Bjorn said:

>In that respect, I find it more than a little bizzarre that the Iraqi
Minister of "Information" has achieved cult hero status, but Coalition
propagandists are seen as something approaching the Anti-Christ :-)

Because we all expected him to utter propagandistic nonsense while we still
DO expect some semblance of  honesty from our own elected representatives?
Oh, we don't really expect that anymore? Fine then.

>>No need to disrecredit her.  She was just an unwitting pawn in the
>>whole dirty business.

>Perhaps. I'm sure she has suffered many traumas. But by upholding her
public
beatification, is the population not merely perpetuating the myth that the
government (apparently) and the media (certainly) created - and which the
public seems to find so unpalatable? And does that not denigrate real
heroes<

Jessica was a much too young country hick who should never have been there.
19 years old. Not 'mature' enough to legally buy a beer in her home
country. But supposedly mature enough to be shipped off to some desert to
fight the rag heads. She needs the book money more than Cheney's cronies
need the oil money. I wish her good luck on the deal.

M, CoW