[Baalzamon]

The people respond to two things

1. A war hero to make them feel good about what the country is doing.

2. The brutality of the enemy to give moral justification to the cause and arouse public anger and war fervor.

Jessica Lynch is the war hero, the 19 year old blond that everyone loves and will no doubt be painted in the best light possible and used as a tool to get public support. Not that her story isnt amazing, but it will be USED, extensively, and already has been.

And the Iraqi treatment of her is a means to increase war fervor. After all, anyone who would hurt beautifull innocent Jessica Lynch the war hero who kicks iraqi ass and everyone loves, deserves the full wrath of the american military.



On the other hand, people simply arent interested in anything that the U.S. might do wrong. Maybe they agree with it(the they hurt us so we'll hurt them attitude), and maybe it just isnt as interesting as bombs and death(such as all the fat juicy contracts being handed out right now).

So of course the american media and government will do evrything it can to demonize the iraqis and hold themselves up at every turn. Its a matter of covering their asses as well as giving the people what they want: Ass kicking revenge for the sake of spreading freedom to the world!