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I suppose you are right glc, they did seem to go on a feeding frenzy once it was known. I guess they are also making a big thing about the ladies because most of us are not used to the idea of women POW's. What I watched on CNN though seemed to mainly consentrate on WO Young's family. A member of Pte Johnstons family just read a very short, terse statement, nothing more.
It is great to have the POW's back and I know they have probably gone through hell. I wouldn't want to take anything away from them.
But what about those that died?
What about the injured?
What about those that have lost an arm, a leg or is so full of shrapnel it will take years to remove it all. My own father went through the hell of shrapnel removal. 20 years after the war they were still removing it from his shattered body.
Don't any of these folks deserve a mention?
What about those that have received the purple heart for bravery in the face of the enemy? While I saw a quick battlefield cerimony to give out a couple of Purple Hearts, the soldiers names were not mentioned nor were they interviewed afterwards.
President Bush visited some of the wounded the other day, including Pte Lynch and bestowed Purple Heats on some of them. Again not a word about the bravery of these wonderful young people. Could that not have been televised, or at the very least their names mentioned with a short blurp about their bravery? What's the big secret?
Don't these Brave Young American's deserve wide spread recognition for their deeds? Particularly when the cameras are right there.
Sure some of this may come out after the war is well over and gone, but I sure think it would have been good for American moral, not only amongst the ranks in the active theatre, but also amongst everyone on home soil to see a few of these guys and gals get the recognition they deserve.
I suppose this one is getting close to meddling in US affairs and I appologize, but it seemed to me the question needed to be asked.
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