You said — “You are being disingenous.”
Doesn’t look like it from the way I’m reading the story...
And then — “She is uncomfortable being labeled a hero. Who labeled her as a hero? The press ran with a story that was fragmentary, and then when they got the full story, they made a story out of the fact that they ran with a fragmentary story.”
And that enhances her credibility and makes her the *most authoritative* to talk about what happened to her (not anyone else). And thus, she wanted to “set the record straight” and she’s the one that went to the hearings to do that.
And in addition, it would have been a very simple matter for the Pentagon to have “set the record straight” in a press conference if they had wanted to correct any misconceptions. Obviously it took Jessica Lynch to do it for herself...
I find this actually pretty generous on the part of the Pentagon. They didn't need Jessica Lynch to be a hero. A real hero was the basis of the initial story, and he was awarded a Silver Star (posthumously). Not that the media bothered publishing that true story - or indeed many of the other stories of true heroism during the campaign. I am glad that Jessica Lynch has come out and set the story straight about what a lousy soldier she was. But for her to turn around and deflect attention from her incompetence and suggest that the Pentagon is a nest of liars is cheek. She's got some nerve.