[Rodney King]

From your lips to God's ears ! I will not post what I truly think about your post . . . but it is a vile slur.

It's all relative. I think awarding a medal to her is a vile slur to everyone else who was engaged in combat. You can take the position that everyone deserves a medal, but in that case they should award a medal to everyone. What about the guys in her unit who died? I'll bet that some of them went down fighting. Don't they deserve medals? Isn't it a slur on them to give one to Lynch?

[zarf]

She was raped. That's why all the hush hush.

[homeschool mama]

She was a POW, RK. Or do you think that's a lie?

[Polybius]

You can take the position that everyone deserves a medal, but in that case they should award a medal to everyone.

They do award a medal to everyone in the theater: The Southwest Asia Service Medal.

A Bronze Star, however, should not become the Any Servicember That Got Lots and Lots of News Coverage Service Medal.

I have yet to hear the official version of what, exactly, Pvt. Lynch did. Maybe she does deserve a Bronze Star for her conduct after capture that we have not been informed about. Maybe she does deserve a Bronze Star for action during the ambush that we have not been informed about.

However, having your Humvee get hit by an RPG and then losing consciousness does not deserve a Bronze Star.

[SuziQ]

What about the guys in her unit who died? I'll bet that some of them went down fighting. Don't they deserve medals? Isn't it a slur on them to give one to Lynch?

Have you heard that they DIDN'T get one? Maybe you have more info than I because I don't watch the news anymore.

The military knows what happened on that road now because all of the other who survived were released and were able to give statements. The fact that they haven't shared them with everyone else means squat.

Many people seem to be basing their approval or disapproval of Pvt. Lynch on the early stories after she was taken. Those were speculation based on some writers' fevered imaginations. The story will come out in time. Until then, I'll withhold judgement. I'm just glad the young lady is home with her family.