions of "Desert Storm" no one in
the military remembered that sand and vehicles don't get along, and that
weapons used in ground efforts would get all clogged up from dust. No one
thought to issue them appropriate plastic bags for their personal guns.
The urgency to strike revenge upon Iraq was so pressing that they
couldn't wait for better weather either. Are the military incredibly
incompetent, or did things unfold in this way to burn up more military
dollars to ensure future purchases in military supply companies that Bush
& Co own or in which they have investments? Another $401 billion has
just been approved by a spineless Congress (who dare not ask where the
missing 3.3 trillion have gone) for Defense spending, most to go
towards new aircraft. Oh, I think I recall that at the very least, the Bush
family has a sizable investment in aircraft companies too. Bush has guts
enough to ensure a handsome retirement gift in the face of an imminent
demise, yet is too spineless to attend a single soldier's funeral, like
previous Presidents have done.
Jessica had no clue as to what war was about, and still doesn't. The
military pumped her full of military pride, and led her to believe that the
U.S. was just and invincible. The Press, her parents, peers or teachers
taught her that Iraqis were barbaric, and that she must judge them all by
the same book that lent support to the President's insane decisions.
Soon America will be drafting new soldiers, no doubt with the same
savvy that resulted in Lynch's hiring. Recruiting officers working on
the bonus system have been known to sign up serious criminals and drug
addicts, in one incident I watched some years back by tipping them off on an
effective natural blood cleanser called Golden Seal so they could
pass the blood test. Commanding officers know full well the calibre of their
fresh cannon fodder. Modern day wars are not fought on the ground, but once
the aerial attacks are sufficiently effective, the ground troops move in to
establish order. Most of these recruits have serious issues to start with
which are compounded by military training, battle shock and stress. They are
the last ones that should be in charge of keeping the peace. Unless, I
guess, that peace is not the real objective anyway. In addition to a show of
force and numbers, it seems to be to maintain high military spending, and as
an aside, to perpetuate sympathy for the U.S. by way of casualties.
Jessica Lynch is a product of poorer U.S. education, insular community
upbringing, and the U.S. army. The U.S. military is a puppet for big money,
who preys upon fears of children, then ensures that nightmares become
reality. It was strategically important for this young woman and her
country to be informed that, despite the lack of support for the claim by
her Iraqi doctor, she may have been the victim of rape when she was
unconscious during the ambush. Though Jessica said she had no such
recollection, the military made sure that she would have an imaginary and
faceless lifelong enemy. But she is not ever likely to ask the
right questions, nor to search out the truth about her role in the pursuit
of wealth for a handful of criminals.
The way I perceived it,
Natalia