jessica lynch

[steve56]

saw a pic of her on yahoo news,she looks like susan george.

[golostruda]

Erm, does anyone really believe this woman exists? I know a lot of war journos and at the time they were of the belief that JL was someone invented to (in a Saving Private Ryan style) up jingosim in the US and morale amongst the troops after three fatal friendly fire incidents within 24 hours. Seemed to get lost too easy ("ooh, I forgot to go with the rest of my troop") and found too easy ("a nice Iraqi doctor phoned Mr Bush"). Bollocks to it all. Nothing I have heard or seen since leads me to believe any different to what my journo mates said at the time - she doesn't really exist (yes, there's a lady now on TV being interviewed and selling books, but she damn sure looks more like an out-of-work actress than a soldier). The exploitative and deliberately shocking "I was told by army doctors I'd been raped (but I can't recall it)" statement on the day before the book's in-store release stinks of clumsy Pentagon muppets. Sorry, but it does.

[colin]

i must admit the whole situation has a strong fishy smell about it.

[jj]

War, casualty, first, truth..........

[steve56]

money,lol.

[nosey]

Was your last visit to the cinema as long ago as 1997?. My last visit was in 1973 to see Steptoe and Son Ride Again. I wonder if anyone out there can beat that, 30 years since a last cinema visit.

[Ace]

Good call nosey.; I had a hiatus of about 6 years from 'The Running Man' to 'Cape Fear', so I missed Pretty Woman, Die Hard 2 and Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade......phew!!

[jj]

Haven't you got a restaurant column to file for deadline?