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Originally posted by James
So some of the military people smell politics involved. attractive female soldier gets captured and then rescued. It looks good. Oh and she wasn't raped repeatedly which makes it look better. From what I understand a flight officer in the Gulf War was captured but raped so she didn't make a good candidate for all the hoopla.
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Please correct me if I'm wrong -- this is from memory only -- but I beleive the Gulf War officer was also married. (And not particularly good looking -- but that's very subjective. Also sexist, but who would argue that the movie people aren't)
It would appear that the whole "rescue" might have been a bit overdone and possibly unnecessary if you believe news reports. I wasn't there, so I won't go any farther on that.
Of course there are politics involved. Maybe in the movie, they'll discover some Weapons of Mass Destruction under her hospital bed.
And, finally, there's the opportunity for a young woman from rural West Virginia to set herself up pretty well for life. Anything wrong with that?