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11/12/2003 Archived Entry: "Henican on Lynch: Hammer, Nail, Head"
Henican on Lynch: Hammer, Nail, Head
Thanks to alert reader Jeff, I bring you today's column by Ellis Henican. Good stuff.
And what a gripping tale it was! A vicious ambush outside Nasiriyah. This tiny woman confronting the enemy Rambo-style. By the time the Army spinners got done, our girl Jesse had emptied her weapon valiantly, killing several Iraqi combatants and sustaining multiple gunshot wounds.The only problem? Hardly any of it was true.
Her injuries came, not in a bloody firefight, but in a vehicle wreck. She was actually treated pretty well, it seemed, at an Iraqi hospital. And the raid that freed her April 1 was nothing like the story the Pentagon put out: A classic Special Ops assault on a tightly guarded hospital with U.S. commandos in Black Hawk helicopters whirling overhead, engaging Iraqi troops and bringing our girl to safety.
Actually, they just kind of picked her up.
But if the Army cynically put out these morale-boosting falsehoods, lots of others were willing to run with them.
Replies: 6 people speak up
From presidential flight suits to WMDs to fabricated wartime heroics to boxes whose "Made in China" labels were taped over: is there even a scintilla of reality to anything this administration does or says?
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 11/12/2003 11:45 AM NY
too bad we dont get to see those naked pictures of her, so that she can be further taken advantage of (although i would like to see them, shes really hot..) just goes to show that larry flint has more honor and integrity than the entire republican party, but then again didnt we already know that?
did anyone else feel sick watching bush's veterans day bull shit? it should be interesting to see all the homeless gulf war veterans begging on the streets beside the aging vietnam vetran homeless. maybe the old vets can help show the new vets where the homeless shelters and food pantries are. my wife runs a food pantry, and most of the homeless use veteran's IDs for identification.
a message to anyone in the military, or thinking about joing the military... dont buy the hype, you're only our heroes while youre being shot at. once we are done with you, we wash you into the gutters to die. if i hear "support our troops" one more time from these fucking pigs im going to vomit
Posted by justin @ 11/12/2003 12:50 PM NY
But, Justin, what about all those really slick television commercials encouraging America's youth to join the armed services? Wearing camouflage and rappelling down the side of a mountain to the tune of loud rock music is really, really cool. And besides, what in this world could possibly be cooler than blowing shit up? I wish I could be an "Army of One" (TM). But I can't, my wife told me I had to do my chores and clean up my room.
Good to have you back, I was starting to worry about you. How's that hand?
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 11/12/2003 02:40 PM NY
my hand is fine, ive had many cuts come and go since then. i havnt been posting anything on here lately because i was in new orleans for a wedding and ive been buisy with my new iguana since then. by the way, anyone have any good names for a male cold blooded reptile (and please, dont say george w bush, becasue while it is apt, i couldnt bear to call an innocent animal that)
Posted by justin @ 11/12/2003 02:53 PM NY
Justin,
N'Awleans, eh? I love that town! That's where K and i are planning to go once we retire from the Rodent Marathon.
Good luck with the new iguana. Howzabout 'Iggy' for a name? (I'm a Stooges fan...)
Posted by editor @ 11/12/2003 03:11 PM NY
unfortunately, ive had an iguana named iggy before, he died (wouldnt eat, i think he was sold too young), i also had an iguana named fluffy, he died too (suicide, he broke into the sealed light box that heated his cage and cooked himself) im trying to keep this one alive long enough to be as big as my cat, so i dont need to cage him, i was thinking of either pablo, or salvadore as names ( i am an artist after all, and iguanas are south american animals, so spanish names seem fitting, but i really just cant pick a name, there are so many, both good and bad. either way, i think my cat bob would prefer if i just called him "catfood"
Posted by justin @ 11/12/2003 03:20 PM NY
