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2003-09-03 05:49 | User Profile
...or at least, telling the parts that make her (and her superiors) look good....
NEW YORK (Sept. 2) - Jessica Lynch has struck a $1 million deal for a book that will tell the story of her capture and rescue in Iraq. But questions remain over how much she remembers.
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Tuesday that the former prisoner of war who became a national hero will collaborate on ''I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story'' with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Rick Bragg.
The book is scheduled to come out in mid-November, with a first printing of around 500,000 copies.
Financial terms were not disclosed, but a source close to the negotiations said Lynch and Bragg will split a $1 million advance, with any royalties going to Lynch. The source spoke on condition of anonymity.
''Many folks have written, expressing their support for me and for the thousands of other soldiers who serve their country,'' Lynch said in a statement issued by Knopf.
''I feel I owe them all this story, which will be about more than a girl going off to war and fighting alongside her fellow soldiers. It will be a story about growing up in America.''
Bragg has been granted exclusive access to Lynch and her family.
''I feel a kinship with Jessica and her family, and am thrilled at the prospect of bringing this story to the wider world,'' Bragg said in the statement.
It is unclear how much Lynch will be able to tell Bragg. Doctors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington have said it is unlikely Lynch will remember the events of her capture. Knopf spokesman Paul Bogaards, who visited with Lynch last week, said the state of her memory is ''excellent,'' but declined to say what he and Lynch discussed. Bragg also declined comment.
Lynch's grandmother, Wyonema Lynch, who lives across the street, said she looks forward to reading the book. ''We don't talk about what happened to her over there,'' Mrs. Lynch said. ''When she wants to tell me, she will.''
Lynch, 20, received a medical discharge last week from the Army, making her eligible to pursue book or movie deals.
She suffered broken bones and other injuries when her 507th Maintenance Company was ambushed in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on March 23.
Her rescue on April 1 made her a celebrity, and she returned home to Palestine, W.Va., in July to a hero's welcome after a long stay at Walter Reed.
''I am feeling better every day, and all the good wishes of the many who have written have certainly kept my spirits up,'' Lynch said. ''I am walking with crutches, but my doctors tell me that as I gain strength I will be able to walk on my own again soon. I am looking forward to those first steps.''
Bragg has written several books, including the memoir ''All Over but the Shoutin','' and won the Pulitzer for feature-writing in 1996, two years after he began working for The New York Times. He resigned from the Times in May after the newspaper suspended him over a story that carried his byline but was reported largely by a freelancer.
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2003-09-03 05:57 | User Profile
What garbage. She has a lot of gall to call herself a "soldier".
Curious, isn't it, how the media has suddenly become silent about the "Rambo" heroics of Ms. Lynch that were so widely reported at the time of the incident.
I am also really sick of hearing about this tart's "capture". You are "captured" if enemy soldiers take you to a prison and hold you until the cessation of hostilities. You are not "captured" if desert dwelling civillians take you to a hospital where you recieving life-saving medical care.
Unfortunately, millions of Americans will undoubtedly shell out toread the heartwarming story of a dumbass teenage girl who got in a car accident in the Middle East and later returned home to fornicate with a Mexican. :blink:
2003-09-03 06:09 | User Profile
*Unfortunately, millions of Americans will undoubtedly shell out toread the heartwarming story of a dumbass teenage girl who got in a car accident in the Middle East and later returned home to fornicate with a Mexican. *
....as told to a plagiarizer!!
2003-09-03 08:48 | User Profile
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2003-09-03 16:32 | User Profile
*Originally posted by Walter E Kurtz@Sep 2 2003, 23:57 * ** Curious, isn't it, how the media has suddenly become silent about the "Rambo" heroics of Ms. Lynch that were so widely reported at the time of the incident.
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Yes like how they claimed she fired her weapon untill it ran out of ammo. Aren't you supposed to do that anyways in a life-threatening situation in combat? That's not heroism, thats common sense. Ever notice how people are given medals and called heroes just because they fired their weapon in battle these days? :thd:
2003-09-03 21:58 | User Profile
Why was Lynch given an honorable discharge?? I would've thought the media would've been disappointed, knowing that their darling in army fatigues will never have to make like Rambo in the Middle East again, shooting away the ammo like a madman.
2003-09-03 22:46 | User Profile
Notice how the mother of the one guy who supposedly did fire his weapon without malfunction is silenced. There are plenty of questions about the lack of fire from that group, Lynch included. Signs indicate possible fear overcame them and they tossed their weapons down. Doesn't seem like anyone is digging too hard to find out exactly what happened, exactly. My test of whether Lynch was worth rescuing was if she'd take the book deal or not, question answered. Selling her soul to some day reap what she has sown.
2003-09-03 23:20 | User Profile
I think you're all too hard on Jessica. It wasn't she who arranged to have the camera crew there at the precise moment that she appeared. It wasn't she who wrote the news reports about her terrible ordeal. She didn't even lie about the whole thing, choosing to "not remember" instead--well, maybe she was ordered to not remember, but at least she didn't let leak a few heroic details.
Given the somewhat large gender imbalance in the military, what I want to know is why our supposedly feminist-loving government chose to use a female to play the lead in this Olive Oyl/Popeye-type charade; it can't have boosted her sense of adequacy.
Considering the fact that she was obviously used, and intellectually and financially challenged to begin with, or she wouldn't have been where she was, dressed the way she was, a million dollar payoff may not be all that unfair.
JW
2003-09-04 00:09 | User Profile
*Originally posted by phoenix8313@Sep 3 2003, 16:46 * ** Notice how the mother of the one guy who supposedly did fire his weapon without malfunction is silenced. There are plenty of questions about the lack of fire from that group, Lynch included. Signs indicate possible fear overcame them and they tossed their weapons down. Doesn't seem like anyone is digging too hard to find out exactly what happened, exactly. My test of whether Lynch was worth rescuing was if she'd take the book deal or not, question answered. Selling her soul to some day reap what she has sown. **
Try explaining that to the bumbling idiots here [url=http://www.jessica-lynch.com]http://www.jessica-lynch.com[/url] Yes there's actually a website about her with a forum where you can discuss all the great things about Jessica Lynch. Don't these idiots have anything better to talk about?
2003-09-04 01:14 | User Profile
*Originally posted by Jean West@Sep 3 2003, 17:20 * ** I think you're all too hard on Jessica. It wasn't she who arranged to have the camera crew there at the precise moment that she appeared. It wasn't she who wrote the news reports about her terrible ordeal. She didn't even lie about the whole thing, choosing to "not remember" instead--well, maybe she was ordered to not remember, but at least she didn't let leak a few heroic details.
Given the somewhat large gender imbalance in the military, what I want to know is why our supposedly feminist-loving government chose to use a female to play the lead in this Olive Oyl/Popeye-type charade; it can't have boosted her sense of adequacy.
Considering the fact that she was obviously used, and intellectually and financially challenged to begin with, or she wouldn't have been where she was, dressed the way she was, a million dollar payoff may not be all that unfair.
JW **
She signed up to work as an international gun grabber in the Amerikan Diversity Army. I don't think she deserves to be a millionare.
The armed forces, in every nation-state, are tradition saddled and tend to be a vanguard of traditional, martial values. This was unacceptable to the cultural bolsheviks who conquered America...so they forced Affirmative Action on the Army, and decided that the job of the US armed forces was to:
1) Disarm countries and peoples who threaten Jews. 2) Promote opportunities for women.
Read about some of the casualties suffered by all sides this in places with names like:
-The Crimea -Gettysburg -Shiloh -Stalingrad -The Somme -Verdun -Berlin -Leningrad
The millions upon millions of men who perished in these places weren't made millionaires because they were thrown into a meat grinder. In fact, the overwhelming majority of them did not even recieve a commendation.
Otto Skorzeny was a war HERO. So were Audie Murphy and Chesty Puller. Some little tart who got in a car wreck is not a "war hero".
She also was not a POW. She was taken to a hospital and patched up by doctors. The guys who were left to rot at the Hanoi Hilton, the hundreds of thousands of Germans who were marched to Siberia, the men who were butchered during the Bataan Death March were POWs. Their names are soiled and dishonored by these pathetic, MTV antics.
2003-09-04 01:56 | User Profile
EXACTLY WALTER! The real heroes don't get honored, even when they did far more than what Jessica Lynch ever did! In fact most of the real heroes will often reply "I was just doing my duty" and such. I haven't really heard Lynch talk about the "bravery" of her fellow soldiers, something real heroes always seem to do throughout history. They always say that the sacrifices and bravery of their comrades should not be forgotten. Lynch hasn't shown that, she hoggs all the glory for herself! And this million dollar book deal further proves shes not a hero.
So Walter, I agree with you completely!
2003-09-04 04:42 | User Profile
In jew-screwed Amerikwa 2003, only the most worthless creatures get the Long Green: crotch-grabbing 70-I.Q. rap coons; fat-assed Latrino "actresses"; a reasonably telegenic but otherwise useless white girl in soldier costume the choos can hype as a real-life G.I. Jane in a potboiler designed to jerk the tears (and the bucks) out of her fellow little fools.....
Pull over - this is where I get out.....
2003-09-04 12:00 | User Profile
*Originally posted by phoenix8313@Sep 3 2003, 22:46 * ** Notice how the mother of the one guy who supposedly did fire his weapon without malfunction is silenced. ... **
How true. No $1million for that guy. Obviously not Hollywood material.
2003-09-04 14:17 | User Profile
I just remembers that Miss Sell Out said she can't remember much of anything about the whole affair. So, I guess her part will be "I was in Iraq, then I came home a hero(they tell me), got a medal, and a rich book deal. I'm glad I served my country, but am not quite sure what I did that others didn't" and New York Jews will fill in the rest of her book for her. :taz:
2003-09-04 15:46 | User Profile
I'm going to guess that 90% of the buyers are going to be women.
Any other estimates?
2003-09-04 21:28 | User Profile
*Originally posted by phoenix8313@Sep 3 2003, 18:46 * ** Notice how the mother of the one guy who supposedly did fire his weapon without malfunction is silenced. There are plenty of questions about the lack of fire from that group, Lynch included. Signs indicate possible fear overcame them and they tossed their weapons down. Doesn't seem like anyone is digging too hard to find out exactly what happened, exactly. My test of whether Lynch was worth rescuing was if she'd take the book deal or not, question answered. Selling her soul to some day reap what she has sown. **
[url=http://www.ksat.com/news/2455232/detail.html]http://www.ksat.com/news/2455232/detail.html[/url] Slain Soldier's Father Criticizes Lynch's Book Deal Kiehl Says Lynch Is 'A Profiteer'
POSTED: 9:02 AM CDT September 4, 2003
COMFORT, Texas -- The father of a Comfort soldier killed in an ambush in Iraq that former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch survived said that Lynch's million-dollar book deal will taint the memory of the soldiers killed in the ambush.
"Pretty severe, isn't it?" Randy Kiehl (pictured, left), the father of Army Spc. James Kiehl, said in an exclusive interview with KSAT 12 News Wednesday from his home in Comfort. "That she makes money off the death of my son and off the deaths of so many others."
James Kiehl (pictured, below) was among seven members of the 507th Maintenance Company stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso killed in the ambush on March 23 near An Nasiriyah. Lynch survived the attack and was taken prisoner of war. She was later rescued from a hospital and became a national hero.
On Tuesday, a publisher announced that Lynch signed a $1 million deal for a book that will tell the story about her capture and rescue.
"Where's the million-dollar book deal for the other members of the 507th who were killed?" Randy Kiehl said. "How do they tell their story?
"Now, she's a profiteer because what she did was in the line of duty."
Randy Kiehl said he also blames the publisher and others "who waved that million-dollar check in front of her."
Kiehl said he plans on reading Lynch's book, due out in November, to find out what it says about his son.
Kiehl added that he's glad Lynch survived the attack.
2003-09-04 22:41 | User Profile
Originally posted by N.B. Forrest@Sep 4 2003, 04:42 * *In jew-screwed Amerikwa 2003, only the most worthless creatures get the Long Green: crotch-grabbing 70-I.Q. rap coons; fat-assed Latrino "actresses"; a reasonably telegenic but otherwise useless white girl in soldier costume the choos can hype as a real-life G.I. Jane in a potboiler designed to jerk the tears (and the bucks) out of her fellow little fools.....
Pull over - this is where I get out..... **
There is a bright side.
Goldie Hawn is too old to play the lead in the movie. : )
2003-09-04 22:58 | User Profile
I agree with pretty much everything that's been said so far. While Lynch is an attractive girl, that's the extent of my admiration for her. She did not do anything the least bit heroic.
Nevertheless, I fear that this book deal will not be the end. Don't be surprised if you see Jessica Lynch video games or action figures on the shelves of a store near you in time for Christmas.
2003-09-04 23:04 | User Profile
*Originally posted by Angler@Sep 4 2003, 16:58 * ** I agree with pretty much everything that's been said so far. While Lynch is an attractive girl, that's the extent of my admiration for her. She did not do anything the least bit heroic.
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You actually find her attractive? Hmmm, ok I'm not here to bash on peoples' taste for women. All I can say is that I've seen way more attractive women then her.
Nevertheless, I fear that this book deal will not be the end. Don't be surprised if you see Jessica Lynch video games or action figures on the shelves of a store near you in time for Christmas.
Probally. Maybe they'll have some Saturday morning cartoon about her, showing her on mercenary-like missions fighting against America's enemies. GI-Lynch. :lol:
2003-09-05 10:47 | User Profile
**"Where's the million-dollar book deal for the other members of the 507th who were killed?" Randy Kiehl said. "How do they tell their story?
"Now, she's a profiteer because what she did was in the line of duty."**
"Yadda, yadda, yadda.....get over it already, pops. Why don't ya just go stroke your dead meat son's Purple Heart, or put a Made-in-China flag on his grave or something?", chortled Knopf's Shmuel Dickstein as he puffed a fat Cohiba......
2003-09-05 19:13 | User Profile
*Originally posted by Jean West@Sep 3 2003, 17:20 * ** Given the somewhat large gender imbalance in the military, what I want to know is why our supposedly feminist-loving government chose to use a female to play the lead in this Olive Oyl/Popeye-type charade; it can't have boosted her sense of adequacy. **
Any blondhaired person willing to turn his or her back on Tradition is praised by this government.