It seems that not all of the US press is taking the Pentagon story of Pvt Lynch's rescue at face value. Salon has an interesting piece. It's premium content but you can access it after watching an ad.
I personally think that the truth is a much better story, that despite all the killing going on outside the hospital, inside, there were those inside dedicated to preserving life. However, that film will probably never get made.
Some people have commented on the excesses of the marines who rescued Pvt Lynch and on the fact that the Iraqis tried to hand her back earlier but that US troops fired on the ambulance carrying her. While those events were unfortunate, I don't think the blame can be laid on any individual soldier. While the marines were informed that there were no Iraqi military in the hospital, they couldn't be sure and needed to secure the area which meant handcuffling people, although handcuffing someone who's paralysed does seem a bit much. And was it really necessary to destroy the orthopaedic bed Pvt Lynch was in in order to rescue her?
Of course this raises the whole question of whether or not the whole Iraqi adventure was needed or not. Call me indecisive - no, actually don't, oh wait, do - but I'm still trying to work out whether getting rid of Saddam Hussein - a good thing - was worth all the death and destruction and the fact that what replaces him may not be much better, if not worse.
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